FAOLEX Database
Climate change
Spain: Ley 6/2022, de 27 de diciembre, de cambio climático y transición energética de Canarias.
Date of text: 27 December 2022
Latvia: Cabinet Regulation No. 817 (Prot. No. 66 § 50) validating the Regulation on the Ministry of Climate and Energy.
Date of text: 20 December 2022
Kenya: Makueni: The Makueni County Climate Change Act, no. 6 of 2022.
Date of text: 14 December 2022. Territorial Subdivision: Makueni
Australia: Tasmania: Climate Change (Greenhouse Gas Emissions) Regulations 2022.
Date of text: 13 December 2022. Territorial Subdivision: Tasmania
Croatia: Decision on establishing the Commission for intersectoral coordination for the national system for monitoring of greenhouse gas emissions.
Date of text: 01 December 2022
Marshall Islands: Marshall Islands Resilience and Adaptation Trust Fund Act 2022 (P.L. No. 2022/56).
Date of text: 25 November 2022
Mozambique: Ministerial Order No. 119/2022 approving the Internal Regulation of the National Institution of Meteorology, Public Institute.
Date of text: 24 November 2022
Switzerland: Ordonnance relative au rapport sur les questions climatiques.
Date of text: 23 November 2022
Kenya: Lamu: Lamu County Climate Change Act, no. 4 of 2022.
Date of text: 22 November 2022. Territorial Subdivision: Lamu
Viet Nam: Circular No. 17/2022/TT-BTNMT promulgating the Decree on methods for measurement, reporting, appraisal of reduction of green house gas (GHG) emissions and GHG inventory development in waste management.
Date of text: 05 November 2022
Latvia: Regulation No. 686 of the Cabinet of Ministers on sustainability and greenhouse gas emissions savings criteria, criteria for electricity produced from biomass fuel and procedures for justifying, certifying and monitoring compliance with said criteria.
Date of original text: 02 November 2022 (16 May 2023)
Canada: Exploring Approaches for Canada’s Transition to Net-Zero Emissions.
Date of text: 31 October 2022
Republic of Moldova: Government Decree No. HG711/2022 validating the Regulation on the procedure for administration of the National environmental fund.
Date of original text: 19 October 2022 (09 June 2023)
Argentina: Decisión Administrativa 1013/2022 – Reglamento interno de funcionamiento del Gabinete Nacional de Cambio Climático.
Date of text: 05 October 2022
Switzerland: Loi fédérale sur les objectifs en matière de protection du climat, sur l’innovation et sur le renforcement de la sécurité énergétique (LCl).
Date of text: 30 September 2022
New Zealand: Climate Change (Forestry) Regulations 2022 (SL 2022/266).
Date of original text: 27 September 2022 (28 June 2024)
Indonesia: Regulation of the Minister of Environment and Forestry of the Republic of Indonesia no. 21 of 2022 concerning procedure for implementation of carbon pricing.
Date of text: 21 September 2022
Australia: Climate Change Act 2022.
Date of original text: 13 September 2022 (20 February 2025)
Peru: Resolución Ministerial N⁰ 171-2022-MINAM – Disponen la publicación de la “Matriz de Objetivos Prioritarios, Indicadores, Lineamientos y Servicios para el proceso de actualización de la Estrategia Nacional ante el Cambio Climático con visión al 2050”
Date of text: 02 September 2022
Serbia: Regulation on fuel economy data and CO2 emissions from new passenger vehicles.
Date of text: 29 August 2022
Türkiye: Regulation on Climate Change Experts.
Date of text: 27 August 2022
Bahamas: Carbon Credits Trading Act No. 36 of 2022.
Date of text: 11 August 2022
Indonesia: Regulation of the Minister of Environment and Forestry Number 12 of 2022 concerning the Organization and Work Procedure of the Climate Change Control Center.
Date of text: 26 July 2022
Kenya: Kwale: Kwale County Climate Change Act, no. 4 of 2022.
Date of text: 25 July 2022. Territorial Subdivision: Kwale
Isle of Man (UK): Climate Change (Public Bodies’ Reporting Requirements) Regulations 2022.
Date of text: 21 July 2022
Slovenia: Regulation on the method of sampling, quality assurance and methodology of laboratory analysis of organic matter and nutrients on agricultural land for the purpose of monitoring emissions and removals of greenhouse gases in agriculture.
Date of text: 08 July 2022
Viet Nam: Circular No. 01/2022/TT-BTNMT providing Guidelines for Implementation of the Law on Environmental Protection regarding Response to Climate Change.
Date of text: 07 July 2022
Luxembourg: Loi du 29 juin 2022 modifiant la loi modifiée du 15 décembre 2020 relative au climat.
Date of text: 29 June 2022
Türkiye: Regulation on Climate Change Presidency Service Units and Working Procedures and Principles.
Date of text: 21 June 2022
Colombia: Resolución N° 0634 - Por la cual en desarrollo del Protocolo de Montreal, se entiende prohibida la fabricación e importación de equipos y productos que contengan y/o requieran para su operacion o funcionamiento las sustancias controladas en los Anexos A, B, C, E y F del Protocolo de Montreal y se adoptan otras disposiciones.
Date of text: 17 June 2022
European Union: Council Recommendation on ensuring a fair transition towards climate neutrality.
Date of text: 16 June 2022
Finland: Climate Change Act (No. 423 of 2022).
Date of text: 10 June 2022
Kenya: Samburu: The Samburu County Climate Change Act, no. 6 of 2022.
Date of text: 10 June 2022. Territorial Subdivision: Samburu
Timor-Leste: Decree-Law No. 42/2022 creating the National Authority for Combating Climate Change, I.P. (AND).
