The international response to climate change has been inadequate, but not zero. There are 1,800 climate change laws worldwide. Shaikh M. S. U. Eskander and colleagues used panel data on legislative activity in 133 countries over the period 1999–2016 to identify statistically the short-term and long-term impact of climate legislation. Each new law reduces annual carbon dioxide emissions per unit of gross domestic product by 0.78% nationally in the short term (during the first three years) and by 1.79% in the long term (beyond three years).
The results are driven by parliamentary acts and by countries with a strong rule of law. In 2016, current climate laws were associated with an annual reduction in global carbon dioxide emissions of 5.9 Gt carbon dioxide, more than the US carbon dioxide output that year. Cumulative carbon dioxide emissions savings from 1999 to 2016 amount to 38 Gt carbon dioxide, or one year’s worth of global carbon dioxide output. The impact on other greenhouse gases is much lower.
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