A variety of regional and sub-regional environmental groups and agreements have been made in Western Asia.

Two of Western Asia's most important agreements are the Council of Arab Ministers Responsible for Environment (CAMRE) and the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) Secretariat.

In 1991, CAMRE created the Joint Committee on Environment and Development in the Arab Region.  The objectives were to coordinate multinational environmental efforts, protect the regional environment, and help environmental organizations in the area to work together.

Often, environmental agreements spring up around the Mediterranean, Arabian, and Red seas and the Persian Gulf.

Some parts of Western Asia often work together to solve environmental problems.  The Mediterranean sub-regional group includes Lebanon, Syria, Jordan, and West Bank and Gaza.  The Arabian Peninsula group includes Bahrain, Iraq, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, and Yemen.

One of the largest problems with environmental cooperation in the region is the failure of many agreements to achieve their goals.  The Regional Organization for the Conservation of the Environment of the Red Sea and Gulf of Aden, for example, has made a step forward by stating the need to protect the environment, but the region's ability to successfully accomplish this has been weak.

The United Nations Environment Program Regional Office for Western Asia helps the region to create environmental regulations and bodies that will oversee and enforce these laws.