Publication: World Bank Reference Guide to Climate Change Framework Legislation
Date
2020-12
ISSN
Published
2020-12
Author(s)
World Bank
Abstract
Climate change is a grave threat to
global development and shared prosperity. Its impacts are
expected to intensify even as the world responds to the
Coronavirus (COVID-19) crisis. The poor and most vulnerable
will be the worst affected. Climate change poses
particularly difficult challenges for policy makers. It
demands action across all sectors of the economy and across
all of society. Action to address climate change requires
coordination among multiple governmental and nongovernmental
stakeholders. The extended time frame over which climate
change unfolds requires a capability to plan, implement, and
sustain a credible commitment to increasingly ambitious
policies over multiple political cycles. To address these
challenges, countries need effective institutions. National
framework legislation on climate change can help put these
institutions in place. It can enshrine stable and ambitious
targets, create mechanisms for realizing these targets, and
ensure proper oversight and accountability. The authors hope
the twelve key principles for framework legislation laid out
in this guide will contribute to building back better by
helping countries to lay a solid foundation for
climate-smart development that creates new jobs and markets,
boosts economic growth, and provides a safer, cleaner
environment for all.
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Citation
“World Bank. 2020. World Bank Reference Guide to Climate Change Framework Legislation. Equitable Growth, Finance and Institutions Insight - Governance. © World Bank, Washington, DC. http://hdl.handle.net/10986/34972 License: CC BY 3.0 IGO.”