{"id":5405,"date":"2014-02-01T15:00:53","date_gmt":"2014-02-01T15:00:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.lse.ac.uk\/granthaminstitute\/?post_type=publication&#038;p=5405"},"modified":"2020-04-02T13:33:09","modified_gmt":"2020-04-02T12:33:09","slug":"the-globe-climate-legislation-study-a-review-of-climate-change-legislation-in-66-countries","status":"publish","type":"publication","link":"https:\/\/www.lse.ac.uk\/granthaminstitute\/publication\/the-globe-climate-legislation-study-a-review-of-climate-change-legislation-in-66-countries\/","title":{"rendered":"The GLOBE climate legislation study: a review of climate change legislation in 66 countries"},"content":{"rendered":"<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<?xml encoding=\"UTF-8\"><p><strong>Note: New and updated <a href=\"https:\/\/www.lse.ac.uk\/granthaminstitute\/legislation\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">2015 edition<\/a> available<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The GLOBE Climate Legislation Study is the most comprehensive audit of climate legislation across 66 countries, together responsible for around 88% of global manmade greenhouse&nbsp;gas emissions. It is produced by the Grantham Research Institute at the London School of Economics in collaboration with GLOBE International.<\/p>\n<p>The 4<sup>th<\/sup> edition of the Study was formally launched at the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/globelegislators.org\/events\/2014\/2gcls-home\"><strong>2nd GLOBE Climate Legislation Summit<\/strong><\/a>&nbsp;held at the Senate of the United States of&nbsp;America and at the World Bank in Washington DC on 27th-28th February 2014.<\/p>\n<p>The next edition of the Climate Legislation Study will be launched in early 2015, covering legislation in 100 countries.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Key messages from the 4th edition:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Almost 500 climate laws have been passed in the 66 countries covered by the study; the direction of travel is clear; and encouragingly, it is developing countries and emerging markets, which are advancing climate change laws and regulation at the fastest pace.<\/li>\n<li>Even though the legislative progress is impressive, the cumulative ambition of these laws is not yet sufficient to limit global average temperature rise to 2 degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels, the agreed goal of the international community.<\/li>\n<li>In order for a successful outcome in Paris in 2015 there is now extreme urgency to strengthen commitments, and for countries that have not yet passed climate change laws and\/or regulations to do so.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Key progress in 2013 includes:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Americas:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Bolivia passed its Framework Law on Mother Earth and Integral Development to Live Well;<\/li>\n<li>El Salvador adopted its National Climate Change Strategy;<\/li>\n<li>In Ecuador, Decree 1815 established the Intersectoral National Strategy for Climate Change;<\/li>\n<li>In Costa Rica a draft General Law on Climate Change has been introduced and is expected to pass in 2014.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Asia-Pacific:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>China published its National Adaptation Plan;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Indonesia extended its forest moratorium;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Kazakhstan introduced a pilot emissions trading scheme;<\/li>\n<li>Micronesia passed its Climate Change Act in late 2013.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Europe:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Poland adopted its National Strategy for Adaptation<\/li>\n<li>Switzerland overhauled its CO2 Act to increase ambition.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Middle East and North Africa:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Jordan passed its National Climate Change Policy;<\/li>\n<li>The United Arab Emirates launched a mandatory Energy Efficiency Standardization and Labelling Scheme.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Sub-Saharan Africa:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Kenya adopted 2013-2017 Climate Change Action Plan;<\/li>\n<li>Mozambique adopted 2013-2025 National Strategy for Climate Change;<\/li>\n<li>Tanzania passed its National Strategy on REDD+;<\/li>\n<li>Nigeria&rsquo;s Legislative Council approved the adoption of a National Climate Change Policy and Response Strategy.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Michal Nachmany, Sam Fankhauser, Terry Townshend, Murray Collins, Tucker Landesman, Adam Matthews, Carolina Pavese, Katharina Rietig, Phillip Schleifer and Joana Setzer<\/p>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<?xml encoding=\"UTF-8\"><p>Note: New and updated 2015 edition available The GLOBE Climate Legislation Study is the most comprehensive audit of climate legislation&hellip;<\/p>\n\n","protected":false},"author":43,"featured_media":0,"template":"","tags":[859,860,1887,88,128,127,861,666],"publication-type":[1682],"topic_area":[],"class_list":["post-5405","publication","type-publication","status-publish","hentry","tag-americas","tag-asia-pacific","tag-cclw","tag-europe","tag-globe","tag-international-policy","tag-middle-east-and-north-africa","tag-sub-saharan-africa","publication-type-policy-publications"],"acf":{"downloads":{"ref_value":"field_52f16cc1a80f2","value":["https:\/\/www.lse.ac.uk\/granthaminstitute\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/Globe2014.pdf","https:\/\/www.lse.ac.uk\/granthaminstitute\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/Legislation_Dataset_Nov2014.pdf"],"type":"download","post_type":""},"profile_link":{"ref_value":"field_52f164b5189e9","value":["michal-nachmany","samuel-fankhauser","murray-collins","carolina-b-pavese","katharine-rietig","philip-schleifer","joana-setzer"],"type":"relationship","post_type":"profile"},"spotlight":{"ref_value":"field_52f80896506d3","value":"","type":false,"post_type":""},"exclude_from_sync":{"ref_value":"field_560538b0e7350","value":"1","type":false,"post_type":""},"rss_newsletter":{"ref_value":"field_54f5c2c1544d8","value":"","type":false,"post_type":""}},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - 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