{
    "name": "AI Policy Radar",
    "publisher": "Green Diplomat",
    "description": "Climate laws and carbon-pricing instruments classified by legal stage; every record cites the document it was checked against and the date of that check.",
    "url": "https://greendiplomat.com/ai-policy-radar/",
    "licence": "CC BY 4.0",
    "licence_url": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/",
    "citation": "Green Diplomat (2026). AI Policy Radar: a verified tracker of climate laws by legal stage. https://greendiplomat.com/ai-policy-radar/ (accessed 6 October 2026).",
    "generated": "2026-10-06T03:42:44+00:00",
    "count": 1,
    "fields": {
        "record_id": "Stable identifier of the record (also the end of its web address).",
        "jurisdiction": "Country or sub-national jurisdiction that adopted the instrument.",
        "iso3": "ISO 3166-1 alpha-3 code of the country.",
        "instrument_type": "Emissions trading system, carbon tax, framework law, target law, crediting mechanism, energy-transition law, disclosure / MRV rule.",
        "legal_stage": "In force · Enacted, not yet in force · In rulemaking · Proposed / announced · No binding instrument.",
        "stage_date": "Date the instrument reached its current stage (YYYY, YYYY-MM or YYYY-MM-DD, as precise as the source allows).",
        "legal_reference": "Act, decree or gazette reference.",
        "coverage": "Sectors, entities or share of emissions covered, as stated by the source.",
        "what_to_watch": "The next decision, deadline or review named by the source.",
        "source_name": "Publisher of the document the record was checked against.",
        "source_url": "Address of that document.",
        "source_type": "“official” (law, gazette, government or regulator) or “reference” (a recognised compilation such as ICAP).",
        "btr_status": "Indicative status for Biennial Transparency Reports: planned, adopted or implemented (see Standards).",
        "last_verified": "Date the record was last checked against its source.",
        "legal_journey": "Dated milestones (proposed, enacted, rulemaking, in force, later milestone), each with its own source. JSON and journeys.csv only."
    },
    "records": [
        {
            "record_id": "in-ccts",
            "jurisdiction": "India",
            "iso3": "IND",
            "country": "India",
            "instrument_type": "Emissions trading system",
            "legal_stage": "In force",
            "stage_date": "2025-10-08",
            "legal_reference": "Energy Conservation Act, 2001 (amended 2022); Carbon Credit Trading Scheme, 2023 (S.O. 2825(E), 28 June 2023); Greenhouse Gases Emission Intensity Target Rules, 2025 (under the Environment (Protection) Act, 1986)",
            "coverage": "About 490 obligated entities in aluminium, cement, chlor-alkali, pulp and paper, petroleum refining, petrochemicals and textiles",
            "summary": "India's CCTS is an intensity-based baseline-and-credit compliance scheme established under the amended Energy Conservation Act. Legally binding greenhouse gas emission intensity targets were notified for four sectors on 8 October 2025 and for three more on 16 January 2026, covering about 490 entities for the 2025–26 and 2026–27 compliance years.",
            "what_to_watch": "The launch of Carbon Credit Certificate trading on power exchanges, which ICAP reported as expected by mid-2026 (not confirmed on an official source at the time of verification), notification of targets for the remaining sectors, and the first compliance cycle for 2025–26.",
            "source_name": "International Carbon Action Partnership (ICAP)",
            "source_url": "https://icapcarbonaction.com/en/ets/indian-carbon-credit-trading-scheme",
            "source_type": "reference",
            "btr_status": "implemented",
            "last_verified": "2026-10-04",
            "region": "Asia-Pacific",
            "topics": [
                "Carbon Markets",
                "Carbon Pricing"
            ],
            "url": "https://greendiplomat.com/ai-policy-radar/in-ccts/",
            "legal_journey": [
                {
                    "date": "2022-12-19",
                    "milestone": "enacted",
                    "event": "Energy Conservation (Amendment) Act 2022 receives President's assent, enabling carbon credit trading",
                    "source_url": "https://prsindia.org/files/bills_acts/bills_parliament/2022/The%20Energy%20Conservation%20(Amendment)%20Act,%202022.pdf"
                },
                {
                    "date": "2023-06-28",
                    "milestone": "rulemaking",
                    "event": "Carbon Credit Trading Scheme, 2023 notified (S.O. 2825(E))",
                    "source_url": "https://ccc-consultants.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/Ministry-of-Environment-Notification-GEI-Targets-CCTS_targets_2025_1745301648_.pdf"
                },
                {
                    "date": "2024-07",
                    "milestone": "rulemaking",
                    "event": "Detailed procedure for the CCTS compliance mechanism adopted",
                    "source_url": "https://icapcarbonaction.com/en/ets/indian-carbon-credit-trading-scheme"
                },
                {
                    "date": "2025-04-16",
                    "milestone": "rulemaking",
                    "event": "Draft emission intensity target rules published for four sectors",
                    "source_url": "https://icapcarbonaction.com/en/news/india-notifies-emission-intensity-targets-nine-sectors-under-carbon-credit-trading-scheme"
                },
                {
                    "date": "2025-10-08",
                    "milestone": "in-force",
                    "event": "Binding emission intensity targets notified for aluminium, cement, chlor-alkali, pulp and paper",
                    "source_url": "https://icapcarbonaction.com/en/news/india-notifies-emission-intensity-targets-nine-sectors-under-carbon-credit-trading-scheme"
                },
                {
                    "date": "2026-01-16",
                    "milestone": "milestone",
                    "event": "Targets notified for petroleum refining, petrochemicals and textiles",
                    "source_url": "https://icapcarbonaction.com/en/news/india-notifies-emission-intensity-targets-nine-sectors-under-carbon-credit-trading-scheme"
                }
            ]
        }
    ]
}