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Lithuania

Political Groups
EU
World Bank Income Group
High income
Global Climate Risk Index
100.5

The annually published Global Climate Risk Index analyses to what extent countries have been affected by the impacts of weather-related loss events (storms, floods, heat waves etc.).

Published by German Watch https://www.germanwatch.org/en/cri
Share of Global Emissions
0.04%
Legislation
0
Laws, Acts, Constitutions (legislative branch)
Policies
5
Policies, strategies, decrees, action plans (from executive branch)
Litigation
Coming soon
Court cases and tribunal proceedings
Targets
17
Climate targets in National Law & Policy

Latest Documents

, 2021

To benefit from the support of the Recovery and Resilience Facility set up by the EU in the aftermath of the COVID-19-induced economic crisis, Member States submit their recovery and resilience plans to the European Commission. Each plan sets out the reforms and investments to be implemented by end-2026 and Member States can receive financing up to a previously agreed allo...

, 2020

This plan enables a 6.3 billion euro stimulus package that invests in human capital, the digital economy, innovation and research, economic infrastructure, and climate change and energy.

, 2019

The National Energy and Climate (ENCP) Plan is a ten-year integrated document mandated by the European Union to each of its member states in order for the EU to meet its overall greenhouse gases emissions targets.  The Energy and Climate Plan addresses all five dimensions of the EU Energy Union: decarbonisation, energy efficiency, energy security, internal energy mark...

, 2012

The National Strategy for the National Climate Change Management Policy is drafted according to Articles 3 and 4 of the Law of the Republic of Lithuania on Financial Instruments for Climate Change Management (Official Gazette, No 87-3662, 2009). The Strategy implements the EU Climate Change and Energy Package. The overall vision of the Strategy is that "by 2050, Lithuania ...

, 2012

Resolution no 569 officially approves the National Forest Sector Development Programme for 2012-2020. The Programme aims at protect forests, the quality of related environments and biodiversity. It notably seeks to preserve the country's forests ability to store carbon.