Date of text: 08 June 2022
Indonesia: Regulation of the Coordinating Minister for Maritime Affairs and Investment Number 5 of 2022 concerning the Structure and Work Procedures of the Steering Committee for the Implementation of Carbon Economic Value to Achieve National Contribution Targets and Control of Greenhouse Gas Emissions in National Development.
Date of text: 08 June 2022
Kenya: West Pokot: West Pokot County Climate Change Fund Regulations, Legal Notice no. 1 of 2022.
Date of text: 07 June 2022. Territorial Subdivision: West Pokot
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland: Northern Ireland: Climate Change Act (Northern Ireland) 2022.
Date of text: 06 June 2022. Territorial Subdivision: Northern Ireland
Slovenia: Decision on the establishment of the Climate Council.
Date of text: 31 May 2022
Chile: Ley Nº 21.455 - Ley Marco de Cambio Climático.
Date of text: 30 May 2022
Greece: Law no. 4936/2022. National Climate Law - Transition to climate neutrality and adaptation to climate change, emergency provisions to address the energy crisis and protect the environment.
Date of text: 27 May 2022
Russian Federation: Order No. 371 of the Ministry of Environmental Protection and Ecology validating methods for quantitative determination of greenhouse gas emissions and absorption of greenhouse gases.
Date of text: 27 May 2022
Cameroon: Arrêté n°044/CAB/PM du 24 mai 2022 portant création, organisation et fonctionnement du programme spécial de reconstruction et de développement de la région de l’Extrême-Nord.
Date of text: 24 May 2022
Bahamas: Climate Change and Carbon Market Initiatives Act, 2022 (No. 15 of 2022).
Date of text: 20 May 2022
Russian Federation: Order No. 247 of the Ministry of Economic Development validating the Procedure on classification of legal entities and individual entrepreneurs as regional regulated organizations within the framework of an experiment for limiting greenhouse gases in certain constituent entities of the Russian Federation.
Date of text: 06 May 2022
Russian Federation: Government Resolution No. 790 validating the Regulation for creating and maintaining a register of carbon units, as well as conducting transactions with carbon units in the register of carbon units.
Date of original text: 30 April 2022 (04 April 2024)
Guatemala: Acuerdo Gubernativo Nº 109-2022 – Reglamento del Fondo Nacional de Cambio Climático.
Date of text: 29 April 2022
Russian Federation: Government Resolution No. 708 “On determining the coordinator of the experiment to limit greenhouse gas emissions on the territory of certain constituent entities of the Russian Federation.”
Date of text: 20 April 2022
Russian Federation: Governmental Decree No. 707 validating the Regulation for submitting and verifying reports on greenhouse gas emissions, the form of a report on greenhouse gas emissions, the Rules for creating and maintaining a register of greenhouse gas emissions and on amending certain acts of the Government of the Russian Federation.
Date of text: 20 April 2022
Argentina: Resolución Conjunta 1/2022 - Cambio climático. Soluciones tecnológicas y digitales.
Date of text: 13 April 2022
Singapore: Environmental Protection and Management (Greenhouse Gases) Regulations 2022.
Date of text: 31 March 2022
Russian Federation: Government Resolution No. 518 “On the procedure for determining the fee for the provision by the operator of services for conducting operations in the register of carbon units.”
Date of text: 30 March 2022
Republic of Korea: Enforcement Decree (Presidential Decree No. 32557) of the Framework Act on Carbon Neutrality and Green Growth to Respond to Climate Crisis.
Date of text: 25 March 2022
Russian Federation: Governmental Decree No. 455 validating the Rules for verifying the results of the implementation of climate projects.
Date of text: 24 March 2022
France: Loi n° 2022-298 du 2 mars 2022 d'orientation relative à une meilleure diffusion de l'assurance récolte en agriculture et portant réforme des outils de gestion des risques climatiques en agriculture
Date of text: 02 March 2022
Spain: Catalunya: Decreto 31/2022, de 22 de febrero, por el que se establece la composición y el régimen de funcionamiento de la Mesa Social del Cambio Climático.
Date of text: 22 February 2022. Territorial Subdivision: Catalunya
Cabo Verde: Resolution No. 36/X/2022 approving, for Accession, the Doha Amendment to the Kyoto Protocol to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change.
Date of text: 21 February 2022
Canada: Newfoundland and Labrador: Advisory Council Regulations, NLR 2/22.
Date of text: 20 February 2022. Territorial Subdivision: Newfoundland and Labrador
Russian Federation: Governmental Decree No. 206 “On measures of state regulation of consumption and circulation of substances that destroy the ozone layer.”
Date of text: 18 February 2022
Egypt: Minister of the Environment Resolution No. 34 of 2023 regarding the Environmental and Climate Investment Unit.
Date of text: 07 February 2022
Serbia: Decree on types of activities and gases with a greenhouse effect.
Date of text: 03 February 2022
Angola: Presidential Order No. 21/22 improving the National Commission for Climate Change and Biodiversity, coordinated by the Executive Power.
Date of text: 26 January 2022
Angola: Presidential Decision No. 8/22 creating the National Climate and Environmental Observatory, coordinated by the Ministry of Culture, Tourism and Environment.
Date of text: 13 January 2022
Angola: Presidential Decree No. 8/22 regulating the National System for Monitoring, Reporting and Assessment of the Policy on Climate.
Date of text: 13 January 2022
Montenegro: Regulation on the content of the plan for monitoring greenhouse gas emissions from facilities.
Date of text: 10 January 2022
Canada: Yukon: Clean Energy Act, SY 2022, c 14.
Date of text: 2022. Territorial Subdivision: Yukon
Jordan: Climate-responsive government and private capital financing and spending instructions of 2022.
Date of text: 2022
Mozambique: Resolution no. 41/2021 approving the Statute of the National Institution of Meteorology, IP, abbreviated as INAM, IP.
