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Italy Emission Reduction Policy
Article 15 of the 2012 Tax Reform Bill The Italian government proposed an environmental component for excise taxes as...
Indonesia Emission Reduction Policy
One Map Policy Previous Climate Scorecard posts have referenced the One Map Policy (OMP) in Indonesia. It appears in several...
India Emission Reduction Policy
National Action Plan on Climate Change India’s National Action Plan on Climate Change was launched in June 2008 and is...
Germany Emission Reduction Policy
Renewable Energy Sources Act (EEG), 2017 and Renewable Energies Heat Act Climate change has been highly associated with greenhouse gas...
France Emission Reduction Policy
Various Agriculture Sector Policies that Impact GHG Emissions In 2009, GHG emissions from the agriculture sector represented around 21%...
China Emission Reduction Policy
2015-2020 Action Plan for the Efficient Use of Coal and 2016-2020 13th Five-Year Plan In February 2015, the Ministry of...
Canada Emission Reduction Policy
Pan-Canadian Framework on Clean Growth and Climate Change In March 2016, our provincial Ministers (premiers) and the Prime Minister issued...
Brazil Emission Reduction Policy
The National Policy on Climate Change (PNMC) During the Fifteenth Conference of the Parties (COP15) to the United Nations...
Australia Emission Reduction Policy
Hydrofluorocarbon Phase-Down Policy In January 2018, Australia plans to adapt a policy that has it’s origins in the Montreal Protocol....
South Africa Extreme Weather Event
Severe Country-Wide Drought The current drought, which started in the summer of 2014, is the third-driest for South Africa as...
Saudi Arabia Extreme Weather Event
Extreme Rainfall and Flash Flooding in Jeddah City In 2009 and 2011, Jeddah City in the middle of the western...
Russia Extreme Weather Event
Upward Trend in Dangerous Climate Events In Russia, the forecast and monitoring of dangerous weather or climate events are a...
Nigeria Extreme Weather Event
The Worst Flood in 40 Years Heavy tropical rains during the wet season in Nigeria, often followed by seasonal flash...
Mexico Extreme Weather Event
Hurricane Patricia From a tropical storm to a Category 5 hurricane in just a matter of hours, Hurricane Patricia astonished...
Italy Extreme Weather Event
Storms, Rain and Flooding in Genoa In mid-October in 2014, strong storms dropped on the city of Genoa an unprecedented...
Japan Extreme Weather Event
Typhoon # 10 The biggest natural disaster in Japan over the last three years was Typhoon No.10 in August 2016....
Indonesia Extreme Weather Event
Widespread Fires Between June and October of 2015, 127,000 fires engulfed 2.6 million hectares of land in Indonesia, tripling its...
India Extreme Weather Event
Extreme Flash Flooding in the Himalaya Region An extreme climatic event in India that had a very devastating effect on...
Germany Extreme Weather Event
Severe Storm Egon The storm named Egon in 2017 was one of the strongest storms to hit Germany in recent...
France Extreme Weather Event
Xynthia—A Fierce Storm The storm Xynthia was an intense low pressure system (weather event) which took place on the 27th...