The advent of the industrial revolution began the course of exploitation of natural resources for the benefit and comfort of the humankind at a pace which was exponentially greater than the rate of their regeneration. This, in addition to the loss of these resources, resulted in the disturbance of the composition of various constituents of the environment leading to the environmental pollution. this phenomenon was not constrained to a single nation rather the entire world faced the issue. Consequently, the world attempted to address the issue jointly. In this paper, an effort has been made to discuss some of the such steps taken by the international community.