This laws sets out the framework for mitigation and adaptation policy action in Papua New Guinea. It aims at promoting human activities compatible with a stable climate alongside mitigation and adaptation actions; implementing international obligations with regard to mitigation and adaptation into national law; and establishing a national authority.

The law further sets the legal and institutional rules on mitigation and adaptation actions to be undertaken.

​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