Date of text: 31 December 2021
Montenegro: Decision on the formation of the Commission for the implementation of the public auction for the allocation of emission credits.
Date of text: 29 December 2021
Montenegro: Decision on the formation of the National Council for sustainable development.
Date of text: 23 December 2021
Colombia: Ley 2169 – se impulsa el desarrollo bajo en carbono del país mediante el establecimiento de metas y medidas mínimas en materia de carbono neutralidad y resiliencia climática
Date of text: 22 December 2021
Philippines: Commission Resolution No. 2020-003 Urging The Climate Change Adaptation And Mitigation - Disaster Risk Reduction (CCAM-DRR) Cabinet Cluster, Through Its Member Agencies, To Adopt The Principles Of The Circular Economy, Encourage The Use Of Environment-Friendly Products And Practices, And Prohibit Single-Use Plastics In Their Respective Offices.
Date of text: 16 December 2021
Philippines: Commission Resolution No. 2020-004 Adopting the Thematic Priorities of the Philippine Country Programme for the Green Climate Fund 2019-2023.
Date of text: 16 December 2021
Philippines: Commission Resolution No. 2021-008 Adopting the Philippine Country Programme for the Green Climate Fund 2019-2023.
Date of text: 16 December 2021
Kenya: Nyamira: Nyamira County Climate Change Act, no. 4 of 2021.
Date of text: 22 November 2021. Territorial Subdivision: Nyamira
Nigeria: Climate Change Act, 2021.
Date of text: 17 November 2021
Honduras: Decreto PCM-123-2021 - Normaliza el Plan Nacional de Adaptación al Cambio Climático de Honduras.
Date of text: 12 November 2021
Italy: Legislative Decree No. 199/2021 concerning the implementation of Directive (EU) 2018/2001 of the European Parliament and of the Council, of 11 December 2018, on the promotion of the use of energy from renewable sources.
Date of original text: 08 November 2021 (15 May 2024)
Canada: Nova Scotia: Environmental Goals and Climate Change Reduction Act (SNS 2021, c 20).
Date of text: 05 November 2021. Territorial Subdivision: Nova Scotia
Serbia: Regulation on the verification and accreditation of verifiers of reports on greenhouse gas emissions.
Date of text: 04 November 2021
Brazil: Amapá: Decree No. 4.014 ratifying for the State of Amapá the "Race to Zero" campaign, within the scope of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC).
Date of text: 02 November 2021. Territorial Subdivision: Amapá
Indonesia: Regulation of the President of the Republic of Indonesia number 98 of 2021 on the implementation of carbon pricing to achieve the nationally determined contribution target and control over greenhouse gas emissions in the national development.
Date of text: 29 October 2021
Brazil: Resolution CONAREDD+ No. 5 approving the eligibility of state entities to get payments for the results of reducing emissions from deforestation in the Amazon biome.
Date of text: 29 October 2021
Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of): Ley Aprobatoria de la Enmienda de Kigali al Protocolo de Montreal sobre las Sustancias Agotadoras de la Capa de Ozono.
Date of text: 28 October 2021
Russian Federation: Government Ordinance No. 2979-r listing greenhouse gases.
Date of text: 22 October 2021
Madagascar: Décret n°2021-1113 relatif à la régulation de l’accès au marché du carbone forestier.
Date of text: 20 October 2021
Ecuador: Ciudad de México: Acuerdo Ministerial Nro. MAATE-2021-047 - Expide la norma técnica del Programa Ecuador Carbono Cero con alcance organizacional.
Date of text: 18 October 2021. Territorial Subdivision: Ciudad de México
Mexico: Tamaulipas: Reglamento de la Ley de Cambio Climático para el Estado de Tamaulipas.
Date of text: 13 October 2021. Territorial Subdivision: Tamaulipas
Croatia: Regulation on the method of monitoring and reporting and the methodology for calculating greenhouse gas emissions during the lifetime of delivered fuels and energy and on the method of implementing projects to reduce emissions from oil and gas exploration and production.
Date of text: 08 October 2021
Türkiye: Law No. 7335 ratifying the Paris Agreement.
Date of text: 06 October 2021
Honduras: Decreto Ejecutivo Nº PCM-103-2021 - Créase el "Bono de Alivio a Familias Vulnerables Afectadas por Fenómenos Naturales Producto del Cambio Climático".
Date of text: 01 October 2021
Spain: Orden TED/1086/2021, de 29 de septiembre, por la que se establece la composición, organización y funcionamiento de la Asamblea Ciudadana para el Clima.
Date of text: 29 September 2021
Burundi: Décret n° 100/206 du 28 septembre 2021 portant institutionnalisation d’un système national d’ inventaire des gaz a effet de serre.
Date of text: 28 September 2021
Republic of Korea: Framework Act on Carbon Neutrality and Green Growth to Respond to Climate Crisis.
Date of text: 24 September 2021
Fiji: Climate Change Act (No. 43 of 2021).
Date of text: 23 September 2021
Andorra: Decree 303/2021 of 22-9-2021 approving the Regulation of the national greenhouse gas emissions compensation market.
Date of text: 22 September 2021
Andorra: Decree 303/2021 of 22-9-2021 approving the Regulation of the national market for offsetting greenhouse gas emissions.
Date of text: 22 September 2021
Gabon: Ordonnance N° 019/2021 du 13/09/2021 relative aux changements climatiques.
Date of text: 16 September 2021
Republic of Moldova: Government Decree No. HG145/2021 validating the Regulation on the organization and functioning of the Ministry of Environment.
Date of text: 25 August 2021
Tonga: Tonga Climate Change Fund Act No. 5 of 2021.
Date of text: 24 August 2021
France: Loi no 2021-1104 du 22 août 2021 portant lutte contre le dérèglement climatique et renforcement de la résilience face à ses effets
Date of text: 22 August 2021
Bulgaria: Decision on election of the Energy and Climate Committee.
