Framework Legislation in 99 countries
| Country | Greenhouse gas mitigation framework law/policy | Adaptation framework law/policy | Total No. of laws |
| Algeria | The National Climate Plan (2013) | The National Climate Plan (2013) | 14 |
| Angola | Resolution 52/08, establishing the National Strategy for the Implementation of UNFCCC and the Kyoto Protocol (2008) | None | 9 |
| Argentina | None | None | 7 |
| Australia | Carbon Farming Initiative Amendment Bill (2014) | None | 9 |
| Austria | Climate Protection Act (2011) | Austrian Strategy for Adaptation to Climate Change (2012) | 10 |
| Bangladesh | Bangladesh Climate Change Strategy and Action Plan (2009) | None | 10 |
| Belarus | National programme on climate change mitigation measures (2013-2020) (2013) | None | 12 |
| Belgium | National Climate Plan (2009) | National Climate Change Adaptation Strategy (2010) | 9 |
| Belize | Environmental Protection Act (1992) | National Adaptation Strategy to Address Climate Change in the Water Sector of Belize (2009) | 2 |
| Bolivia | None | None | 6 |
| Botswana | None | None | 2 |
| Brazil | National Policy on Climate Change (established by Law 12187/2009) (2009) | National Policy on Climate Change (established by Law 12187/2009) (2009) | 12 |
| Bulgaria | Climate Change Mitigation Act (2014) | None | 10 |
| Cameroon | None | None | 4 |
| Canada | None | None | 3 |
| Chile | National Climate Change Action Plan 2008–2012 (2008) | National Climate Change Adaptation Plan (2014) | 11 |
| China | National Plan For Tackling Climate Change 2014-2020 (2014) | National Strategy For Climate Change Adaptation (2013) | 6 |
| Colombia | Institutional Strategy for the Articulation of Policies and Actions in Climate Change (established by CONPES 3700) (2011) | National Plan for Climate Change Adaptation (2012) | 10 |
| Costa Rica | National Climate Change Strategy (2008) | National Climate Change Strategy (2008) | 9 |
| Cuba | National Environmental Strategy 2011-2015 (2010) | National Environmental Strategy 2011-2015 (2010) | 7 |
| Czech Republic | National Programme to Abate Climate Change Impacts in the Czech Republic (established by Government Resolution No. 187) (2004) | None | 6 |
| Democratic Republic of Congo | None | National Adaptation Action Plan (2006) | 4 |
| Denmark | Climate Change Act (2014) | Danish strategy for adaptation to a changing climate (2008) and the Action Plan for a climate-proof Denmark (2012) | 11 |
| Dominican Republic | National Development Strategy (2012); Climate Compatible Development Plan of the Dominican Republic (2011) | None | 6 |
| Ecuador | National Strategy on Climate Change 2012 – 2025 (2012) | National Strategy on Climate Change 2012 – 2025 (2012) | 8 |
| Egypt | None | National Strategy for Adaptation to Climate Change and Disaster Risk Management (2011) | 3 |
| El Salvador | The National Climate Change Strategy (2013) | The National Climate Change Strategy (2013) | 7 |
| Ethiopia | Climate Resilient Green Economy Strategy (2011) | Climate Resilient Green Economy Strategy (2011) | 9 |
| European Union | 2020 Climate and Energy Package (2009); 2030 framework for climate and energy policies (2014) |
None | 24 |
| Finland | Climate Change Act (2014) | National Strategy for Adaptation to Climate Change (2005) and Action Plan for the Adaptation to Climate Change of the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry 2011-2015 | 7 |
| France | Grenelle I (2009) and Grenelle II (2010) | National Adaptation Plan 2011-2015 (2011) | 9 |
| Gabon | National Climate Plan (“Plan Climat”) (2012) | National Climate Plan (2012) | 7 |
| Germany | Action Programme on Climate Protection 2020 (2014) | Germany Strategy for Adaptation to Climate Change (2008) | 15 |
| Ghana | National Climate Change Policy (2013) | National Climate Change Adaptation Strategy (2012) | 7 |
| Greece | National Climate Change Programme (last revised 2007) | None | 12 |
| Grenada | National Climate Change Policy and Action Plan (2007) | Grenada Strategic Program for Climate Resilience (2011) | 6 |
| Guatemala | Framework law to regulate reduction of vulnerability, mandatory adaptation to the effects of climate change, and the mitigation of greenhouse gas effects (2013) | Framework Law to Regulate Reduction of Vulnerability, Mandatory Adaptation to the Effects of Climate Change, and the Mitigation of Greenhouse Gas Effects (2013) | 7 |
| Guyana | Low Carbon Development Strategy (2009, updated 2013) | Low Carbon Development Strategy (2009, updated 2013) | 2 |
| Hungary | National Climate Change Strategy (2008) | National Climate Change Strategy (2008) | 7 |
| India | National Action Plan on Climate Change (2008) | National Action Plan on Climate Change (2008) | 11 |
| Indonesia | National Action Plan to reduce GHG emissions (by Presidential Decree No. 61/2011) (2011) | National Action Plan on Climate Change Adaptation (2012) | 19 |
| Iran | National Rules of Procedure for Implementation of the UNFCCC and the Kyoto Protocol (2009) | None | 8 |
| Ireland | National Climate Change Strategy (2007-2012) | National Climate Change Adaptation Framework (2012) | 12 |
| Israel | The First National Greenhouse Gas Mitigation Plan and Government Decision 2508 (2010) | None | 12 |
