The Ministry of Environment and Forests is the nodal Ministry in the Government of India for all Multilateral Environmental Agreements. These include UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD), Basel Convention on Trans-boundary Movement of Hazardous Substances, Vienna Convention for the Protection of the Ozone Layer, Montreal Protocol on Substances that deplete Ozone Layer, UN Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD), Kyoto Protocol, Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants, Rotterdam Convention, Ramsar Convention etc.

International Co-operation (IC) Division within the Ministry coordinates all issues related to international environmental cooperation. The IC Division is the nodal Division for United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), the World Bank,United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO), Global Environment Facility (GEF) and regional bodies like Economic & Social Commission for Asia & Pacific (ESCAP), South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC), South Asia Cooperative Environment Programme (SACEP), Association of South-East Asian Nations (ASEAN), Asian Development Bank (ADB), European Union (EU), India-Brazil-South Africa (IBSA) Summit on Environment, etc. The Division also handles bilateral country to country co-operation in the areas of environment protection.

The IC Division supports annual contributions to various UN and other international bodies, like Environment Fund of UNEP, CBD, UNFCCC, UNCCD, SAARC, SACEP, ICIMOD, etc.

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For further information, please contact:

Mrs. Sunita Singh
Director (IC.I)
International Cooperation Division
Ministry of Environment and Forests
Paryavaran Bhawan
CGO Complex, Lodi Road
New Delhi - 110 003


Mr. Alok Agarwal
Director (IC.II)
International Cooperation Division
Ministry of Environment and Forests
Paryavaran Bhawan
CGO Complex, Lodi Road
New Delhi - 110 003