This Act aims at enhancing adaptation efforts in Japan. It enshrines into law the 2015 National Adaptation Plan and sets updated obligations. It charges authorities to take effective measures in various fields based on "reliable scientific information". It further promotes international cooperation and the involvement of private entities in adaptation efforts. Climate change impact assessments...

This law aims at preventing, protecting and managing the consequences of climate change and biodiversity loss for people, animals and vegetation in Benin over the short, medium and long term. The law sets out a framework for reducing greenhouse gas emissions and introduces measures to promote energy efficiency. The law also lays out a framework to take adaptation measures to protect the air, land...

This law contains provisions on the government's climate policy work, what the work will be aimed at and how it should be conducted. It provides that the Government will pursue a climate policy that (1) aims to prevent dangerous interference with the climate system, (2) helps to protect ecosystems and the present and future generations from the harmful effects of climate change, (3) focuses on...

The Pakistan Climate Change Act establishes the Pakistan Climate Change Council, headed by the Prime Minister, and consists of: The Ministers in charge of climate change, finance, agriculture, food security and research, planning, development and reform, petroleum and natural resources, science and technology, water and power and foreign affairs Chief Ministers of the Provinces Ministers-in-charge...

Law no. 5875/17 on Climate Change establishes a framework in Paraguay for mitigation and adaptation, in line with its adhesion to the Paris Agreement and the National Development Plan. It aims in particular to implement actions that reduce the country's vulnerabilities to climate change and actions which allow to reduce its greenhouse gases emissions. These actions will be developed in a National...

This framework law is intended to promote the implementation of Norway's climate targets as part of the transition to a low carbon society in Norway in 2050. In that regard, it seeks to promote transparency and public debate about the status, direction and progress of this work. The law enshrines the country's 2030 and 2050 emissions reductions targets, and the annual and five-year reviewing...

Kenya passed its Climate Change Act in 2016. This Act was subsequently amended in September 2023 to, amongst other amendments, provide a legal framework for regulation of carbon markets. The Climate Change Council is entrusted to provide guidance and policy direction on carbon markets to national and county governments. The 2023 amendment places an obligation on proponents of carbon trading...