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Showing 31 - 40 of 180 resultsLegislation | 2020 |Environmental Management and Climate Change Act 2020
NauruThis document constitutes Nauru's framework climate law. It makes provision for the management and protection of the environment, climate change, the promotion of sustainable development, and to facilitate compliance with international and regional environment related obligations. It defines responsibilities at the government level on climate change and environmental protection. The document...Legislation | 2020 |Climate Change Act, 2020
MauritiusThis document is Mauritius' framework climate law. Parts II, III and IV of the Act create climate-focused institutions and bodies and set their attributions. Part II of the document creates the Inter-Ministerial Council on Climate Change, which is in charge of setting national objectives, goals and targets with a view to making Mauritius a climate change-resilient and low emission country. Part...Legislation | 2020 |National Environment (Environmental and Social Assessment) Regulations, 2020
UgandaUganda National Environment Act, 2019 National Environment (Environmental and Social Assessment) Regulations, 2020 Statutory Instrument 143 of 2020 Published in Statutory Instruments Supplement 44 on 21 December 2020 Commenced on 21 December 2020 [This is the version of this document from 21 December 2020.] (Under sections 112(2), 113(2), 114(2), 115(7) and 179 of the National Environment Act, Act...Legislation | 2020 |Fisheries Act 2020
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandUnited Kingdom Fisheries Act 2020 Commencement date unknown [This is the version of this document at 1 January 2019.] An Act to make provision in relation to fisheries, fishing, aquaculture and marine conservation; to make provision about the functions of the Marine Management Organisation; and for connected purposes. [23rd November 2020] BE IT ENACTED by the Queen’s most Excellent Majesty, by and...Legislation | 2020 |Law on Climate Protection
HungaryThe Hungarian parliament passed a law on climate protection committing to protect the natural heritage and “the natural conditions of the way of life that we Hungarians have created together in this country”. The document stresses that the scope of the policy set out in the law must apply to the whole Carpathian Basin, be in line with international and EU commitments, allow for new nuclear energy...Legislation | 2020 |Ley de Educación y Comunicación Ambiental de la República Dominicana
Dominican RepublicUncommencedThis law aims to include environmental education into all levels of the country's schooling and academic system. Its stated goals are, amongst others, to build skills and values that lead to sustainable development, based on equity, social justice and respect for biological diversity; promote the implementation of policies and measures for adaptation to climate change and the management of...Legislation | 2019 |Climate Act (Klimaatwet)
NetherlandsThe Climate Act (Klimaatwet) sets legally binding greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions reduction targets for the Netherlands. The Climate Act is driven by international agreements, e.g. the Paris climate agreement, and research, e.g. IPCC. In 2023 the emissions reduction targets were sharpened to meet new European emission targets and regulation. Specifically, it mandates the government to achieve...Legislation | 2019 |Ley de Presupuestos Mínimos de Adaptación y Mitigación al Cambio Climático Global
ArgentinaThe Law establishes minimum budgets for the management of climate change, including for the design and implementation of mitigation and adaptation policies, actions, instruments and strategies. The law makes provisions, amongst others, for the development of a National Climate Change Response Plan, a National System for GHG Inventory and Monitoring of Mitigation, to institutionalise and give...Legislation | 2019 |Federal Climate Protection Act (KSG)
GermanyThe purpose of this law is to ensure that national climate protection targets are met and European targets are met. It is also intended to support Germany's commitment at the UN climate summit in New York on September 23, 2019 to pursue greenhouse gas neutrality as a long-term goal by 2050. It was adopted after the federal Government submitted its climate program to 2030.The law notably introduces...Legislation | 2019 |Environmental Protection and Management Act, 2019
Antigua and BarbudaAntigua and Barbuda Environmental Protection and Management Act, 2019 Act 10 of 2019 Published in Official Gazette 37 on 6 June 2019 Assented to on 7 June 2019 Commenced [This is the version of this document from 6 June 2019.] AN ACT to provide for sustainable environmental protection and management of natural resources, to allocate administrative responsibility for the management of environmental...
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