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Showing 1 - 10 of 180 resultsLegislation | 2024 |Climate Change Act, 2024
South AfricaThis Act sets out the strategic direction of travel for national climate change policy in South Africa and establishes the key institutional arrangements for climate governance at the national level. The recitals emphasise that responding to climate change raises unique challenges to effective governance and requires a nationally driven, coordinated and cooperative legal and administrative...Law No. 3991-IX on the State Climate Policy| 2024 |Legislation
UkraineLaw No. 3991-IX (the Law) establishes Ukraine's overarching response to mitigate and adapt to climate change. The Law is aimed at implementing the EU's Regulation (EU) No. 2018/1999 on the governance of the Energy Union and the mitigation of climate change and Regulation (EU) No. 2021/1119, establishing a framework for achieving climate neutrality (the "European Climate law"). The law establishes...
Legislation | 2024 |Climate Action Act, 2024
MaltaMalta Climate Action Act, 2024 Chapter 643 Commenced on 4 October 2024 [This is the version of this document from 4 October 2024.] AN ACT to establish a legal framework for climate action and to provide for the establishment of a body corporate to be known as the Climate Action Authority and to provide for any matter which is related or ancillary thereto. Part I – Preliminary Article 1. Short...Legislation | 2023 |Decree No. 11.547/2023 on the Low Carbon Industry Technical Committee
BrazilThis decree established the Law Carbon Industry Technical Committee, an independent body established to provide advice on the transition of the country's industrial sector. The decree establishes the mandate and composition of the committee. It also revoked Decree No. 10,275 of March 13, 2020. The summary of this document was written by researchers at the Grantham Research Institute for the...Legislation | 2023 |Carbon Neutral Green Growth Framework Act to tackle the Climate Crisis
Republic of KoreaSouth Korea 탄소중립기본법 Act 19430 of 2023 Published on 9 6월 2023 Commenced on 10 7월 2023 [This is the version of this document at 9 6월 2023.] 제1장총칙 제1조 – (목적) 이 법으 기후위기의 심각한 영향을 예방하기 위하여 온실가스 감축 및 기후위기 적응대책을 강화하고 탄소；립"人?회로의 이행 과정에서 발생할 수 있는 경제적 - 환경적 - 사회적 불평등을 해소하며 녹색기술과 녹색산업의 육;. 촉진. 활성화를 통하여 경제와 환경의 조화로운 발전을 도모함으로써, 현재 세대와 미래 세대의 삶의 질을 높 이고 생태계와 기후체계를 보호하며 국제사회의 지속가능발전에 이바지아는 것을 목적으로 안다. 제2조 – (정의)...Legislation | 2023 |Utilities Regulatory Commission Act, 2023
SeychellesSeychelles Utilities Regulatory Commission Act, 2023 Act 12 of 2023 Published in Government Gazette 53 on 2 October 2023 Assented to on 27 September 2023 Commenced on 18 October 2024 by Utilities Regulatory Commission Act, 2023 (Commencement) Notice, 2024 [This is the version of this document from 2 October 2023.] AN ACT TO ESTABLISH THE UTILITIES REGULATORY COMMISSION FOR REGULATING THE...Legislation | 2022 |Loi fédérale sur les objectifs en matière de protection du climat, sur l’innovation et sur le renforcement de la sécurité énergétique (LCl)
SwitzerlandSwitzerland Loi fédérale sur les objectifs en matière de protection du climat, sur l’innovation et sur le renforcement de la sécurité énergétique (LCl) Acceptée 30 Septembre 2022 Commencé le 19 Janvier 2023 [Ceci est la version de ce document de 19 Janvier 2023.] L’Assemblée fédérale de la Confédération suisse, vu les art. 74 et 89 de la Constitution 1, 1 RS 101 vu le rapport de la Commission de l...Legislation | 2022 |Climate Change and Carbon Market Initiatives Act, 2022
BahamasThe objectives of this Act are threefold: To enable the Government to create incentives and implement initiatives to support the overall global target of greenhouse gas emissions reduction consistent with its Nationally Determined Contributions; To ensure compliance by The Bahamas of its obligations under the Paris Agreement; to enable the establishment of a market in The Bahamas to trade in...Legislation | 2022 |Climate Change Act 2022
AustraliaAustralia's framework climate mitigation document sets out greenhouse gas emissions reduction targets by 2030 and by 2050. The Act provides for annual climate change statements, requiring the Minister to prepare such statements; and cause copies of those statements to be tabled in each House of the Parliament. The document further confers advisory functions on the Climate Change Authority which is...Legislation | 2022 |Ley Marco de Cambio Climático
ChileThe purpose of this law is to face the challenges presented by climate change, move towards a low-carbon development, until reaching and maintaining carbon neutrality by 2050. It also aims to adapt to climate change, reduce vulnerability and increasing resilience to the adverse effects of climate change, and comply with the international commitments assumed by Chile. This document amends a number...
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