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Law No. 16.146 creating the State Policy on Climate Change (PEMC).

Country/Territory
Brazil
Territorial subdivision
Ceará
Document type
Legislation
Date
2016
Source
FAO, FAOLEX
Subject
Air & atmosphere, Environment gen., Forestry
Keyword
Climate change Environmental planning Monitoring Emissions Renewable energy Policy/planning Energy conservation/energy production Poverty Afforestation/reforestation Forest management/forest conservation Forestry protection measures
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 creates the State Policy on Climate Change (PEMC). It will guide the elaboration of the State Plan on Climate Change, of the municipal plans, as well as other plans, programmes, projects and related actions, direct or indirectly, with climate change. PEMC will be implemented by the Environmental Secretariat (SEMA), in conjunction with the state administrative bodies. The measures to be taken for its implementation include the following: reduce the impacts due to anthropic interference with the climate system; avoid or minimize the identified causes of climate change with anthropic origin; different socio-economic contexts of its application, distribute the burdens between the economic sectors and the communities concerned, in a socially fair manner; sustainable development, based on the principle of environment socio-ecologically balanced; etc.

Full text
Portuguese
Website
www2.al.ce.gov.br