Burkina Faso

Status under International Climate Change Law

• UNFCCC: signature (12 June 1992) and ratification (2 Sept 1993)
• KP: ratification (31 Mar 2005)

o   Quantified emission limitation or reduction commitment: NA

• Vienna Convention: signature (12 Dec 1985) and ratification (30 Mar 1989)
• Montreal Protocol: signature (14 Sept 1988) and ratification (20 July 1989)
• LRTAP: NA
• Energy Charter: NA
• Energy Efficiency Protocol: NA
• Espoo Convention: NA

Federal Laws on Climate Change

Climate

• Decree No. 2013-151 on the responsibilities, organization and functioning of the National Council for Environment and Sustainable Development (2013) [French]
• Decree No. 2013-325 establishing the responsibilities, organization an functioning of the National Implementation Entity Adaptation to Climate Change (2013) [French]
• Law No. 008-2014 concerning framework law on sustainable development (2014) [French]

Forests and Land Use

• Forest Code (1997) [French]

Environmental Impact Assessment

• Code for the Environment (2013) [French]

Government Documents

• First National Communication to the UNFCCC (2002) [French]
• National Adaptation Programme of Action (2007) [French]
• Ministry of the Environment and Sustainable Development (2012) [English]

Factual Matters

• United Nations Statistics Division, Environment Statistics Country Snapshot (2013)

NGO Resources

• Oxfam Research, Climate Change and Women Farmers in Burkina Faso (2011) [English]
• World Bank Group, Vulnerability, Risk Reduction, and Adaptation to Climate Change (2011) [English]

Updated: December 22, 2014