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 |