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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