Climate Change Resilience Act 2019.

This Act lays down rules to strengthen the legal and policy frameworks for climate change resilience in line with the agreements related to climate change; promote low carbon development; establish effective governance structures for the implementation of sound climate change policies and coordination of climate change actions; and promote public awareness and involvement in climate change issues. The international conventions that Tuvalu is a party to are listed in the Schedule annexed to this Act. The emissions reduction targets for Tuvalu are in line with its nationally determined contributions made pursuant to the Paris Agreement. Furthermore, this Act sets forth provisions on the duties and powers of the Minister taking into consideration the gender perspective; the establishment and duties of the Department of Climate Change and Disaster; the creation of a National Climate Change Resilience Forum and National Advisory Council on Climate Change; the development and implementation of national climate change policy and other strategies and plans to address climate change; the establishment of the Climate Change and Disaster Survival Fund and its administration in accordance with the Climate Change and Disaster Survival Fund Act 2015; prohibition on the exploration, mining and extraction of fossil fuels; offences and penalties.