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Promulgation Year
Climate Change Framework Laws Taxonomy
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Narrative and principles
(38)
- International norms and obligations (24)
- Mitigation (25)
- Resilience (21)
- Human rights and social welfare (19)
- Institutional arrangements (44)
- Integration and mainstreaming (28)
- Public participation (23)
- Coordination (36)
- Financing (26)
- Knowledge creation and capacity building (32)
- Policy formulation (41)
- Policy cycles (21)
- Target setting (24)
- Strategy setting and planning (32)
- Policy implementation (33)
- Market-based instruments (21)
- Cooperative approaches (9)
- Nature-based solutions (15)
- Mandates and standards (17)
- Education/information (20)
- Accountability and enforcement (33)
- Enforcement (12)
- Reporting obligations (27)
- Oversight mechanisms (22)
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)
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Urban planning
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Urban planning and design for adaptation
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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)
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- Security of tenure (8)
- Development approval and adaptation (12)
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Multi-level institutional coordination
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National territorial planning
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- Regional territorial planning (10)
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- 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
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- Urban form and reduction of greenhouse gas emissions from transportation and infrastructure (5)
- Green spaces for environmental and climate services (6)
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Resources for urban planning and climate change
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Showing 121 - 130 of 180 resultsLegislation | 2010 |Planning and Subdivison Act 2010
BahrainBahrain Planning and Subdivison Act 2010 Commencement date unknown [This is the version of this document at 1 January 2019.] AN ACT TO COMBINE, CONSOLIDATE AND REVISE THE LAW RELATING TO TOWN PLANNING AND LAW RELATING TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF SUBDIVISIONS AND TO PROVIDE FOR MATTERS CONNECTED THERETO. Enacted by the Parliament of The Bahamas. Part I – INTRODUCTORY PROVISIONS 1. Short title and...Legislation | 2010 |Flood and Water Management Act 2010
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandUnited Kingdom Flood and Water Management Act 2010 Commencement date unknown [This is the version of this document at 1 January 2019.] Flood and Water Management Act 2010 An Act to make provision about water, including provision about the management of risks in connection with flooding and coastal erosion. BE IT ENACTED by the Queen’s most Excellent Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of...Legislation | 2010 |Urban Planning Subsidiary Law 2010
Viet NamVietnam Urban Planning Subsidiary Law 2010 Commencement date unknown [This is the version of this document at 1 January 2019.] Pursuant to the December 25, 2001 Law on Organization of the Government; Pursuant to the June 17, 2009 Law on Urban Planning; Chapter IGENERAL PROVISIONS Article 1. Scope of regulation This Decree applies to the formulation, evaluation and approval of urban planning; the...Legislation | 2010 |Planning and Building Act 2010
SwedenSweden Planning and Building Act 2010 Published on 1 July 2010 Commencement date unknown [This is the version of this document at 1 January 2019.] Chapter 1.Purpose, contents, and definitions Section 1. This Act contains provisions on the planning of land and water areas, and on construction. The purpose of the provisions is, with regard to the freedom of the individual, to promote societal...Legislation | 2009 |Law 12.187/2009, establishing the National Policy on Climate Change (NPCC)
BrazilThis law creates the NPCC with the following key areas of concern: combining climate protection with socio-economic development; reducing anthropogenic GHG emissions from all its sources and strengthening GHG sinks; adaptation; preservation, conservation and recuperation of national biomes; land use and reforestation measures; and the development of a national cap-and-trade mechanism. The NPCC is...Legislation | 2009 |Climate Change Act of 2009
PhilippinesThe Act acknowledges the Philippines' vulnerability to climate change and the need for appropriate adaptation. It creates a comprehensive framework for systematically integrating the concept of climate change, in synergy with disaster risk reduction, in various phases of policy formulation, development plans, poverty reduction strategies and other development tools and techniques. The Act states...Legislation | 2009 |A Federal Law by Decree No. 6 of 2009 Concerning the Peaceful Uses of Nuclear Energy
United Arab EmiratesUnited Arab Emirates A Federal Law by Decree No. 6 of 2009 Concerning the Peaceful Uses of Nuclear Energy Act 6 of 2009 Commencement date unknown [This is the version of this document at 1 January 2019.] We, Khalifa Bin Zayed Al Nahyan, President of the United Arab Emirates, Having reviewed the provisions of the Constitution, and Federal Law No. (1) of 1972 Regarding the Functions of Ministries...Legislation | 2009 |Fisheries Regulations, 2009
United Republic of TanzaniaTanzania Fisheries Act Fisheries Regulations, 2009 Government Notice 308 of 2009 Published in Gazette of the United Republic of Tanzania 35 on 28 August 2009 Assented to on 10 August 2009 Commenced on 28 August 2009 [This is the version of this document as it was from 28 August 2009 to 23 August 2018.] [Made under section] Part I – Preliminary Provisions 1. Citation These Regulations may be cited...Legislation | 2009 |Coast Management Act 2009
Republic of KoreaSouth Korea Coast Management Act 2009 Commencement date unknown [This is the version of this document at 1 January 2019.] Chapter IGENERAL PROVISIONS Article 1 (Purpose) The purpose of this Act is to prescribe necessary matters concerning the efficient preservation, use, and development of coasts, thereby contributing to enhancing the preservation of the coastal environment, facilitating the...Legislation | 2009 |Urban Planning Law 2009
Viet NamVietnam Urban Planning Law 2009 Commenced on 1 January 2010 [This is the version of this document at 1 January 2019.] LAW ON URBAN PLANNING (No. 30/2009/QH12) Pursuant to the 1992 Constitution of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam, which was amended and supplemented under Resolution No. 51/2001/QH10; The National Assembly promulgates the Law on Urban Planning. Chapter IGENERAL PROVISIONS Article 1...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
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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
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- 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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