The OAS supports member states in the design and implementation of policies, and projects to integrate environmental priorities into poverty alleviation and socio-economic development goals. Actions are implemented at the hemispheric level, facilitating international meetings and conferences on key issues of sustainable development, as well as “on-the-ground” activities. The Organization carries out several mandates designed to protect biodiversity, strengthen environmental law, manage water resources, raise awareness on climate change, and promote sustainability, among others.
Summit Mandates on Environment & Natural Resources Management and Climate Change: Consequences for the Environment
Integrated Water Resources Management
Ongoing Projects and Initiatives
Energy and climate change
Sustainable Energy Partnership for the Americas (SEPA)
Natural Hazards and Climate Change Adaptation
Sound Chemicals Management and Environmental Health
Biodiversity—Ongoing Projects and Initiatives
Environmental Law, Policy and Trade