Search Global Climate Laws
Type of Legislation
The Agriculture and Energy sections
will be available in full soon. For now you can access this legislation on the previous
version of this toolkit here.
- All legislation
- Climate Change Framework Laws
- Urban planning
- Agriculture
- Energy
Country
Return results that match any of the selected countries.
- Albania
- Andorra
- Angola
- Antigua and Barbuda
- Argentina
- Australia
- Austria
- Bahamas
- Bahrain
- Bangladesh
- Barbados
- Belize
- Benin
- Bhutan
- Bolivia (Plurinational State of)
- Botswana
- Brazil
- Bulgaria
- Canada
- Chile
- China
- Colombia
- Denmark
- Dominica
- Dominican Republic
- European Union
- Fiji
- Finland
- France
- Gabon
- Gambia
- Germany
- Ghana
- Greece
- Guatemala
- Honduras
- Hungary
- Iceland
- Indonesia
- Ireland
- Japan
- Kenya
- Liechtenstein
- Malawi
- Malaysia
- Malta
- Mauritius
- Mexico
- Micronesia (Federated States of)
- Montenegro
- Morocco
- Mozambique
- Myanmar
- Namibia
- Nauru
- Netherlands
- New Zealand
- Nigeria
- Norway
- Pakistan
- Papua New Guinea
- Paraguay
- Peru
- Philippines
- Portugal
- Republic of Korea
- Russian Federation
- Rwanda
- Saint Kitts and Nevis
- Saint Lucia
- Samoa
- Serbia
- Seychelles
- Solomon Islands
- South Africa
- Spain
- Sweden
- Switzerland
- Tonga
- Trinidad and Tobago
- Uganda
- Ukraine
- United Arab Emirates
- United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
- United Republic of Tanzania
- Vanuatu
- Viet Nam
- Zambia
Promulgation Year
Climate Change Framework Laws Taxonomy
-
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
-
Agriculture (crop and livestock) and climate change
(10)
-
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)
-
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)
-
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)
-
Institutions and governance
(2)
- Security of forest tenure (1)
Energy
-
Energy System
(3)
-
Targets, plans and strategies
(1)
- Institutions and governance (2)
- Energy Production and Renewable Energy (3)
-
Targets, plans and strategies
(1)
- Institutions and governance (1)
- Renewable energy obligations and regulation (2)
- Distinct energy regulation (1)
- Energy Market Regulation (2)
-
Markets – design and regulation
(2)
- Energy Efficiency (1)
-
Targets, plans and strategies
(1)
Urban planning
-
Urban planning and design for adaptation
(38)
-
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)
-
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)
-
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)
-
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)
-
Resources for urban planning and climate change
(4)
Showing 81 - 90 of 180 resultsLegislation | 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 | 2014 |Law 15/2014 Establishing the Framework for Disaster Management, Including Prevention and Mitigation
MozambiqueThe law sets out a framework for disaster prevention, mitigation, and management and emphasises the importance of strategic readiness and systematic preparedness to prevent the impacts of climate change, reducing vulnerability to disasters. It defines strategic readiness as including the identification of climate change impacts, as well as necessary legislation and education to mitigate these...Legislation | 2013 |Disaster Management Act of Bhutan 2013
BhutanThis Act aims to establish and strengthen institutional capacity for disaster management, the mainstreaming of disaster risk reduction, and for integrated and coordinated disaster management focusing on community participation. It creates the National Disaster Management Authority, as the highest decision-making body on disaster management in the country and establishes that there should be a...Legislation | 2013 |Federated States of Micronesia Climate Change Act
Micronesia (Federated States of)The Climate Change Act, adopted by the FSM congress in late November 2013 implements the recently adopted Nationwide Integrated Disaster Risk Management and Climate Change Policy. It instructs government offices and departments to prepare plans and policies consistent with the Climate Change Policy by October 2015; it also includes an obligation on the President to report to Congress on the...Legislation | 2013 |Ley Marco Para Regular La Reducción De La Vulnerabilidad, La Adaptación Obligatoria Ante Los Effectos Del Cambio Climático Y La Mitigación De Gases De Efecto Invernadero
GuatemalaThe primary objective of the law is to provide an immediate and co-ordinated response to climate change, in part through the establishment of the National Council of Climate Change presided over by the President of the Republic, and the development of a national adaptation and mitigation plan, as well as institutional adaptation and mitigation strategies in all public institutions. The law also...Legislation | 2013 |Law No. 12.787 on National Policy of Irrigation.
BrazilBrazil Lei n. 12.787, de 11 de Janeiro de 2013. Acto 12-787 de 2013 Data de início desconhecida [Esta é a versão deste documento em 1 Janeiro 2019.] Presidência da República Casa Civil Subchefia para Assuntos Jurídicos LEI Nº 12.787, DE 11 DE JANEIRO DE 2013. Dispõe sobre a Política Nacional de Irrigação; altera o art. 25 da Lei no 10.438, de 26 de abril de 2002; LEI Nº 12.787, DE 11 DE JANEIRO DE...Legislation | 2013 |Crops Act
KenyaKenya Crops Act Act 16 of 2013 Published in Kenya Gazette 28 on 22 February 2013 Assented to on 14 January 2013 Commenced on 1 August 2014 [This is the version of this document from 21 November 2024.] [Amended by Revision of the Laws (Rectification) Order, 2013 (Legal Notice 57 of 2013) on 28 March 2013] [Amended by Statute Law (Miscellaneous Amendments) Act, 2016 (Act 7 of 2016) on 10 May 2016]...Legislation | 2013 |Law No. 12.854, of August 26, 2013
BrazilBrazil LEI Nº 12.854, DE 26 DE AGOSTO DE 2013. Acto 12-854 de 2013 Data de início desconhecida [Esta é a versão deste documento em 1 Janeiro 2019.] Presidência da República Casa Civil Subchefia para Assuntos Jurídicos LEI Nº 12.854, DE 26 DE AGOSTO DE 2013. Fomenta e incentiva ações que promovam a recuperação florestal e a implantação de sistemas agroflorestais em áreas rurais desapropriadas e em...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)
-
Climate risks and vulnerability for planned areas and infrastructure
(9)
-
Urban planning and design for adaptation
(38)
- Energy Efficiency (1)
- Institutions and governance (1)
- Institutions and governance (2)
-
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)
-
Institutions and governance
(1)