Law No. 14.933 creating the Policy on Climate Change within the Municipality of São Paulo. Country/Territory Brazil Territorial subdivision São Paulo Document type Legislation Date 2009 Source FAO, FAOLEX Subject Air & atmosphere, Environment gen. Keyword Climate change Early warning system Emissions Environmental planning Environmental standards Zoning Policy/planning Standards Protection of environment Polluter pays principle Pollution control Geographical area Amazonia, Americas, Latin America and the Caribbean, North Atlantic, South America, South Atlantic Entry into force notes This Law enters into force on the day of its publication. Abstract This Law, consisting of 51 articles divided into seven Titles, creates the Policy on Climate Change within the Municipality of São Paulo. This Policy aims at the following principles: prevention guiding public policies; lack of full scientific certainty should not be used as a reason for postponing measures to combat the worsening of the greenhouse effect; polluter pays avoiding environmental damage resulting from pollution; user-payer must pay for the use of natural resources; protector-receiver, ensuring that nature provides environmental services to society; common but differentiated responsibilities according to which each one's contribution to the mitigation effort must be scaled according to their respective responsibility for the impacts of climate change; holistic approach, taking into account local, regional, national and global interests; internalization in the context of enterprises, their social and environmental costs; right of access to information, public participation in the decision-making process and access justice on climate change issues. Full text Portuguese Website natalini.com.br References - Legislation Implements Law No. 13.798 creating the State Policy on Climate Change within the State of São Paulo (PEMC). Legislation | Brazil | 2009 Keyword: Basic legislation, Climate change, Early warning system, Policy/planning, Emissions, Environmental planning, Environmental standards, Standards, Protection of environment Source: FAO, FAOLEX