Climate and environmental protection database
Legislation and policies that regulate the environmental externalities of human activities. Environmental legislation usually pursues an environmental protection objective by setting limits on the release of materials, such as pollutants and toxic waste, into the environment, such as water, soil, and air.
Law / Policy | Topic | Species | Type of Act | Status |
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SpeciesFarmed animals Bans factory farming View original text | Farmed animals | Legislative Proposal | In force | |
Canada 2020 NDC Canada SpeciesFarmed animals Sets reduction targets of greenhouse gas emissions in animal agriculture. View original text | Farmed animals | Policy | In force | |
Carbon Tax Act South Africa SpeciesFarmed animals Implements a carbon pricing programme involving a carbon tax and offset system in agriculture. View original text | Farmed animals | Policy | In force | |
SpeciesFarmed animals Amends the Climate Change Response Act of 2002 to align New Zealand's Emissions Trading Scheme with New Zealand's objectives under the Paris Agreement of 50% reduction of net emissions below gross 2005 levels by 2030. View original text | Farmed animals | Legislation | In force | |
Essential Freshwater Work Programme New Zealand SpeciesFarmed animals New Zealand's water policies for healthy waterways. View original text | Farmed animals | Policy | In force | |
EU 2020 NDC EU SpeciesFarmed animals Sets reduction targets of greenhouse gas emissions in animal agriculture. View original text | Farmed animals | Policy | In force | |
SpeciesDirects to reduce overall greenhouse gas emissions associated with food. View original text | Legislation | In force | ||
He Waka Eke Noa Carbon Pricing Program New Zealand SpeciesFarmed animals Reduce agricultural greenhouse gas emissions. View original text | Farmed animals | Policy | In force | |
Indonesia 2020 NDC Indonesia SpeciesFarmed animals Sets reduction targets of greenhouse gas emissions in animal agriculture. View original text | Farmed animals | Policy | In force | |
Japan 2020 NDC Japan SpeciesFarmed animals Sets reduction targets of greenhouse gas emissions in animal agriculture. View original text | Farmed animals | Policy | In force | |
SpeciesFarmed animals Implements a carbon tax on all GHG emitting activities, including the agriculture sector in 2025. View original text | Farmed animals | Legislation | In force | |
Meat Tax Proposal Germany SpeciesFarmed animals Increases tax on sales on animal source food products. View original text | Farmed animals | Legislative Proposal | Bill proposal | |
SpeciesFarmed animals Regulates agricultural activities by setting limits on the emissions of nitrates. View original text | Farmed animals | Regulation | In force | |
SpeciesPigs Bans industrial farms with hogs and which require the use of manure storing lagoons. View original text | Pigs | Regulation | In force | |
OneNYC 2050 USA SpeciesFarmed animals Public procurement policy reducing the city's beef purchases and phasing out purchase of processed meat. View original text | Farmed animals | Policy | In force | |
SpeciesDairy cows Places a moratorium on large dairy industrial farms containing more than 2,500 cows. View original text | Dairy cows | Legislative Proposal | Bill proposal | |
SpeciesFarmed animals Establishes a goal of transitioning to 100% plant-based food products served by the City of Berkeley. View original text | Farmed animals | Policy | Adopted | |
SpeciesFarmed animals Fish Provides a definition of industrial farm animal production (Concentrated Animal Feeding Operations – "CAFOs"). View original text | Farmed animals Fish | Regulation | In force | |
SpeciesCreates a carbon price on the importation of goods from sectors high in GHG emissions. View original text | Legislation | In force | ||
TopicSpeciesFarmed animals Implements the European Green Deal in the agri-food sector towards becoming a climate-neutral continent by 2050. View original text | Farmed animals | Policy | In force | |
SpeciesFarmed animals Reduces factory farming View original text | Farmed animals | Legislative Proposal | Bill proposal | |
The Netherland's 2020 Bill to Curb Nitrogen Emissions The Netherlands SpeciesFarmed animals Sets a limit on nitrogen emissions in The Netherlands. View original text | Farmed animals | Legislation | Bill proposal | |
Norwegian Aquaculture Act Norway SpeciesFish Regulates aquaculture facilities through a licensing system that allows for government inspection and requires the adherence of environmental standards. View original text | Fish | Legislation | In force | |
SpeciesFish Limits the ways in which aquaculture facilities may obtain antibiotics. View original text | Fish | Legislation | In force | |
SpeciesFish Regulates the water discharges of agricultural facilities. View original text | Fish | Regulation | In force | |
SpeciesFish Reduces incidental bycatch and mortality of sea turtles in the south-eastern US shrimp fisheries. View original text | Fish | Regulation | In force | |
SpeciesFish Reduces incidental bycatch by prohibiting the use of non-selective fishing methods View original text | Fish | Legislation | In force | |
SpeciesFish Reduces incidental bycatch of birds at sea by prohibiting the use of non-selective catching methods. View original text | Fish | Legislation | In force | |
SpeciesFish Reduces incidental bycatch of marine animals by prohibiting their killing and by prohibiting the sale of seafood from jurisdictions that do not have equivalent protection rules. View original text | Fish | Legislation | In force | |
SpeciesPromotes low-carbon diet, including plant-based diets. View original text | Legislation | Adopted | ||
SpeciesEstablishes within the State Department of Education the California School Plant-Based Food and Beverage Program. View original text | Legislation | In force | ||
SpeciesRestricts the purchase, sale, or distribution of sugar-sweetened beverages by or for the city. View original text | Legislation | In force | ||
Loi Egalim France SpeciesSets a minimum of 50% of foods served in public cafetarias to originate from quality labeled production. View original text | Legislation | In force | ||
Legislacao 11/2017 Portugal SpeciesRequires public cafeterias to offer at least one vegetarian option every day. View original text | Legislation | In force | ||
SpeciesFarmed animals Requires city cafeterias to provide only organic food View original text | Farmed animals | Policy | In force |
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