Date of text: 18 August 2021
Uganda: National Climate Change Act, 2021.
Date of text: 14 August 2021
Argentina: Jujuy: Ley N⁰ 6.230 - Ley de marco provincial de cambio climático.
Date of text: 12 August 2021. Territorial Subdivision: Jujuy
Kenya: Tana River: Tana River County Climate Change Act, no. 3 of 2021
Date of text: 06 August 2021. Territorial Subdivision: Tana River
Ireland: Climate Action and Low Carbon Development (Amendment) Act 2021 (No. 32 of 2021).
Date of text: 23 July 2021
Philippines: Commission Resolution No. 2021-003 Adopting the Results Framework of the Climate Change Commission to Increase Its Responsiveness in Fulfilling Its Mandates under Republic Act (RA) No. 9729, as Amended, and Other Existing Laws.
Date of text: 23 July 2021
Montenegro: Regulation on detailed manner and necessary documentation for issuance of permits for installation, maintenance and/or repair activities as well as for exclusion from use of equipment and products containing ozone-depleting substances or alternative substances.
Date of text: 23 July 2021
Germany: Regulation on measures to prevent carbon leakage through national fuel emissions trading.
Date of text: 21 July 2021
Kiribati: Order for controlling the import/export of Hydrofluorocarbons substances and their mixtures.
Date of text: 19 July 2021
Montenegro: Decree on aviation activities for which the plan on monitoring of greenhouse gas emissions is not delivered.
Date of text: 17 July 2021
Montenegro: Decision on the development of the Strategic Environmental Assessment for the national energy and climate plan.
Date of text: 16 July 2021
Croatia: Decree on substances that deplete the ozone layer and fluorinated greenhouse gases.
Date of text: 16 July 2021
Philippines: DENR Administrative Order No.2021-22 on guidelines on mainstreaming, cascading and institutionalising climate change concerns in the environment and natural resources (ENR) priority programs.
Date of text: 13 July 2021
Russian Federation: Federal Law No. 296-FZ “On limiting greenhouse gas emissions”.
Date of text: 02 July 2021
Sweden: Act (2021:787) on climate statement for buildings.
Date of text: 01 July 2021
Sweden: Decree (2021:789) on climate statement for buildings.
Date of text: 01 July 2021
European Union: Regulation (EU) 2021/1119 for achieving climate neutrality (European Climate Law).
Date of text: 30 June 2021
Canada: Canadian Net-Zero Emissions Accountability Act (S.C. 2021, c. 22).
Date of text: 29 June 2021
Nicaragua: Decreto Presidencial n°. 15-2021 - Creación del sistema nacional de gestión del cambio climático y establecimiento de los principios y lineamientos de la política nacional de cambio climático. Texto consolidado.
Date of original text: 25 June 2021 (27 September 2023)
Luxembourg: Loi du 25 juin 2021 portant création d’un pacte climat 2.0 avec les communes et portant modification de la loi modifiée du 15 décembre 2020 relative au climat.
Date of text: 25 June 2021
Brazil: Goiás: Decree No. 9.891 creating the State Plan for Mitigation/Adaptation to Climate Change and Sustainability in Agriculture and Livestock.
Date of text: 22 June 2021. Territorial Subdivision: Goiás
Nauru: Environmental Management and Climate Change (Notices) Regulations (SL No. 12 of 2021).
Date of text: 22 June 2021
Zambia: Forest (Carbon Stock Management) Regulations, 2021 (S.I. No. 66 of 2021).
Date of text: 17 June 2021
Norway: Regulation No. 1928 on subsidies for nonprofit climate and environmental organizations and climate and and environmental foundations.
Date of text: 11 June 2021
Mexico: Ciudad de México: Ley de Mitigación y Adaptación al Cambio Climático y Desarrollo Sustentable para la Ciudad de México.
Date of original text: 09 June 2021 (28 November 2023). Territorial Subdivision: Ciudad de México
Kenya: Elgoyo/Marakwet: Elgeyo/Marakwet County Climate Change Fund Act, no. 1 of 2021.
Date of text: 27 May 2021. Territorial Subdivision: Elgoyo/Marakwet
Kenya: Narok: Public Finance Management (Narok County Climate Change Fund) Regulations, Legal Notice no. 3 of 2021.
Date of text: 27 May 2021. Territorial Subdivision: Narok
United States of America: Executive Order on Climate-Related Financial Risk.
Date of text: 20 May 2021
Spain: Ley 7/2021, de 20 de mayo, de cambio climático y transición energética.
Date of original text: 20 May 2021 (20 May 2021)
Maldives: Climate Emergency Act (Act No. 9 of 2021).
Date of text: 18 May 2021
Ecuador: Acuerdo Ministerial Nro. MAAE-2021-018 – Expide el Programa Ecuador Carbono Cero.
Date of text: 06 May 2021
Benin: Décret nº 2021 - 191 du 5 mai 2021 portant création du Fonds national pour l'Environnement et le Climat et approbation de ses statuts
Date of text: 05 May 2021
Panama: Decreto Ejecutivo Nº 135 - Reglamenta el Capítulo I del Título V del Texto Único de la Ley Nº 41 de 1º de julio de 1998, General de Ambiente de la República de Panamá, sobre la Adaptación al Cambio Climático Global, y dicta otras disposiciones
Date of text: 30 April 2021
European Union: Regulation No. 2021/783 of the European Parliament and of the Council establishing a Programme for the Environment and Climate Action (LIFE), and repealing Regulation (EU) No. 1293/2013.
Date of text: 29 April 2021
Kenya: West Pokot: West Pokot County Climate Change Fund Act, no. 1 of 2021
Date of text: 29 April 2021. Territorial Subdivision: West Pokot
Panama: Manual de Técnicas de Restauración para Áreas Degradadas de Manglar en Panamá.
