The urgency for government action on the green transition has never been clearer. With the world off track to meet the Paris Agreement targets and facing rising risks of biodiversity loss, pollution and ecosystem collapse, governments must move quickly.
While businesses and civil society are crucial players, achieving deep and lasting environmental progress depends on governments embedding a green approach across their laws and regulations. Well-designed rules not only help tackle climate change and other environmental threats, but can also spark innovation and support economic growth.
This toolkit is a practical resource to help governments “regulate for the planet.” It provides a structured way for policymakers to examine how well their regulatory frameworks support environmental objectives across all stages of the policy cycle from designing new laws to reviewing existing ones.