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Dominica - Environmental, Climate and Sustainable Development Laws - Regulation, Decree, Ordinance

Climate Resilience (Extension of Duration) Order 2021 (SRO 44 of 2021). -

Adoption: 2021-12-01 | DMA-2021-R-113805

Fiji - Environmental, Climate and Sustainable Development Laws - Law, Act

Climate Change Act 2021 (Act No. 43 of 2021). -

Adoption: 2021-09-23 | FJI-2021-L-113915

The Act creates a legal basis to support Fiji's sustainable development objectives, long-term climate ambition, net-zero emissions target, and commitment to protecting Fiji's environment. The Climate Change Act 2021 consists of 112 clauses and sections.

Guyana - Environmental, Climate and Sustainable Development Laws - Law, Act

Natural Resource Fund Act 2021 (Act No. 19 of 2021). -

Adoption: 2021-12-30 | GUY-2021-L-113801

Establishes the Natural Resource Fund to manage the natural resources of Guyana for the present and future benefit of the people and the sustainable development of the country.

Kiribati - Environmental, Climate and Sustainable Development Laws - Law, Act

Disaster Risk Management and Climate Change Act 2019 (No. 20 of 2019). -

Adoption: 2019-07-30 | KIR-2019-L-113879

This Act gives legislative effect to the whole-of-nation approach to disaster risk management and climate change, within the overall context of sustainable development It is designed and drafted in language that is understandable to non-lawyers.

It contains structures that minimise bureaucracy and maximise efficiency in action, which is particularly important in times of disaster. The legislation was developed in consultation with a variety of government, nongovernment and international stakeholders, and is tailored to the Kiribati context of a small, widely dispersed population.

The present focus is predominantly on disaster risk management and climate change adaptation, and it is anticipated in the years to come that an amendment bill will be prepared to increase the legislative content on climate change mitigation and related actions.