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Climate Change Framework Laws Taxonomy
Agriculture
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Agriculture (crop and livestock) and climate change
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Institutions and governance
(1)
- Disaster risk management/reduction and climate change (1)
- Sustainable agricultural production (4)
- Seed management and climate change (1)
- Soil management and climate change (2)
- Livestock management and climate change (2)
- Financing/incentives for CSA approaches (3)
- Fisheries and Climate Change (10)
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Designated government authority in charge of fisheries
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- Fisheries management legislation (2)
- Provisions aimed at reducing GHG emissions from the fisheries sector (2)
- Provisions ensuring security of fisheries tenure rights (2)
- Provisions on spatial planning for inland fishing areas (1)
- Disaster risk management (DRM) and disaster risk reduction (DRR) for the fisheries sector (1)
- Financing and incentives for climate smart fisheries (3)
- Aquaculture management legislation or provisions (3)
- Land use & management and climate change (6)
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Institutions and governance
(2)
- Spatial planning (2)
- Land management (2)
- Procedural rights applicable to land use planning and management (3)
- Forestry and climate change (5)
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Institutions and governance
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- Security of forest tenure (1)
Energy
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Energy System
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Targets, plans and strategies
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Markets – design and regulation
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Urban planning
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Urban planning and design for adaptation
(38)
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Climate risks and vulnerability for planned areas and infrastructure
(9)
- Identification and prioritization of adaptation options (4)
- Implementation of the identified adaptation options (17)
- Adaptation of slums and other vulnerable settlements (6)
- Planned relocations from areas at risk of climate change (1)
- Security of tenure (8)
- Development approval and adaptation (12)
- Governance framework for urban planning and climate planning (23)
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Multi-level institutional coordination
(10)
- Participatory governance (16)
- Data collection and sharing (1)
- Local governments' mandate for urban planning in urban areas (8)
- Urban and territorial planning (22)
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National territorial planning
(7)
- Regional territorial planning (10)
- Integrated regional transportation and infrastructure network (1)
- Coordination between regional territorial plan and national climate change plan (1)
- Implementation of national territorial plan objectives by regional territorial plan (6)
- Assessing climate vulnerability associated with the implementation of the regional territorial plan (1)
- Assessing greenhouse gas emissions associated with the implementation of the regional territorial plan (1)
- Spatial plans for urban areas (17)
- Urban planning and design for mitigation (18)
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Urban plans and greenhouse gas emissions
(5)
- Urban form and reduction of greenhouse gas emissions from transportation and infrastructure (5)
- Green spaces for environmental and climate services (6)
- Neighborhood design and energy saving in buildings (4)
- Development approval and mitigation (3)
- Economic and non-economic instruments (5)
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Resources for urban planning and climate change
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Showing 1 - 10 of 24 resultsLegislation | 2018 |Urban and Regional Planning Act, 2018
NamibiaNamibia Urban and Regional Planning Act, 2018 Act 5 of 2018 Published in Government Gazette 6631 on 20 June 2018 Assented to on 5 April 2018 Commenced on 3 September 2020 by Urban and Regional Planning Act, 2018: Commencement [This is the version of this document from 20 June 2018.] ACT To consolidate the laws relating to urban and regional planning; to provide for a legal framework for spatial...Legislation | 2018 |Marine and Coastal Access Act 2018
