Law No. 4.797 establishing principles, guidelines, objectives, goals and strategies for the Climate Change Policy within the Federal District.

This Law, consisting of 5 Chapters, establishes principles, baselines, objectives, strategies and goals for State Policy on Climate Change. This Policy aims at the following principles: implementation of public policies; prevention and precaution, implementation of measures to fight the greenhouse effect; polluter pays principle, conservation of environment, guaranteeing that nature heritage keeps environmental quality standards; etc. This Policy is divided as follows: Principles, concepts and baslines (Chap. I); Objectives (Chap. II); Goals (Chap. III); Strategies of mitigation and adaptation (Chap. IV); Final provisions (Chap. IV).