Cameroon

Status under International Climate Change Law

• UNFCCC: signature (14 June 1992) and ratification (19 Oct 1994)
• KP: ratification (29 Aug 2002)

o   Quantified emission limitation or reduction commitment: NA

• Vienna Convention: accession (30 Aug 1989)
• Montreal Protocol: accession (30 Aug 1989)
• LRTAP: NA
• Energy Charter: NA
• Energy Efficiency Protocol: NA
• Espoo Convention: NA

Federal Laws on Climate Change

Climate

• National Plan for Environmental Management (1996) [French]

Energy

• Law No. 2011/022 Governing the Electricity Sector (2011) [English]
• Law No. 2011/025 on Disposal of Associated Gas (2011) [French]

Forests and Land Use

• Decree No. 82-636 establishing the National Forestry Office regeneration (1982) [French]

Others

• Decree No. 92-265 on the organization of the Ministry of Environment and Forests (1992) [French]

Government Documents

• First National Communication to the UNFCCC (2005) [French]
• Nationally Appropriate Mitigation Actions (2010) [French]

Secondary sources

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

Updated: December 23, 2014