User Guide
How to create maps on this website
Data and countries included in the database
How to create maps on this website
- Using the left-hand navigation bar, select data to be displayed as country shadings.
- Select data to be displayed as graphics.
- Explore the map with your mouse. Interactive pop-up windows will show the data for each graphic and country.
- You can download your map as a graphic file by clicking on this icon
in the lower right corner of the map legend. - You can view the underlying data in a table by clicking on this icon
in the lower right corner of the map legend. For download please click on 
.
Go to: Map Creator
Data and countries included in the database
The climate policy maps are created from a database which contains selected socio-economic, energy and climate policy information for a choice of countries. The countries include G8, BRICS, the European Union and Mexico. This choice of countries is due to their impact on climate change. G8 countries represent about 65% of the world economy. BRICS and Mexico are so called emerging economies with considerable increase in energy consumption.
Here is a detailed list of the countries and data currently included in the database:
Countries included in the database
Brazil, Canada, China, European Union*, France, Germany, India, Italy, Japan, Mexico, Russia, South Africa, United Kingdom, USA.
* The EU data in this website does not include Romania and Bulgaria.
Data included in the database
Socio-economic Data: Population, Population growth, Gross Domestic Product (GDP), Gross Domestic Product growth, Gross Domestic Product per capita.
Climate Policy Instruments: Renewable energy targets, Renewable energy subsidies, CO2 tax, Gasoline tax, Diesel tax, Energy efficiency standards, Automotive fuel-efficiency standards.
Kyoto Protocol: Kyoto ratification, Kyoto target, Joint Implementation, Clean Development Mechanism, Emissions trading.
Greenhouse Gas Emissions: Greenhouse gas emissions**, Greenhouse gas emissions (with LULUCF), Greenhouse gas emissions** per capita, Greenhouse gas emissions** per GDP, Change in greenhouse gas emissions**, Greenhouse gas emissions** by sector, CO2 emissions**, Change in CO2 emissions**, CO2 emissions** per capita, CO2 emissions** per GDP.
** does not include Land Use, Land Use Change and Forestry (LULUCF)
Energy Consumption***: Total primary energy consumption, Change in total primary energy consumption, Total primary energy consumption per capita, Primary energy consumption by source, Primary renewable energy consumption, Change in primary renewable energy consumption.
*** EU energy consumption data does not include Estonia, Lithuania, Latvia and Slovenia.
Biofuel Production: Bioethanol production, Biodiesel production.
Fact Sheets
The Fact Sheets summarize climate policy information regarding a country or a specific issue. They are based on the data of the underlying database of this website and aim at displaying selected sets of data in a concise way.
Go to: Fact Sheets
Legal Basis
The main legal basis of national climate policy is available on this website. Legislative measures are subject to constant change. The authors do not take responsibility for missing information. Included are pieces of binding legislation at the Federal level as well as some major political programmes relating to climate protection. If for one country, less pieces of legislation and/or programmes may be found, this does not necessarily reflect that this country is less active in the area of climate protection. Action may be taken in more informal ways and/or at the regional or local levels. For Brazil, France, Germany, Italy, Mexico, and Russia, official English titles could not be identified for all listed pieces of legislation. They have been translated by the authors of the website.
For each country the downloads and links are sorted into the following categories:
- Emissions trading
- Energy efficiency
- Renewable energies
- Climate protection / protection of the ozone layer
- Air pollution
Go to: Legal Basis
Glossary
Technical terms used on this website are explained in a glossary.
Go to: Glossary
Terms of Use
All rights reserved. All of the texts, pictures and graphics included on this website are protected by copyright and other regulations protecting intellectual property. The reproduction and utilisation of the maps created in the map creator of this website is welcome as long as sources are mentioned. Their modification and commercial use is forbidden.
