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WELCOME TO THE AARHUS CLEARINGHOUSE
Welcome to the Aarhus Clearinghouse for Environmental Democracy.
This web portal showcases information on laws and practices relevant to the public's right to:
• access environmental information
• participate in environmental decision-making, and
• achieve justice on environmental matters

The Aarhus Clearinghouse provides information relevant to the implementation of Principle 10 of the 1992 Rio Declaration on Environment and Development at the global and regional level, as well as national levels all over the world. It also facilitates the collection, dissemination and exchange of information related to the UNECE Convention on Access to Information, Public Participation in Decision-making and Access to Justice in Environmental Matters (in short: Aarhus Convention).

LATEST NEWS & RESOURCES 'transparency'

A communication was sent to the Aarhus Convention Compliance Committee by WWF Greece and ClientEarth. They allege that Greece is failing to meet its obligations under the Aarhus Convention. Greece…
The Austrian Government was condemned at the Meeting of the Parties for the Aarhus Convention for not fulfilling its obligations under the Convention. The condemnation came from The Green Alternative…
On the fourth day of the Meeting of the Parties for the Aarhus Convention and the PRTR Protocol, the Budva Declaration on Environmental Democracy for Our Sustainable Future was adopted.