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Policy name	Sector	Policy type	Country	Decision date
Law No 21/1995 Kuwait Environment Public Authority. Further amended: Law No 16/1996 Kuwait (1995)	General	Energy service demand reduction and resource efficiency Energy efficiency Renewables Other low-carbon technologies and fuel switch Non-energy use	Kuwait	1995
Voluntary Aluminum Industrial Partnership (VAIP) United States of America (1995)	Industry Fluorinated gases	Non-energy use	United States of America	1995
National Environmental Policy Mozambique (1995)	General	Energy efficiency Energy service demand reduction and resource efficiency Non-energy use Other low-carbon technologies and fuel switch Renewables	Mozambique	1995
National Environment Management Policy (NEMP) Uganda (1995)	General	Energy efficiency Energy service demand reduction and resource efficiency Non-energy use Other low-carbon technologies and fuel switch Renewables	Uganda	1995
Agricultural Land Protection Act Bulgaria (1996)	Agriculture and forestry	Non-energy use	Bulgaria	1996
The Provisions of the Panchayats (Extension to the Scheduled Areas) Act, India (1996)	Agriculture and forestry Forestry	Energy service demand reduction and resource efficiency Energy efficiency Renewables Non-energy use Other low-carbon technologies and fuel switch	India	1996
Decree-Law 20/1996 on the Protection System Fund to combat Climatic Changes (SIPAC), amended by Decree-Law 23/2000 Portugal (1996)	General	Energy efficiency Energy service demand reduction and resource efficiency Non-energy use Other low-carbon technologies and fuel switch Renewables	Portugal	1996
Environmental Quality Incentives Program (EQIP) United States of America (1996)	Agriculture and forestry	Non-energy use	United States of America	1996
Law 4771/1965 on Forest Code Brazil (1996)	Agriculture and forestry Forestry	Energy service demand reduction and resource efficiency Non-energy use	Brazil	1996
Smart Growth Program United States of America (1996)	General	Energy service demand reduction and resource efficiency Energy efficiency Renewables Other low-carbon technologies and fuel switch Non-energy use	United States of America	1996
Law No.228 on Protection of the Atmospheric Air (Law on Air Protection) Tajikistan (1996)	Transport Industry	Energy service demand reduction and resource efficiency Non-energy use	Tajikistan	1996
Landfill Air Regulations United States of America (1996)	Industry Waste CH4	Non-energy use	United States of America	1996
Forest Law (Law No.7575) Costa Rica (1996)	Agriculture and forestry	Non-energy use	Costa Rica	1996
Resolution 708/96 on Norms and standards for measuring gas concentrations and particulate matter emitted by chimneys Argentina (1996)	Electricity and heat Industry	Energy service demand reduction and resource efficiency Energy efficiency Renewables Other low-carbon technologies and fuel switch Non-energy use	Argentina	1996
Forest Law No. 1700 Bolivia (1996)	Agriculture and forestry	Non-energy use	Bolivia, Plurinational State of	1996
PFC Reduction/Climate Partnership for the Semiconductor Industry United States of America (1996)	Industry Industrial N2O Fluorinated gases	Non-energy use	United States of America	1996
Global Warming Prevention Headquarters Japan (1997)	General	Energy service demand reduction and resource efficiency Energy efficiency Renewables Other low-carbon technologies and fuel switch Non-energy use	Japan	1997
Industrial Waste Reduction System Republic of Korea (1997)	Industry Waste CH4	Non-energy use	Republic of Korea	1997
NSW and Queensland land-use change legislation Australia (1997)	Agriculture and forestry	Energy service demand reduction and resource efficiency Non-energy use	Australia	1997
Act on Coordination of Federal Policy on Sustainable Development Belgium (1997)	General	Energy efficiency Energy service demand reduction and resource efficiency Non-energy use Other low-carbon technologies and fuel switch Renewables	Belgium	1997

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