Climate Change Laws of the World Database

image - cc laws of the worldCountries around the world are taking important domestic actions to help tackle the issue of climate change. This page collects the relevant laws and policies of various countries into an easily accessible database.

The database is a work in progress, with countries being added as relevant expertise becomes available. The Sabin Center invites and welcomes collaboration in helping to develop and keep current this expansive and rapidly changing body of laws. Please email additions and updates to jgundlach@law.columbia.edu.


Asia and Pacific

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Australia
Bangladesh
Bangladesh

Bhutan

Brunei

Cambodia
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China

Fiji
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India
Indonesian flag
Indonesia
Japanese flag
Japan

Kazakhstan

Kiribati

Kyrgyzstan

Laos

Malaysia

Maldives

Marshall Islands

Micronesia

Mongolia

Myanmar

Nauru

Nepal

New Zealand

North Korea

Pakistan

Palau

Papua New Guinea

Philippines

Samoa

Singapore

Solomon Islands

South Korea

Sri Lanka

Tajikistan

Thailand

Timore-Leste

Tonga

Turkmenistan

Tuvalu

Uzbekistan

Vanuatu

Vietnam

 

Africa and the Middle East


Afghanistan

Algeria

Angola

Bahrain

Benin

Botswana

Burkina Faso

Burundi

Cameroon

Cape Verde

Central African Rep.

Chad

Comoros

Cyprus

Dem. Rep. of Congo

Djibouti
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Egypt

Equatorial Guinea

Eritrea

Ethiopia

Gabon

Gambia

Ghana

Guinea

Guinea Bissau

Iran

Iraq
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Israel

Ivory Coast

Jordan
Kenyan flag
Kenya

Kuwait

Lebanon

Lesotho

Liberia

Libya

Madagascar

Malawi

Mali

Mauritania

Mauritius

Morocco

Mozambique

Namibia

Niger

Nigeria

Oman

Palestine

Qatar

Rep. of Congo

Rwanda

Sao Tome and Principe

Saudi Arabia

Senegal

Seychelles

Sierra Leone

Somalia
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South Africa

South Sudan

Sudan

Swaziland

Syria

Tanzania

Togo

Tunisia

Turkey

Uganda

United Arab Emirates

Yemen

Zambia

Zimbabwe

Europe and Eurasia


Albania

Andorra

Armenia

Austria

Azerbaijan

Belarus

Belgium

Bosnia and Herzegovina

Bulgaria

Croatia

Czech Republic

Denmark
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E.U.

Estonia

Finland

France

Georgia
German flag
Germany

Iceland

Italy

Liechtenstein

Macedonia

Monaco

Netherlands

Norway
Polish flag
Poland
Russian flag
Russia

Serbia

Spain

Sweden

Switzerland

Ukraine
English flag
United Kingdom

North America

Canadian flag
Canada

Cuba
Mexican flag
Mexico

Puerto Rico
United States flag
United States of America

Jamaica

Central and South America


Argentina

Bolivia
Brazilian flag
Brazil

Chile

Colombia

Costa Rica

Dominican Republic

Ecuador

El Salvador

Guatemala

Guyana

Honduras

Nicaragua

Panama

Paraguay

Peru

Trinidad and Tobago

Uruguay

Venezuela