Mauritania
Status under International Climate Change Law
- UNFCCC: signature (12 June 1992) and ratification (20 Jan 1994)
- KP: ratification (22 Jul 2005)
o Quantified emission limitation or reduction commitment: NA
- Vienna Convention: accession (26 May 1994)
- Montreal Protocol: accession (26 May 1994)
- LRTAP: NA
- Energy Charter: signature (29 Apr 2014)
- Energy Efficiency Protocol: accession pending
- Espoo Convention: NA
Federal Laws on Climate Change
Energy
- Decree 2010-245 establishing the National Agency for Renewable Energy Development (2010) [French]
- Decree 2010-282 laying down the rules of organization and operation of the National Agency for Renewable Energy Development (2010) [French]
Forests and Land Use
- Decree No. 2009-104 implementing the Forest Code (2009) [French]
Environmental Impact Assessment
- Decree No. 2004-94 on the environmental impact study (2004) [French]
- Decree No. 2007-105 amending and supplementing Decree No. 2004-94 on the environmental impact study(2007) [French]
Others
- Law No. 2000-045 Environment Code (2000) [French]
- Order No. R-882 establishing a steering committee to integrated and sustainable management of natural resources (2001) [French]
- Decree No. 17-2002 on the organization of emergency relief (2002) [French]
Government Documents
- First National Communication to the UNFCCC (2002) [French]
- National Adaptation Programme of Action (2004) [English]
- Second National Communication to the UNFCCC (2008) [French]
- Nationally Appropriate Mitigation Actions (2010) [French]
- Third National Communication to the UNFCCC (2014) [French]
Factual Matters
- United Nations Statistics Division, Environmental Statistics Snapshot (2013)
Updated as of: January 6, 2015