Date of text: 28 April 2021
Ecuador: Acuerdo Ministerial N⁰ MAAE-2021-017 – Expide los lineamientos para la formulación, seguimiento, evaluación y actualización de los instrumentos de gestión del cambio climático
Date of text: 27 April 2021
Kenya: Kilifi: The Kilifi County Climate Change Act, no. 1 of 2021.
Date of text: 23 April 2021. Territorial Subdivision: Kilifi
Kenya: Machakos: The Machakos County Climate Change Act, no. 3 of 2021.
Date of text: 13 April 2021. Territorial Subdivision: Machakos
Rwanda: Ministerial Order relating to the National Report on Climate Change (Ministerial Order 5 of 2021).
Date of text: 12 April 2021
Kenya: Nakuru: Nakuru County Climate Change Act, no. 4 of 2021.
Date of text: 10 March 2021. Territorial Subdivision: Nakuru
Serbia: Law on climate change.
Date of text: 01 March 2021
Brazil: Decree No. 8.110 on the Internal Regulation of the Institution for Climate Change and Environmental Services (IMC).
Date of text: 25 February 2021
Türkiye: Resolution No. 1279 on the establishment of a Parliamentary Research Committee to cope with the impacts of climate change and drought and ensure efficient use of water resources.
Date of text: 25 February 2021
Brazil: National Institute of Meteorology (INMET) - Strategic Alignment 2021-2030.
Date of text: 01 February 2021
United States of America: Executive Order 14008 of January 27, 2021, on Tackling the Climate Crisis at Home and Abroad
Date of text: 27 January 2021
United States of America: Executive Order on Tackling the Climate Crisis at Home and Abroad (2021)
Date of text: 27 January 2021
Peru: Resolución Nº 014-2021-MINAM ─ Lineamientos para el Diseño e Implementación de Mecanismos de Retribución por Servicios Ecosistémicos.
Date of text: 22 January 2021
United States of America: Executive Order on Protecting Public Health and the Environment and Restoring Science to Tackle the Climate Crisis (2021)
Date of text: 20 January 2021
Finland: Decree of the Ministry of Economic Affairs and Employment on simplified risk assessment of standardized and simplified emission monitoring plans (No. 80 of 2021).
Date of text: 19 January 2021
Kenya: Kericho: The Kericho County Climate Change Act, no. 1 of 2021.
Date of text: 19 January 2021. Territorial Subdivision: Kericho
Finland: Government Decree on subsidies for climate measures in the land-use sector for the years 2020-2025 and on the funds allocated for these purposes (No. 5 of 2021).
Date of text: 07 January 2021
Isle of Man (UK): Climate Change Act 2021.
Date of text: 2021
Kenya: Laikipia: The Laikipia County Climate Change Act 2021
Date of text: 2021. Territorial Subdivision: Laikipia
Zambia: Green Economy and Climate Change Act, 2024 (No. 18 of 2024).
Date of text: 20 December 2020
Argentina: Decreto 1030/2020 – Reglamentación de la Ley Nº 27.520, Ley de presupuestos mínimos de adaptación y mitigación al cambio climático global.
Date of text: 17 December 2020
Germany: Emissions Reporting Ordinance 2022.
Date of text: 17 December 2020
Albania: Law n. 155/2020 on climate change.
Date of text: 17 December 2020
Luxembourg: Loi du 15 décembre 2020 relative au climat et modifiant la loi modifiée du 31 mai 1999 portant institution d’un fonds pour la protection de l’environnement.
Date of text: 15 December 2020
Mexico: Tabasco: Ley de Cambio Climático y Sustentabilidad del Estado de Tabasco.
Date of text: 08 December 2020. Territorial Subdivision: Tabasco
Mauritius: Climate Change Act (No. 11 of 2020).
Date of text: 27 November 2020
Kenya: Kisumu: Kisumu County Climate Change Act, no. 7 of 2020.
Date of text: 27 November 2020. Territorial Subdivision: Kisumu
India: Notification constituting the Apex Committee for Implementation of Paris Agreement.
Date of text: 27 November 2020
Croatia: Regulation on the conditions, criteria and method of granting aid under measure I.21 "Energy efficiency and climate change mitigation - engine replacement".
Date of text: 23 November 2020
Mexico: Sinaloa: Ley Estatal de Cambio Climático.
Date of text: 19 November 2020. Territorial Subdivision: Sinaloa
Panama: Resolución No. DM-0358-2020 – Por la cual se establece la Declaratoria "Las 50 Primeras Organizaciones Carbono-Neutro" y se reglamenta el proceso para el ingreso de las organizaciones interesadas.
Date of text: 17 November 2020
Finland: Decree of the Ministry of Economic Affairs and Employment on the Monitoring and Reporting of Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Installations (No. 759 of 2020).
Date of text: 10 November 2020
Brazil: Sergipe: Law No. 14.091 establishing the State Policy to Combat Desertification (PECD), establishing its implementation means; and creating the Permanent Council to Combat Desertification (CPCD).
Date of text: 09 November 2020. Territorial Subdivision: Sergipe
Norway: National Forestry Accounting Plan for Norway, including forest reference level for the first commitment period 2021-2025.
Date of text: 09 November 2020
Germany: Ordinance on the design of the independent expert council for Climate issue and establishment of the office.
Date of text: 09 November 2020
Russian Federation: Presidential Decree No. 666 “On reduction of greenhouse gas emissions.”
Date of text: 04 November 2020
Belarus: Decree No. 610 of the Council of Ministers “On issuance of permits in the field of environmental protection for the movement of certain types of goods across the State Border of the Republic of Belarus.”
Date of original text: 27 October 2020 (09 October 2023)
Nauru: Environmental Management and Climate Change Act No. 34 of 2020.
