Policies | Climate Policy Database

Policy name	Sector	Policy type	Country	Decision date
National Environmental Policy Act	General	Non-energy use	United States of America	1970
US Transport compliance and enforcement Program	Transport Light-duty vehicles Heavy-duty vehicles	Energy efficiency	United States of America	1970
Clean Air Act	Electricity and heat Industry Industrial N2O	Energy efficiency Energy service demand reduction and resource efficiency Non-energy use	United States of America	1970
Land use regulations	Agriculture and forestry Forestry	Energy service demand reduction and resource efficiency Non-energy use Energy efficiency Renewables Other low-carbon technologies and fuel switch	Indonesia	1970
Air Pollution Control Law	Electricity and heat Industry Transport	Non-energy use	Japan	1968
City Planning Act	Buildings Transport	Energy service demand reduction and resource efficiency Energy efficiency Non-energy use	Japan	1968
Agricultural Credit Act	Agriculture and forestry	Energy service demand reduction and resource efficiency Non-energy use	South Africa	1966
Atmospheric Pollution Prevention Act	General	Non-energy use	South Africa	1965
Road Accident Fund (RAF) Fuel Levy	Transport	Energy service demand reduction and resource efficiency Energy efficiency Renewables Other low-carbon technologies and fuel switch Non-energy use	South Africa	1964
Customs and Excise Levy	Transport Industry Agriculture and forestry Buildings	Energy service demand reduction and resource efficiency Energy efficiency Renewables Other low-carbon technologies and fuel switch Non-energy use	South Africa	1964
Water Resources Board Act No. 29	Agriculture and forestry Forestry Electricity and heat Renewables	Renewables	Sri Lanka	1964
Forest and Forestry Basic Act (Law No. 161/64)	Agriculture and forestry Forestry	Energy service demand reduction and resource efficiency Non-energy use Energy efficiency Renewables Other low-carbon technologies and fuel switch	Japan	1964
National Reserved Forest Act	Agriculture and forestry Forestry	Energy service demand reduction and resource efficiency Non-energy use Energy efficiency Renewables Other low-carbon technologies and fuel switch	Thailand	1964
Brokopondo Agreement	Electricity and heat Renewables	Renewables	Suriname	1958
Forest Law No. 6831	Agriculture and forestry Forestry	Energy service demand reduction and resource efficiency Non-energy use Energy efficiency Renewables Other low-carbon technologies and fuel switch	Turkey	1956
Atomic Energy Act	Electricity and heat Nuclear	Other low-carbon technologies and fuel switch	United States of America	1954
Basic Excise Duty	Transport Industry	Energy service demand reduction and resource efficiency Energy efficiency Renewables Other low-carbon technologies and fuel switch Non-energy use	India	1944
Forest Act	Agriculture and forestry Forestry	Energy service demand reduction and resource efficiency Non-energy use Energy efficiency Renewables Other low-carbon technologies and fuel switch	Thailand	1941
Forest Act	Agriculture and forestry Forestry	Energy service demand reduction and resource efficiency Non-energy use Energy efficiency Renewables Other low-carbon technologies and fuel switch	India	1927
New Zealand Energy Strategy	General	Energy efficiency Energy service demand reduction and resource efficiency Non-energy use Other low-carbon technologies and fuel switch Renewables	New Zealand

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Syrian Arab Republic
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Virgin Islands, U.S.
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