This Decree consolidates the normative acts issued by the Federal Executive Power about the National Climate Change Fund regulated by Law No. 12.114 of December 9, 2009, and the National Policy on Climate Change, regulated by the Law No. 12.187 of December 29, 2009, in compliance with the provisions of Complementary Law No. 95 of February 26, 1998, and Decree No. 9.191, of November 1, 2017.

The decree was amended on November 28, 2019, by the then government. It was further amended by Decree No. 11.549, of 5 June 2023. The June 2023 amendments require that the Ministry of Environment prepares an annual budget for the National Climate Change Fund and makes other arrangements regarding the operation of the fund.

​The summary of this document was written by researchers at the Grantham Research Institute for the Climate Change Laws of the World database, available at climate-laws.org

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