Date of text: 23 October 2020
Canada: Québec: An Act Mainly To Ensure Effective Governance Of The Fight Against Climate Change And To Promote Electrification (SQ 2020, c 19).
Date of text: 22 October 2020. Territorial Subdivision: Québec
Panama: Decreto Nº 100 - Reglamenta el Capítulo II del Título V del Texto Único de la Ley Nº 41 de 1998 sobre Mitigación del Cambio Climático Global y crea el Programa Nacional Reduce Tu Huella para la gestión y monitoreo del desarrollo económico y social bajo en carbono en la República de Panamá.
Date of text: 20 October 2020
Angola: Resolution No. 37/20 ratifying the Paris Agreement on Climate Change.
Date of text: 12 October 2020
Dominican Republic: Decreto No. 541-20 – Que crea el Sistema Nacional de Medición, Reporte y Verificación de los Gases de Efecto Invernadero, el Sistema del Inventario Nacional de Gases de Efecto Invernadero y el Sistema Nacional de Registro de Acciones de Mitigación de Gases de Efecto Invernadero, así como la Unidad de Registro de Proyectos de Acción Climática y el Sistema Nacional de Registro de Apoyo y Financiamiento para el Cambio Climático.
Date of text: 09 October 2020
Brazil: Order MMA No. 518 creating the Forest + Carbon modality, according with Order No. 288 of 2 July 2020.
Date of text: 29 September 2020
Peru: Resolución Nº 197-2020-MINAM ─ Aprueba la conformación y funciones de la Plataforma de Pueblos Indígenas para enfrentar el Cambio Climático.
Date of text: 29 September 2020
New Zealand: Climate Change (Auctions, Limits, and Price Controls for Units) Regulations 2020.
Date of original text: 21 September 2020 (01 January 2024)
Angola: Letter of Adhesion No. 6/20 guaranteeing the fulfillment of the Kigali Amendment to the Montreal Protocol on the Protection of the Ozone Layer.
Date of text: 09 September 2020
El Salvador: Ley Nº 711 - Ley marco para el uso y fomento de la bicicleta en el ámbito urbano como en el rural.
Date of text: 27 August 2020
Peru: Decreto Supremo Nº 219-2020-EF — Procedimientos para el acceso a los recursos del Fondo Verde para el Clima.
Date of text: 07 August 2020
Croatia: Decree on the manner of trading in greenhouse gas emission allowances.
Date of text: 30 July 2020
Mauritania: Arrêté n° 0549 du 29 juillet 2020 portant création du comité technique de pilotage du programme alliance mauritanienne contre le changement climatique phase 2.
Date of text: 29 July 2020
Brazil: Decree No. 10.431 creating the National Executive Committee of the Sectorial Plan for the Consolidation of a Low Carbon Emission in Agriculture (CENABC).
Date of original text: 20 July 2020 (10 April 2024)
Croatia: Regulation on the method of free allocation of emission allowances to installations and on the monitoring, reporting and verification of reports on greenhouse gas emissions from installations and aircrafts.
Date of text: 17 July 2020
Angola: Resolution No. 29/20 approving the Doha Amendment to the Kyoto Protocol.
Date of text: 14 July 2020
Peru: Decreto Supremo Nº 006-2020-MINAM ─ Crea la Comisión Multisectorial de carácter permanente denominada Comisión de Alto Nivel de Cambio Climático (CANCC).
Date of text: 03 July 2020
Republic of Moldova: Government Resolution No. HG444/2020 “On the creation of a coordination mechanism in the field of climate change”.
Date of text: 01 July 2020
Singapore: Carbon Pricing (Appeals) Regulations 2020.
Date of text: 30 June 2020
Denmark: Climate Change Act.
Date of original text: 26 June 2020 (13 December 2021)
European Union: Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2020/1044 supplementing Regulation (EU) 2018/1999 of the European Parliament and of the Council with regard to values for global warming potentials and the inventory guidelines and with regard to the Union inventory system and repealing Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) No 666/2014.
Date of text: 08 May 2020
Brazil: Pará: Law No. 9.048 establishing the Policy on Climate Change of the State of Pará (PEMC/PA).
Date of original text: 29 April 2020 (27 December 2022). Territorial Subdivision: Pará
Madeira Islands (Portugal): Regional Regulatory Decree No. 32/2020/M approving the Regional Directorate for the Environment and Climate Change.
Date of text: 28 April 2020
Singapore: Carbon Pricing (Carbon Tax, Carbon Credits and Registries) Regulations 2020.
Date of text: 27 April 2020
Morocco: Décret n° 2-19-721 du 3 ramadan 1441 (27 avril 2020) portant création de la commission nationale des changements climatiques et de la diversité biologique
Date of text: 27 April 2020
Portugal: Decree-Law No. 12/2020 establishing the legal regime applicable to the trading of licences and the emission of greenhouse gases, transposing Directive (EU) 2018/410.
Date of text: 06 April 2020
Angola: Ratification Letter No. 3/20 ratifying for accession by the Republic of Angola, the Kyoto Protocol to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change.
Date of text: 17 March 2020
Andorra: Decree of 4-3-2020 on systematic observation and registration for the preparation of the national inventory on greenhouse effect gases.
Date of text: 04 March 2020
Montenegro: Decree on activities that emit greenhouse gases for which a permit for the emission of greenhouse gases is issued.
Date of text: 06 February 2020
Senegal: Arrêté ministériel n° 004916 du 31 janvier 2020 portant création, organisation et fonctionnement du Comité de pilotage et du Comité technique du Projet de Gestion des Eaux pluviales et d'adaptation au changement climatique (PROGEP).
