Ley 1931 de 2018 | Ley 1931 de 2018 — Colombia law | Esheria

Ley 1931 de 2018

This provision is the law’s preamble and title page for Law 1931 of 2018, which states that it sets guidelines for climate change management.

Jurisdiction
Colombia
Instrument
Act or statute
Citation
Ley 1931 de 2018
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Language
es
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About this statute

This provision is the law’s preamble and title page for Law 1931 of 2018, which states that it sets guidelines for climate change management. This article states the law’s purpose: to set climate-change management guidelines for public and private decision-making, especially adaptation and greenhouse-gas mitigation. This article sets principles for implementing the law on climate change, including shared responsibility, gradual implementation, integration into planning, prevention, and subsidiarity. This article defines key terms used in the law on climate change, including adaptation, mitigation, natural forest, greenhouse gases, and climate management. The article creates the National Climate Change System (Sisclima), assigns national coordination to the CICC and regional coordination to the regional climate change nodes, and requires the national government to issue the regulations needed to implement it.

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