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Guidelines, strategies, regulations, resolutions and agreements, at the international, regional, national and subnational levels that configure the actions of the State.

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Paris Agreement under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change

The Paris Agreement is a binding international treaty adopted at COP 21 of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) in 2015. Its primary goal is to keep the global temperatur...

Brazil reduced import rates to zero for ethanol, staple foods, machinery and IT supplies/n

The zero-rated products are ethanol, sugar, ground coffee, margarine, cheese, pasta and soybean oil. The objective was to ease inflationary pressures arising from the pandemic context, further aggrava...

USDA Building Blocks for Climate Smart Agriculture and Forestry

On April 23, 2015, Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack announced the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Building Blocks for Climate Smart Agriculture and Forestry. This plan is designed to hel...

NDC: Nationally Determined Contribution of Costa Rica

The NDC is articulated on public policy in several fundamental axes aimed at having a low-carbon and resilient development to the effects of climate change that promotes adaptation and brings co-benef...

NDC: Nationally Determined Contribution of Mexico

In this NDC Mexico sets out increased ambition with new greenhouse gas mitigation commitments and endorses its climate change adaptation commitments. Based on the best available science, contained in ...

Convention on Biological Diversity

The Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) is an international treaty whose main objective is the conservation and sustainable use of biological diversity worldwide. It was adopted at the Earth Summ...

Decree No. 238/009 creating the National System of Response to Climate Change and Variability.

Uruguays National Climate Change Response System, established by Decree No. 238/009 on May 20, 2009, provides an integrated framework for public and private sector actions related to the prevention of...

Peru: Creation of the Compensation for Competitiveness Program - Agroideas (Legislative Decree No. 1077)

The Competitiveness Compensation Program (AGROIDEAS) aims to contribute to increasing the competitiveness of agricultural production of medium and small producers and associative forms of producers in...

Disaster risk management plan for Guyanas agricultural sector

The Disaster Risk Management Plan for Guyanas Agricultural Sector is a comprehensive document that outlines strategies and actions to mitigate the sectors vulnerability to natural disasters. Developed...

Decree 321 of March 23, 2022 temporarily suspending the collection of two fuel taxes.

This decree issues transitory provisions related to the reduction of rates of the tax on the transfer of movable goods and on the rendering of services applicable to fuels. The reduced rates of the t...

Strategy against climate change in Cusco

This strategy is framed in the various commitments acquired by Peru at a global level to reduce emissions, as well as in regulations, plans and strategies formulated at the national and regional level...

Environmental strategy for adaptation and mitigation of climate change

El Salvadors Environmental Strategy for Climate Change Adaptation and Mitigation is a document that establishes a framework for the implementation of climate change adaptation and mitigation actions i...