Date of text: 31 January 2020
Georgia: Resolution No. 54 of 2020 of Georgian Government on Creation of Climate Change Council
Date of original text: 23 January 2020 (13 May 2021)
Canada: Output-Based Pricing System Regulations (SOR/2019-266)
Date of text: 01 January 2020
Canada: Part 1 of the Greenhouse Gas Pollution Pricing Act Regulations (Alberta)
Date of text: 01 January 2020
Sweden: Sweden’s fourth Biennial Report under the UNFCCC.
Date of text: 01 January 2020
Malta: Act No. XXXVI of 2020 – An Act to amend the Climate Action Act, Cap. 543, and to provide for other matters dealing with them or ancillary thereto.
Date of text: 2020
Canada: New Brunswick: Administrative Penalties Regulation – Climate Change Act (2021-44, NB Reg 2021-44).
Date of original text: 2020 (16 June 2023). Territorial Subdivision: New Brunswick
Hungary: Law 44/2020 on climate protection.
Date of text: 2020
Canada: Prince Edward Island: Net-zero Carbon Act (S.P.E.I. 2020, c. 90).
Date of text: 2020. Territorial Subdivision: Prince Edward Island
Canada: Net-zero Carbon Act, RSPEI 1988, c N-3.01.
Date of text: 2020
Canada: New Brunswick: Reduction of Greenhouse Gas Emissions Regulation - Climate Change Act (NB Reg 2021-43).
Date of text: 2020. Territorial Subdivision: New Brunswick
Peru: Decreto Supremo Nº 013-2019-MINAM ─ Reglamento de la Ley Nº 30754, Ley Marco sobre Cambio Climático.
Date of text: 31 December 2019
Peru: Resolución Nº 484-2019-MINAGRI — Lineamientos para la incorporación de la Gestión del Riesgo en un contexto de Cambio Climático en los proyectos de inversión relacionados a agua para riego en el marco del Sistema Nacional de Programación Multianual y Gestión de Inversiones.
Date of text: 31 December 2019
Cabo Verde: Decree No. 11/2019 ratifying the Kigali Amendment to the Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer.
Date of text: 23 December 2019
Norway: Norway's National Plan related to the Decision of the EEA Joint Committee No. 269/2019 of 25 October 2019.
Date of text: 20 December 2019
Peru: Decreto de Urgencia Nº 029-2019 ─ Incentivos para el chatarreo.
Date of text: 19 December 2019
Argentina: Ley Nº 27520 – Ley de presupuestos mínimos de adaptación y mitigación al cambio climático global.
Date of text: 19 December 2019
Croatia: Law on climate change and ozone layer protection.
Date of text: 13 December 2019
Austria: Niederösterreich: Lower Austria Plant Health Act (NÖ PGHG).
Date of text: 13 December 2019. Territorial Subdivision: Niederösterreich
Madeira Islands (Portugal): Regional Decree No. 5/2020/M approving the structure of the Regional Secretariat for Environment, Natural Resources and Climate Change (SRAAC).
Date of text: 13 December 2019
Germany: Federal Climate Protection Act (KSG).
Date of original text: 12 December 2019 (15 July 2024)
Ukraine: Law No. 376-IX “On regulation of economic activity with ozone-depleting substances and fluorinated greenhouse gases”.
Date of text: 12 December 2019
Ukraine: Law No. 377-IX “On the principles of monitoring, reporting and verification of greenhouse gas emissions”.
Date of original text: 12 December 2019 (08 January 2025)
Germany: Law on a National Trade Certificate for Fuel Emissions (Fuel Emissions Trading Act).
Date of original text: 12 December 2019 (03 November 2020)
Czechia: Regulation on conditions for implementation of subsequent agri-environment-climate measures.
Date of text: 09 December 2019
Argentina: Resolución Conjunta Nº 1/2019 – Gabinete Nacional de Cambio Climático.
Date of text: 21 November 2019
France: Loi n° 2019-1147 du 8 novembre 2019 relative à l'énergie et au climat.
Date of text: 08 November 2019
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland: Climate Change (Emissions Reduction Targets) (Scotland) Act 2019 (2019 Asp 12).
Date of text: 31 October 2019
Madagascar: Arrêté n°2019-1931 relatif à l'instruction, l'élaboration, la validation et la mise en oeuvre du Schéma Régional d'Aménagement du Territoire.
Date of text: 30 October 2019
Madagascar: Arrêté n°24493/2019 portant approbation du Guide méthodologique d’adaptation aux changements climatiques dans la planification urbaine.
Date of text: 30 October 2019
Madagascar: Arrêté n°24494/2019 portant approbation du Guide d’intégration de l’adaptation et de la résilience climatique dans les Schémas Régionaux d’Aménagement du Territoire et les Programmes Régionaux de Développement.
Date of text: 30 October 2019
Iceland: Decision of the EEA Joint Committee No. 269/2019 amending Protocol 31 to the EEA Agreement, on cooperation in specific fields outside the four freedoms related to climate change.
Date of text: 25 October 2019
Mexico: Nuevo León: Ley de Cambio Climático del Estado de Nuevo León.
Date of original text: 15 October 2019 (25 November 2022). Territorial Subdivision: Nuevo León
France: Décret no 2019-975 du 20 septembre 2019 relatif aux modalités d’application du dispositif des certificats d’économies d’énergie pour les installations soumises à quotas d’émission de gaz à effet de serre.
Date of text: 20 September 2019
Lao People's Democratic Republic: Decree on Climate Change.
Date of text: 18 September 2019
Estonia: Regulation No. 41 of 2019 of Minister of the Environment of Estonia on the conditions and procedures for providing support to climate change objectives in developing countries
Date of original text: 11 September 2019 (30 October 2021)
Panama: Resolución Nº OAL-095-ADM-2019 ─ Reestructura la Unidad Ambiental del Ministerio de Desarrollo Agropecuario, que se denominará Unidad Agroambiental y Cambio Climático.
