Guinea

Status under International Climate Change Law

• UNFCCC: signature (12 June 1992) and ratification (7 May 1993)
• KP: ratification (7 Sept 2000)

o   Quantified emission limitation or reduction commitment: NA

• Vienna Convention: accession (25 June 1992)
• Montreal Protocol: accession (25 june 1992)
• LRTAP: NA
• Energy Charter: NA
• Energy Efficiency Protocol: NA
• Espoo Convention: NA

Federal Laws on Climate Change

Energy

• Decree No. D / 98/184 / PRG / SGG establishing and organizing the Hydro Power Development Project FOMI (1998) [French]

Forests and Land Use

• Decree D / 91/105 creating intervention Forestry Services (1991) [French]
• Law No. L99 / 013 / AN adopting and promulgating the Law on the Forest Code (1999) [French]

Environmental Impact Assessment

• Decree No. 199 / PRG / SGG / 89 codifying the environmental impact studies (1989) [French]

Others

• Order No. 045 \ PRG \ 87 on the Code on the protection and enhancement of the environment (1987) [French] (Amended1989)
• Law L / 96/009 on the management of natural and man-made disasters in the Republic of Guinea (1996) [French]
• Decree D / 97/285 / PRG / SGG establishing the organization and functioning of the National Disaster Management Committee (1997) [French]
• Decree No. D / 2004/065 / PRG / SGG on the powers and organization of the Ministry of Environment (2004) [French]

Government Documents

• First National Communication to the UNFCCC (2002) [French]
• National Adaptation Programme of Action (2007) [French]

Factual Matters

• United Nations Statistics Division, Environmental Statistics Snapshot (2013)

Updated as of: December 31, 2014