This document aims to foster the production and use of hydrogen, especially in the transport sector.

This strategy was approved by Resolution 293/2019. It aims to enable the long-term sustainable development of forests in Paraguay.

This decree implements the country's energy policy. The strategic vision of the policy is to respond satisfactorily to the population and productive sectors energy needs, while respecting socio-environmental and efficiency criteria. One of the main objective of the policy is to use hydro, biomass and other renewable resources to attend the demand. The document lists a number of action plan, such as the action plan for energy efficiency, to be implemented in order to reach Paraguay's overarching energy goals.

This document seeks to develop Paraguay's capacity to adapt to climate change and react to natural disasters over the period 2016-2022. Its objective is to reduce the vulnerability of the agricultural sector to disaster risks exacerbated by climate variability and climate change by strengthening the institutionalisation of risk management in the sector, improving information mechanisms and monitoring of agro-climatic risk, the implementation of risk prevention and mitigation actions and preparation for an effective response.

This Decree mandates the Ministry of Public Works and Communications to set regimes of certification, control and promotion of the use of bioenergy in Paraguay. The Regulation for the Certification of Solid Biomass for Energy purposes will be implemented gradually and must contain the following percentages: for the first year of its implementation, consumers must use at least thirty percent (30%) of Certified Bioenergies by the national enforcement authority; in the second year, at least fifty percent (50%); for the third year, at least seventy percent (70%) in the fourth year, ninety percent (90%); and for the fifth year one hundred percent (100%) of the consumption with sources of Certified Bioenergies.

This law aims to regulate the protection, recovery and improvement of the native forest in the Eastern Region so that the forest fulfils its environmental, social and economic functions, contributing to the improvement of the quality of life of the inhabitants of the country.&nbsp;

Law no. 5875/17 on Climate Change establishes a normative framework in Paraguay for mitigation and adaptation, in line with its adhesion to the Paris Agreement and the National Development Plan. It aims in particular at implementing actions that reduce the country's vulnerabilities to climate change and actions which allow to reduce its greenhouse gases emissions. These actions will be developed in a National Plan for Climate Change which will detail and actualise the dedicated policies.<br>&nbsp;<br>&nbsp;The law further mandates the creation of a number of institutions: 1) the National Commission on Climate Change as an multi institutional body in charge of setting up and updating the country's policy strategies, 2) a National Directorate on Climate Change as the executive body in charge of applying climate change policies, and 3) the Climate Change Fund that will be under managed by the executive's Environment Secretariat (Seam). More broadly, the Secretariat will oversee public and private funds directed towards mitigation and adaptation.<br>&nbsp;<br>&nbsp;The Decree no. 14.943/01, implementing the National Climate Change Program, will be updated in accordance with the new law.

This law aims at protecting the air and the atmosphere, through the prevention and regulation of quemical pollution. It follows the principles of precaution, prevention and compensation. GHG gases are comprised within the regulative framework set out by this law. The document further defines the means of protecting the air and atmosphere.

This law aims at promoting jobs and energy alternatives, protecting consumer interests, protecting the environment, and promote energy conservation through the promotion of natural gas. It also seeks to identify solutions adequate to each region in Paraguay. A favourable fiscal regime for natural gas is instituted.

This law promotes the conservation, protection, recovery and sustainable development of the country's biological diversity and natural resources, through the fair, timely and adequate valuation and remuneration of environmental services. Article 2 lists carbon absorption as one of the environmental services in scope.

Paraguay. Biennial update report (BUR). BUR 3. National inventory report., National Inventory Report from Paraguay in 2022

Paraguay First NDC (Updated submission), Nationally Determined Contribution,Adaptation Communication from Paraguay in 2021

Paraguay Formal letter on submission of updated NDC, Nationally Determined Contribution from Paraguay in 2021

Paraguay. National Communication (NC). NC 3., National Communication from Paraguay in 2017

Paraguay First NDC (Archived), Nationally Determined Contribution from Paraguay in 2016

Law no. 5211 (on Air Quality)

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