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Policies in Key Countries

Australia
Department of Climate Change

Australia's Carbon Pricing Mechanism: [1] This C2ES brief summarizes the carbon price mechanism and other key features of the Clean Energy Future plan.
Australia’s National Targets [2]
Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme [3]

Brazil

Canada

China

China Fact Sheet: [9] Climate Change Mitigation Measures in China (April 2007)
China announces targets on carbon emission cuts [10]
President Hu Jintao’s statement at the UN Summit on Climate Change [11] announcing that China will reduce its carbon intensity by a “notable margin” (September 2009)
China's National Climate Change Programme [12] (June 2007)

European Union

European Union Fact Sheet [13]: Climate Change Mitigation Measures in the European Union (December 2009)
Emissions Trading in the European Union: Its Brief History [14] (March 2009)
Report: The European Union's Emissions Trading System in Perspective [15] (May 2008)
Summary of the European Commission's [16] Proposed Climate Action and Renewable Energy Package (January 2008)
European Commission Climate Change Page [17]
EU Climate and Energy Package [18]
Overview of the European Union Emissions Trading System [19] (2005)

Germany

Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety [20], including links to the Integrated Energy and Climate Change Programme [21]

India

India Fact Sheet: [22] Climate Change Mitigation Measures in India (September 2008)
India Climate Plan Summary [23] (June 2008)
Ministry of Environment and Forests [24]
India's Solar Mission [25]
Announcement of Solar Mission [26]
India's National Action Plan on Climate Change [27] (June 2008)

Indonesia

President Yudhoyono pledges to cut emissions by 26 percent by 2020 from "business as usual" (BAU) levels [28]

Japan

Statement by Prime Minister Hatoyama at the UN Summit on Climate Change [29] announcing an absolute emission reduction target of 25 percent below 1990 levels (September 2009)
Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Climate Change Page [30]

Mexico
SEMARNAT

National Strategy on Climate Change [31] – Programa especial de cambio climatico (August 2009)

South Africa

South Africa Announces Targets for Greenhouse Gas Emissions Cuts [32]
South Africa Framework for Climate Policy (July 2008)
Media Release [33]
Government's Vision, Strategic Direction and Framework for Climate Policy [34] (PowerPoint Presentation)

South Korea

Announcement of Target of 30 Percent from BAU by 2020 [35]

United Kingdom
Department of Environment Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA)

UK Low Carbon Transition Plan [36]

United States

U.S Emission Reductions Target [37]

International Emissions Targets [38]

UNFCCC Resources

Source URL: http://www.pewclimate.org/policy_center/international_policy

Links:
[1] http://www.pewclimate.org/publications/australia-carbon-pricing-mechanism
[2] http://www.climatechange.gov.au/government/national-targets.aspx
[3] http://www.climatechange.gov.au/government/initiatives/cprs.aspx
[4] http://www.mma.gov.br/sitio/en/index.php?ido=ascom.noticiaMMA&idEstrutura=8&codigo=5329%20
[5] http://www.mma.gov.br/sitio/en/index.php?ido=ascom.noticiaMMA&codigo=5311
[6] http://www.mma.gov.br/estruturas/208/_arquivos/national_plan_208.pdf
[7] http://www.ec.gc.ca/cc/default.asp?lang=En&n=E584B5CF-1
[8] http://www.climatechange.gc.ca/default.asp?lang=En&n=4FE85A4C-0%20
[9] http://www.pewclimate.org/international/brief/china-mitigation/042007
[10] http://english.gov.cn/2009-11/26/content_1474008.htm
[11] http://www.un.org/wcm/webdav/site/climatechange/shared/Documents/China.pdf
[12] http://www.pewclimate.org/docUploads/ChinaNationalClimateChangeProgramme%20June%2007.pdf
[13] http://www.pewclimate.org/brief/international/mitigation-measures-european-union
[14] http://www.pewclimate.org/EU-ETS-history
[15] http://www.pewclimate.org/eu-ets
[16] http://www.pewclimate.org/docUploads/EU-Proposal-23Jan2008.pdf
[17] http://ec.europa.eu/environment/climat/home_en.htm
[18] http://ec.europa.eu/environment/climat/climate_action.htm%20
[19] http://www.pewclimate.org/docUploads/EU-ETS%20White%20Paper.pdf
[20] http://www.bmu.de/english/aktuell/4152.php
[21] http://www.bmu.de/english/climate/downloads/doc/40589.php
[22] http://www.pewclimate.org/docUploads/India-FactSheet-09-08.pdf
[23] http://www.pewclimate.org/international/country-policies/india-climate-plan-summary/06-2008
[24] http://moef.nic.in/index.php
[25] http://mnes.nic.in/pdf/mission-document-JNNSM.pdf
[26] http://mnes.nic.in/pdf/Minister-announced-JNNSM.pdf%20
[27] http://pmindia.nic.in/Pg01-52.pdf
[28] http://redd-indonesia.org/publikasi/detail/read/indonesia-presidents-speech-on-climate-change-at-2009-g-20-meeting-1/
[29] http://www.kantei.go.jp/foreign/hatoyama/statement/200909/ehat_0922_e.html
[30] http://www.mofa.go.jp/policy/environment/warm/cop/index.html
[31] http://www.semarnat.gob.mx/queessemarnat/politica_ambiental/cambioclimatico/Pages/pecc.aspx
[32] http://www.thepresidency.gov.za/show.asp?include=president/pr/2009/pr12061648.htm&ID=1930&type=pr
[33] http://www.environment.gov.za/HotIssues/2008/LTMS/medStment_28072008.html
[34] http://www.environment.gov.za/NewsMedia/MedStat/2008Jul28_2/Media%20LTMS%2029July2008.ppt
[35] http://www.korea.net/news/issues/issueDetailView.asp?board_no=21272
[36] http://www.decc.gov.uk/en/content/cms/publications/lc_trans_plan/lc_trans_plan.aspx%20
[37] http://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/support-president-s-copenhagen-announcement-receives-immediate-support
[38] http://www.pewclimate.org/international/emissions-targets
[39] http://unfccc.int/home/items/5264.php
[40] http://unfccc.int/home/items/5265.php
[41] http://unfccc.int/files/press/news_room/press_releases_and_advisories/application/pdf/pr_accord_100201.pdf
[42] http://unfccc.int/national_reports/annex_i_natcom_/items/1095.php%20
[43] http://unfccc.int/national_reports/non-annex_i_natcom/items/2716.php