AustraliaAustralia Marine and Coastal Access Act 2018 Commencement date unknown [This is the version of this document at 1 January 2019.] Marine and Coastal Act 2018 No. 26 of 2018 The Parliament of Victoria enacts: Part 1 1. Purposes The purposes of this Act are— (a) to establish an integrated and co-ordinated whole-of-government approach to protect and manage Victoria's marine and coastal environment...Legislation | 2017 |Norway Impact Assessment Regulations 2017
NorwayNorway Norway Impact Assessment Regulations 2017 Commenced on 1 July 2017 [This is the version of this document at 1 January 2019.] Chapter 1Introductory provisions Section 1 Purpose of the regulations The purpose of the regulations is to ensure that consideration for the environment and society is taken into account during the preparation of plans and initiatives, and when considering and on what...Legislation | 2016 |Physical Planning Act, 2016
MalawiMalawi Physical Planning Act, 2016 Act 17 of 2016 Published in Malawi Government Gazette on 2 September 2016 Assented to on 1 September 2016 Commenced on 20 April 2018 by Physical Planning Act, 2016: Commencement [This is the version of this document from 2 September 2016.] An Act to make provision for physical planning and the orderly and progressive development of land in both urban and rural...Legislation | 2016 |Coastal Management Act 2016
AustraliaAustralia Coastal Management Act 2016 Commencement date unknown [This is the version of this document at 1 January 2019.] An Act to make provision for the ecologically sustainable management, use and occupation of the New South Wales coast; and for related purposes. Part 1 – Preliminary 1. Name of Act This Act is the Coastal Management Act 2016. 2. Commencement This Act commences on a day or days...Legislation | 2016 |Land Use and Spatial Planning Act, 2016
GhanaGhana Land Use and Spatial Planning Act, 2016 Act 925 of 2016 Published in Ghana Gazette 108 on 22 September 2016 Assented to on 14 September 2016 Commenced on 22 September 2016 [This is the version of this document from 22 September 2016.] AN ACT to revise and consolidate the laws on land use and spatial planning, provide for sustainable development of land and human settlements through a...Legislation | 2015 |Urban and Regional Planning Act, 2015
ZambiaZambia Urban and Regional Planning Act, 2015 Act 3 of 2015 Published in Government Gazette on 14 August 2015 Assented to on 14 August 2015 Commenced on 14 August 2015 [This is the version of this document from 14 August 2015.] An Act to provide for development, planning and administration principles, standards and requirements for urban and regional planning processes and systems; provide for a...Legislation | 2015 |Urban Planning Subsidiary Regulations 2015
RwandaRwanda Urban Planning Subsidiary Regulations 2015 Commenced on 4 June 2015 [This is the version of this document at 1 January 2019.] Pursuant to the Constitution of the Republic of Rwanda of 04 June 2003 as amended to date, especially in Articles 120, 121 and 201; Pursuant to Law n°10/2012 of 02/05/2012 governing urban planning and building in Rwanda, especially in Articles 12 and 64; After...Legislation | 2014 |Planning and Facilitation of Development Act 2014
Trinidad and TobagoTrinidad and Tobago Planning and Facilitation of Development Act 2014 Commencement date unknown [This is the version of this document at 1 January 2019.] AN ACT relating to the planning and development of land and to repeal and replace the Town and Country Planning Act, Chap. 35:01 WHEREAS it is provided by subsection (1) of section 13 of the Constitution that an Act of Parliament to which that...Legislation | 2013 |Spatial Planning and Land use Management Act, 2013
South AfricaSouth Africa Spatial Planning and Land use Management Act, 2013 Act 16 of 2013 Published in Government Gazette 36730 on 5 August 2013 Assented to on 2 August 2013 Commenced on 1 July 2015 by Spatial Planning and Land use Management Act, 2013: Commencement [This is the version of this document from 5 August 2013.] (English text signed by the President) ACT To provide a framework for spatial...Pagination
- Urban form and reduction of greenhouse gas emissions from transportation and infrastructure (5)
- Regional territorial planning (10)
- Participatory governance (16)
- Identification and prioritization of adaptation options (4)
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Climate risks and vulnerability for planned areas and infrastructure
(9)
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Urban planning and design for adaptation
(38)
- Energy Efficiency (1)
- Institutions and governance (1)
- Institutions and governance (2)
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Targets, plans and strategies
(1)
- Security of forest tenure (1)
- Spatial planning (2)
- Fisheries management legislation (2)
- Disaster risk management/reduction and climate change (1)
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Institutions and governance
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