Date of text: 04 September 2019
Peru: Resolución Nº 242-2019-MINAM ─ Aprueba la lista sectorial de las Políticas Nacionales bajo la rectoría o conducción del Ministerio del Ambiente.
Date of text: 16 August 2019
Fiji: Environment and Climate Adaptation Levy (Climate Relocation of Communities Trust Fund) Regulations 2019 (L.N. No. 68 of 2019).
Date of text: 06 August 2019
Colombia: Ley N° 1970 - Por medio de la cual se aprueba la Enmienda De Kigali Al Protocolo De Montreal, adoptada el 15 de Octubre de 2016, en Kigali, Ruanda.
Date of text: 12 July 2019
Netherlands (Kingdom of the): Climate Act
Date of original text: 02 July 2019 (10 July 2023)
Tuvalu: Climate Change Resilience Act 2019.
Date of text: 01 July 2019
Kenya: Tharaka Nithi: Tharaka Nithi County Climate Change Fund Act, 2019 (No. 4 of 2019).
Date of text: 29 June 2019. Territorial Subdivision: Tharaka Nithi
Brazil: Decree No. 9.888 establishing the annual compulsory targets for greenhouse gas emission reduction related to fuel trade referred to in Law No. 13.576 and creating the National Biofuels Policy Committee (Comité RenovaBio).
Date of original text: 25 June 2019 (25 April 2023)
Fiji: Climate Relocation of Communities Trust Fund Act 2019 (No. 21 of 2019).
Date of text: 24 June 2019
Brazil: Decree No. 9.841 providing for the National Programme for the Agricultural Zoning of Climate Risk (ZARC).
Date of text: 18 June 2019
Cabo Verde: Resolution No. 73/2019 creating the Interministerial Committee for the Fund on Climate.
Date of text: 14 June 2019
Ecuador: Acuerdo Nº 56 - Requisitos y procedimientos para el Registro y Mecanismos de aprobación, monitoreo y seguimiento para los Socios Implementadores y los Planes de Implementación de Medidas y Acciones REDD+.
Date of text: 11 June 2019
Brazil: Amazonas: Decree No. 40.768 regulating the State Fund for Climate Change, Environmental Conservation and Environmental Services (FEMUCS), as well as the recognition, qualification and selection of Implementing Agents and the composition and functioning of the Scientific Methodological Committee (CCM).
Date of text: 10 June 2019. Territorial Subdivision: Amazonas
Türkiye: Regulation on the research and application centre on agriculture and climate change of the Selcuk University.
Date of text: 07 June 2019
Puerto Rico (USA): Ley Núm. 33 del año 2019 - Ley de Mitigación, Adaptación y Resiliencia al Cambio Climático de Puerto Rico.
Date of text: 22 May 2019
France: Décret n° 2019-439 du 14 mai 2019 relatif au Haut Conseil pour le climat.
Date of text: 14 May 2019
Peru: Resolución Nº 135-2019-MINAM ─ Manual de Operaciones del Programa Nacional de Conservación de Bosques para la Mitigación del Cambio Climático.
Date of text: 13 May 2019
Egypt: Prime Minister's Decision No. 1129 of 2019
Date of text: 07 May 2019
Jordan: Climate Change Regulation No.79 of 2019 issued pursuant to Article 30 of the Environmental Protection Law No.6 of 2017.
Date of text: 24 April 2019
Oman: Royal Decree No.28 of 2019 ratifying the Paris Agreement.
Date of text: 24 April 2019
Portugal: Decree-Law No. 50/2019 ensuring the implementation in the national legislation of Regulation (EU) 2016/1628 laying down the requirements for emission limits for gas and particulate pollutants as well as for the approval of internal combustion engines for non-road mobile machinery.
Date of text: 16 April 2019
Angola: Executive Decree No. 98/19 approving the Regulation of the Climate Change Office of the Ministry of the Environment (GABAC).
Date of text: 10 April 2019
Indonesia: Decree of the Director General of the Climate Change Control No. SK.MOEF Dg-CC No. 8, Series of 2019 on the Determination of Forest Reference Emission Level (FREL) for Sub-National (Province).
Date of text: 01 March 2019
Costa Rica: Decreto Nº 41581-MINAE ─ Oficializa el Plan de Descarbonización Compromiso del Gobierno del Bicentenario 2018-2050.
Date of text: 24 February 2019
Spain: Baleares: Ley Nº 10/2019 - Ley de cambio climático y transición energética.
Date of text: 22 February 2019. Territorial Subdivision: Baleares
Philippines: Commission Resolution No. 2019-001.Resolution adopting a national climate risk management framework to address the intensifying adverse impacts of climate change.
Date of text: 25 January 2019
Philippines: Commission Resolution No.2019-002. Resolution mainstreaming and strengthening gender-responsive approaches in the formulation and implementation of climate change policies, plans, programs and activities.
Date of text: 25 January 2019
Cameroon: Décret n°2019/026 du 18 janvier 2019 portant réorganisation de l'Observatoire National sur les Changements Climatiques.
Date of text: 18 January 2019
Canada: Alberta: ALBERTA REGULATION 133/2019 Climate Change and Emissions Management Act.
Date of text: 2019. Territorial Subdivision: Alberta
Canada: Prince Edward Island: Climate Leadership Regulations, PEI Reg EC57/19.
Date of original text: 2019 (2020). Territorial Subdivision: Prince Edward Island
Kiribati: Disaster Risk Management and Climate Change Act 2019.
Date of text: 2019
Fiji: Displacement Guidelines In the context of climate change and disasters.
Date of text: 2019
Equatorial Guinea: Primera Comunicación Nacional de Guinea Ecuatorial a la Convención Marco de las Naciones Unidas sobre Cambio Climático.
Date of text: 2019