Data source: Eskander and Fankhauser
Data on the stock of climate change mitigation laws and policies used in the paper:
Eskander, S.M. and Fankhauser, S., 2020. Reduction in greenhouse gas emissions from national climate legislation. Nature Climate Change, 10(8), pp.750-756.
Mitigation laws and policies refer to a legislative or executive disposition focused on curbing a country's greenhouse gases emissions in one sector or more. Measures can be directly related to emissions reductions, such as laws establishing a national carbon budget or cap and trade system, or indirectly related, such as laws or policies establishing relevant institutions or providing additional funding for research and development into low carbon technologies. Laws and policies addressing forests and land use are included as long as they explicitly support climate change mitigation through activities that reduce emissions and increase carbon removals. General forest management and conservation laws are not included, even if they may have implicit consequences for climate change mitigation.
When using this dataset, please cite as:
(Eskander & S.,
2020)
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slaws_mit_ex_l3
Number of policies addressing climate mitigation that were enacted by the national executive branch for the previous 3 years, rolling. These include presidential decrees, executive orders, or departme ...
slaws_mit_ex_lt
Number of policies addressing climate mitigation that were enacted by the national executive branch until three years back, rolling. These policies include presidential decrees, executive orders, or d ...
slaws_mit_l3
Number of laws and policies addressing climate mitigation that were adopted by the national government in the previous 3 years, rolling.
slaws_mit_leg_l3
Number of laws addressing climate mitigation that were passed by the national legislature in the previous three years, rolling. Laws are passed by the parliament, congress, or equivalent legislative a ...
slaws_mit_leg_lt
Total number of laws addressing climate mitigation that were passed by the national legislature until three years back, rolling. Laws are passed by the parliament, congress, or equivalent legislative ...
slaws_mit_lt
Total number of laws and policies addressing climate mitigation that were adopted by the national government until three years back, rolling.