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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
(2)
- 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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- Spatial planning (2)
- Land management (2)
- Procedural rights applicable to land use planning and management (3)
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Institutions and governance
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- Security of forest tenure (1)
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Energy System
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Targets, plans and strategies
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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)
- 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
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- 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
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- 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
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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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- Development approval and mitigation (3)
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Resources for urban planning and climate change
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Showing 131 - 140 of 180 resultsLegislation | 2009 |Loi-Cadre Portant Charte Nationale de L’environnement et du Developpement Durable
MoroccoThe Framework Law lays the ground for a national policy on the protection of the environment and sustainable development. It gives legal basis to the National Charter for Environment and Sustainable Development, establishing the principles, rights, duties and obligations set forth by the Charter. The framework aims to: set out the rights and duties, inherent to the environment and sustainable...Legislation | 2008 |Climate Change Act 2008
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandThe Act provides a long-term framework to improve carbon management, to help the transition to a low carbon economy, encourage investment in low carbon goods and provide an international signal. The Act establishes a legally binding target for the UK to bring all greenhouse gas emissions to net zero by 2050. It also creates 5-yearly 'carbon budgets' as a pathway to meet the long-term target. The...Legislation | 2008 |National Environmental Management: Integrated Coastal Management Act, 2008
South AfricaSouth Africa National Environmental Management: Integrated Coastal Management Act, 2008 Act 24 of 2008 Published in Government Gazette 31884 on 11 February 2009 Assented to on 9 February 2009 There are multiple commencements Provisions Status Chapter 1 (section 1–6); Chapter 2, Part 1, section 7–10, section 12–15; Part 2 (section 16–17); Part 3 (section 18–20); Part 4 (section 21); Part 5 (section...Legislation | 2008 |Planning and Energy Act 2008
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandUnited Kingdom Planning and Energy Act 2008 Published on 13 November 2008 Commenced on 13 November 2008 [This is the version of this document at 1 January 2019.] Planning and Energy Act 2008 An Act to enable local planning authorities to set requirements for energy use and energy efficiency in local plans. BE IT ENACTED by the Queen’s most Excellent Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of...Legislation | 2008 |Planning and Building Act 2008
NorwayNorway Planning and Building Act 2008 Published on 27 June 2008 Commencement date unknown [This is the version of this document at 1 January 2019.] Act of 27 June 2008 No. 71 relating to Planning and the Processing of Building Applications (the Planning and Building Act) (the Planning part) Part I – General provisions Chapter 1.Common provisions Section 1-1. Purpose of the Act The Act shall...Legislation | 2007 |Electricity Act, 2007
NamibiaNamibia Electricity Act, 2007 Act 4 of 2007 Published in Government Gazette 3922 on 18 October 2007 Assented to on 26 September 2007 Commenced on 15 November 2007 by Commencement of the Electricity Act, 2007 [This is the version of this document from 18 October 2007.] ACT To establish the Electricity Control Board and provide for its powers and functions; to provide for the requirements and...Legislation | 2007 |Bulgaria Soils Act 2007
BulgariaBulgaria Bulgaria Soils Act 2007 Published on 6 November 2007 Commencement date unknown [This is the version of this document at 1 January 2019.] Promulgated, SG No. 89/6.11.2007, amended, SG No. 80/9.10.2009, SG No. 98/14.12.2010, effective 1.01.2011, SG No. 92/22.11.2011 Chapter OneGENERAL PROVISIONS Article 1. (1) This Act shall regulate social relations in connection with the protection of...Legislation | 2007 |National Greenhouse and Energy Reporting Act 2007
AustraliaAustralia National Greenhouse and Energy Reporting Act 2007 Published on 28 September 2007 Commencement date unknown [This is the version of this document at 1 January 2019.] National Greenhouse and Energy Reporting Act 2007 No. 175, 2007 An Act to provide for the reporting and dissemination of information related to greenhouse gas emissions, greenhouse gas projects, energy production and energy...Legislation | 2007 |Urban Planning Act
United Republic of TanzaniaTanzania Urban Planning Act Chapter 355 Published in Government Gazette on 31 December 2007 Assented to on 28 August 2007 Commenced on 10 June 2008 by Urban Planning (Date of Commencement) Notice, 2008 [This is the version of this document at 31 December 2023.] [The publication date of this work could not be ascertained. We used the date 31 December 2007 because the work was published during the...Legislation | 2007 |Spatial Management Law 2007
IndonesiaIndonesia Spatial Management Law 2007 Commencement date unknown [This is the version of this document at 1 January 2019.] Chapter IGENERAL PROVISION Article 1 Hereinafter referred to as: 1. Space means a site that consists of land space, oceanic space, and air space, including space within the earth as one united area, where humans and other creatures live, carry out activities and maintain a...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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