Nigeria: Vision 2010

Nigeria: Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) Decree No 86

This law states that before undertaking any project (public or private) which is likely to have a substantial impact on the environment, an Environmental Impact Assessment must be done in order to establish what these impacts will be and how best to cope with them.

Date Implemented: 1992

Status: In Force; Mandatory

Nigeria: National Guidelines and Standards for Environmental Pollution Control

Malaysia: Industrial Energy Efficiency Improvement Project

Costa Rica: Certified Tradable Offsets

Costa Rica: Private Forestry Project

This Project introduces incentives to promote and reward carbon sequestration activities on private lands. Participating landowners receive payments ranging from $45/ha/yr - $120/ha/yr depending on the type of land reforested (correlates to the owner’s opportunity cost of alternative uses of the land.)

Status: In Force; Voluntary

Costa Rica: Environmental Organic Law

Establishing that air is common property and contaminants must be controlled and reduced, the Act grants the state authority to protect the environment and prevent and control pollution. It sets up guidelines and the legal framework for the sustainable exploitation of natural resources and for the protection of the environment.

Date Implemented: 1995

Status: In Force; Framework Policy

Turkey: Draft Energy Efficiency Law

Singapore: Green Plan 2012 (2006 edition)

The Singapore Green Plan is a 10-year national blueprint to build a sustainable environment for generations to come. The SGP2012 is Singapore’s 10-year blueprint towards environmental sustainability, it encompasses six focus areas: Air and Climate Change, Water, Waste Management, Nature, Public Health and International Environmental Relations.

Date Implemented: 2005, updated 2005

Status: In Force; Framework policy

Philippines: International Action Programme (IAP), Doubling the Generating Capacity from Renewable Energy Sources by 2013

To increase renewable energy-based capacity by 100% by 2013, increase efficiency and substantially contribute to the protection of the environment and contribute to the economic growth of the countryside through rural electrification.

Date Implemented: 2003-2013

Status: Voluntary