As introduced in the discussion of governance as an enabling condition , a wide range of actors are involved in successful adaptation, mitigation, and sustainability policy and practice including national, regional and local governments, communities and international agencies . As of 2018, 197 countries had between them over 1500 laws and policies addressing climate change as compared with 60 countries with such legislation in 1997 when the Kyoto Protocol was agreed upon . In judicial branches, climate change litigation is increasingly becoming an important influence on policy and corporate behaviour among investors, activists and local and state governments . There is enhanced action on climate change at both national and sub-national levels, even in cases where national policies are inimical, as in the USA .
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Climate Change 2022: Impacts, Adaptation and Vulnerability
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