Law n. 155/2020 on climate change.

This Law on climate change has the following purpose: a) to contribute to the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions; b) accelerate adaptation to climate change, with a view to mitigating the harmful effects of climate change; c) contribute to global climate change efforts by complementing obligations of the Republic of Albania to the Convention; ç) to create a comprehensive legal and inter-institutional framework for the undertaking of climate action at national level in line with related EU legislation; d) to join the states recognizing the climate emergency, according to the decision of the European Parliament of 28 November 2019. This Law stipulates: a) the general framework of national policy for action on climate change; b) conditions of greenhouse gas emissions from stationary and mobile sources, deriving from products and substances; c) conditions for capture and geological deposition of carbon dioxide; d) framework of measures for monitoring, reporting and verification of gas emissions with greenhouse effect at the sector/resource level and at the national level in line with commitments of national, domestic and international funding; e) framework for participation in international climate action; f) establishment of an institutional system for taking action against climate change. Aiming to reduce the harmful effects of climate change and for contribution to the global response to the same, national climate change targets in the Republic of Albania are: a) reduction of anthropogenic greenhouse gas emissions at national level, in compliance with international commitments; b) increase the ability to adapt to the harmful effects of climate change, on national, central and local level; c) maintenance and enhancement of greenhouse gas absorbers and reservoirs; d) promoting economic development through job creation and competition, by including economic diversification and sustainable management of natural resources; e) gradual participation in the implementation of the European Union's climate change policy.
The text is divided into 9 main thematic Chapters and a total of articles 40, among Annexes at the end of this publication. Titles of Chapters are: I. General provisions; II. National climate change policy; III. Ges discharges from mobile and immovable sources, products and substances; IV. Competent authorities; V. Capacity building, education, training, awareness and public participation; VI. Green investments and financing; VII. Transitional and final provisions.
This Law is partially aligned with the provisions of: Directive 2003/87/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council establishing a scheme for greenhouse gas emission allowance trading within the Community and amending Council Directive 96/61/EC; Regulation (EU) No. 525/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council on a mechanism for monitoring and reporting greenhouse gas emissions and for reporting other information at national and Union level relevant to climate change and repealing Decision No. 280/2004/EC.