National Law on Climate Change no. 5875

Law no. 5875/17 on Climate Change establishes a 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 to implement 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. The law further mandates the creation of a number of institutions such as the National Commission on Climate Change as a cross-institutional body in charge of setting up and updating the country's policy strategies and a National Directorate on Climate Change as the executive body in charge of applying climate change policies. The law also establishes the Climate Change Fund that will be under managed by the executive's Environment Secretariat. More broadly, the Secretariat will oversee public and private funds directed towards mitigation and adaptation. This law modifies Decree no. 14.943/01, implementing the National Climate Change Program.