Introduction
Canada is a signatory to many international and bilateral agreements and conventions with food system implications.
Related to sustainable development
SDGs
Related to climate change
Related to pollution reduction
The agreements include the:
- Convention on Long-Range Transboundary Air Pollution and many of its sub-conventions (sulfur, nitrous oxide, etc)
- Vienna Convention for the Protection of the Ozone Layer and associated Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer
- Minamata Convention on Mercury
- Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants
- Convention on the Prevention of Marine Pollution by Dumping of Wastes and Other Matter 1972
- International Convention for the Prevention of Pollution from Ships, 1973 as modified by the Protocol of 1978 (MARPOL 73/78)
- United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS)
- US-Canada Air Quality Agreement
- US-Canada Water Quality Agreement
Foods we'll need to import less (or sustainable diets)
Palm oil
Fad foods such as quinoa