| Italy | Climate Change Action Plan (2007) | None | 22 |
| Jamaica | None | None | 3 |
| Japan | Law Concerning the Promotion of the Measures to Cope with Global Warming (Act on Promotion of Global Warming Countermeasures) (1998) | None | 9 |
| Jordan | The National Climate Change Policy of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan 2013-2020 (2013) | The National Climate Change Policy of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan 2013-2020 (2013) | 3 |
| Kazakhstan | None | None | 6 |
| Kenya | National Climate Change Response Strategy (2010) | National Climate Change Response Strategy (2010) | 5 |
| Kuwait | None | None | 2 |
| Libya | None | None | 0 |
| Madagascar | National Climate Change Policy (2010) | National Climate Change Policy (2010) | 3 |
| Malaysia | National Policy on Climate Change (2010) | National Policy on Climate Change (2010) | 6 |
| Maldives | Maldives National Energy Policy & Strategy (2010) | The Republic of the Maldives Strategic National Action Plan for Disaster Risk Reduction and Climate Change Adaptation 2010-2020 (2010) | 4 |
| Mexico | General Law on Climate Change (2012) | General Law on Climate Change (2012) | 9 |
| Micronesia | Federated States of Micronesia Climate Change Act (2013) | Federated States of Micronesia Climate Change Act (2013) | 3 |
| Mongolia | National Action Programme on Climate Change (2011) | National Action Programme on Climate Change (2011) | 10 |
| Morocco | National Plan of Action against Climate Change (2009) | None | 7 |
| Mozambique | 2013-2025 National Climate Change Strategy (2012) | 2013-2025 National Climate Change Strategy (2012) | 11 |
| Myanmar | None | None | 6 |
| Nepal | Climate Change Policy (2011) | None | 4 |
| Netherlands | National Climate Agenda (2014) | National Climate Agenda (2014) | 9 |
| New Zealand | Climate Change Response Act (2002) | Resource Management (Energy and Climate Change) Amendment Act (2004) | 7 |
| Nigeria | National Climate Policy (2013) | National Climate Policy (2013) | 3 |
| Norway | The Climate Settlement (2012) | White Paper on Climate Change Adaptation in Norway, Meld. St. 33 (2012-2013) | 9 |
| Pakistan | National Climate Change Policy (2012) | National Climate Change Policy (2012) | 8 |
| Peru | National Strategy on Climate Change (2003) | National Strategy on Climate Change (2003) | 10 |
| Philippines | Climate Change Act (2009) | Philippine Strategy on Climate Change Adaptation (2009) | 15 |
| Poland | None | Polish National Strategy for Adaptation to climate Change (2013) | 8 |
| Portugal | National Climate Change Programme (2006, amended 2008) | National Strategy for Adaptation to Climate Change (2010) | 10 |
| Romania | National Climate Change Strategy 2013-2020 (2013) | National Climate Change Strategy 2013-2020 (2013) | 13 |
| Russia | Climate Doctrine of the Russian Federation (2009) | None | 9 |
| Rwanda | National Strategy on Climate Change and Low Carbon Development (2011 ) | None | 7 |
| Saudi Arabia | None | None | 2 |
| Senegal | None | None | 10 |
| Singapore | National Climate Change Strategy (2012) | National Climate Change Strategy (2012) | 8 |
| Slovakia | None | National Adaptation Strategy (2014) | 17 |
| South Africa | National Climate Change Response Policy White Paper (2011) | National Climate Change Response Policy White Paper (2011) | 4 |
| South Korea | Framework Act on Low Carbon, Green Growth (2010) | National Strategic Plan for Climate Change Adaptation 2011-15 (2010) | 12 |
| Spain | Strategy of Climate Change and Clean Energy (2007) | National Adaptation Plan to Climate Change (2006) | 20 |
| Sweden | An Integrated Climate and Energy Policy (2009) | An Integrated Climate and Energy Policy (2009) | 8 |
| Switzerland | CO2 Act (2013) | Swiss National Adaptation Strategy (2012, 2014) | 8 |
| Tajikistan | National Action Plan for Climate Change Mitigation (2003) | National Action Plan for Climate Change Mitigation (2003) | 7 |
| Tanzania | National Climate Change Strategy (2012) | National Climate Change Strategy (2012) | 5 |
| Thailand | Strategic Plan on Climate Change (2008) | Strategic Plan on Climate Change (2008) | 6 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | National Climate Change Policy (2011) | National Climate Change Policy (2011) | 6 |
| Turkey | Climate Change Action Plan 2011-2023 (2011) | Turkey’s National Climate Change Adaptation Strategy and Action Plan (2011) | 6 |
| Tuvalu | None | National Strategic Action Plan for Climate Change Adaptation and Disaster Risk Management 2012-2016 (2012) | 7 |
| Uganda | National Climate Change Policy (2013) | National Climate Change Policy (2013) | 4 |
| Ukraine | National Action Plan for Implementation of the Kyoto Protocol (2005) | None | 8 |
| United Arab Emirates | None | None | 2 |
| United Kingdom | Climate Change Act (2008) | Climate Change Act (2008) | 23 |
| United States of America | None | Executive Order 13653: Preparing the United States for the Impacts of Climate Change (2013) | 9 |
| Uzbekistan | None | None | 4 |
| Vanuatu | None | None | 5 |
| Venezuela | None | None | 3 |
| Vietnam | National Climate Change Strategy (2011) | Law on Natural Disaster Prevention and Control No: 33/2013/QH13 (2013) | 13 |
| Zimbabwe | None | None | 5 |