January Update: New country submissions, updated policies and measures, and more
29 Jan. 2021
The Platform for Redesign kicks off 2021 with new submissions from Guinea and Norway, and updated policies and measures from Japan, Latvia, Russia, Panama, and Azerbaijan to recover better from the pandemic. Please visit the respective country pages to learn more about their new efforts.
Japan
- Promoting the spread of electric vehicles and fuel cell vehicles
- Building a digital governance system for managing greenhouse gas emissions
- Green Growth Strategy toward 2050 Carbon Neutrality
- Establishment of the Global Zero Emission Research Center (GZR)
- Japan-Australia Hydrogen Energy Supply Chain Pilot Project
- Subsidy program for business operators for promoting energy-efficient facilities
- Development of Production and Utilization Technologies for Biojet Fuel and Fuel Ammonia for Zero Emission of Fossil Fuels
- Promoting expansion of introduction of offshore wind power generation
- Assessment Report on Climate Change Impact including infectious disease and regular review of adaptation planning
- Addressing infectious waste
- JAXA, ESA, and NASA cooperation for development and operation of the Earth Observing Dashboard on COVID-19
- Promoting collaboration for transition to a circular economy across sectors (new business models, product design, appropriate waste management, recycling, etc) in Asia and Africa through dissemination of Japan’s relevant technologies
- Road map for hydrogen energy development (adopted)
- Green Finance System
- Road map for pilot GHG control system in Sakhalin
- Launch of Reduce Your Footprint Corporate Program (Under development)
- Executive Decree No.100 of October 20th, 2020 that regulates the Mitigation Chapter of the General Environment Law (Approved)
- Law 158 of August 28th, 2020 which increases seed capital for microentrepeneurs to $2,000 (Approved)
- Law 189 of December 17th, 2020 which establishes a new tax regime for small businesses (Approved)
- Construction of the Line 3 of the Panama Metro (Undergoing)
- National Energy Secretariat Resolution N° 4747 of June 10th, 2020 which adopts the energy transition agenda
- Bill 42 to encourage the development of agroparks
- Implementation of agroforestry and soil conservation systems upstream of the Santa Maria River basin
- Establishment of riparian reforestation and agroforestry projects with coffee and soil conservation systems in the Caisán River sub-basin, Renacimiento, Chiriquí, Panama
- Update of the Santa Maria River Basin Management Plan
- Climate vulnerability study and pre-design of adaptation measures for the Chiriqui Viejo River Basin
- Supply, Installation and Commissioning of Automatic Agro-meteorological and Hydrological Satellite Stations and GOES R Data Receiving Station
In addition, details on France
Descriptive statistics and graphs sorting national actions by time frame, main category, and sub-category have also been updated to reflect the new policies added this month. Please visit the
Countries
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Afghanistan
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Andorra
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Armenia
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Australia
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Austria
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Azerbaijan
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Bangladesh
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Benin
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Bhutan
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Bosnia and Herzegovina
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Brazil
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Bulgaria
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Burkina Faso
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Cambodia
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Canada
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Chile
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China
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Colombia
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Costa Rica
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Cyprus
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Denmark
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Ecuador
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El Salvador
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Estonia
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Eswatini
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The European Commission
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Finland
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France
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Gabon
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Gambia
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Germany
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Greece
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Guatemala
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Guinea
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Indonesia
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Iran
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Ireland
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Israel
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Italy
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Japan
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Laos
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Latvia
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Lithuania
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Luxembourg
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The Marshall Islands
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Mauritania
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Mauritius
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Mexico
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Mongolia
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Morocco
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Mozambique
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Myanmar
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Namibia
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Nepal
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The Netherlands
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New Zealand
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Nicaragua
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North Macedonia
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Norway
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Pakistan
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Palestine
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Panama
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Peru
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The Philippines
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Poland
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Republic of Korea
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Romania
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Russia
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San Marino
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Sao Tome and Principe
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Singapore
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Slovakia
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Slovenia
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Spain
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Sweden
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Switzerland
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Thailand
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Ukraine
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The United Kingdom
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Zimbabwe