{
    "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 5 October 2026).",
    "generated": "2026-10-05T02:38:39+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."
    },
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        {
            "record_id": "uk-ets",
            "jurisdiction": "United Kingdom",
            "iso3": "GBR",
            "country": "United Kingdom",
            "instrument_type": "Emissions trading system",
            "legal_stage": "In force",
            "stage_date": "2021-01",
            "legal_reference": "Greenhouse Gas Emissions Trading Scheme Order 2020 (S.I. 2020/1265), made under the Climate Change Act 2008; Greenhouse Gas Emissions Trading Scheme Auctioning Regulations 2021",
            "coverage": "Power, industry, aviation and, from 1 July 2026, domestic maritime; around a quarter of UK territorial GHG emissions",
            "summary": "The UK ETS has operated since January 2021 as a cap-and-trade system for power, industry and aviation. Domestic maritime emissions entered the scheme on 1 July 2026, and in December 2025 the UK ETS Authority announced a second phase running from 2031 to the end of 2040.",
            "what_to_watch": "Waste incineration and energy-from-waste facilities are planned to enter from 2028 after a monitoring-only period from 2026, and engineered greenhouse gas removals from 2029. The post-2030 cap trajectory for the second phase (2031–2040) is the next major design decision.",
            "source_name": "International Carbon Action Partnership (ICAP)",
            "source_url": "https://icapcarbonaction.com/en/ets/uk-emissions-trading-scheme-uk-ets",
            "source_type": "reference",
            "btr_status": "implemented",
            "last_verified": "2026-10-04",
            "region": "Europe",
            "topics": [
                "Carbon Markets",
                "Carbon Pricing"
            ],
            "url": "https://greendiplomat.com/ai-policy-radar/uk-ets/",
            "legal_journey": [
                {
                    "date": "2020-11-11",
                    "milestone": "enacted",
                    "event": "Greenhouse Gas Emissions Trading Scheme Order 2020 made under the Climate Change Act 2008",
                    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2020/1265/introduction/made"
                },
                {
                    "date": "2021-01",
                    "milestone": "in-force",
                    "event": "UK ETS begins operating for power, industry and aviation",
                    "source_url": "https://icapcarbonaction.com/en/ets/uk-emissions-trading-scheme-uk-ets"
                },
                {
                    "date": "2023-07-03",
                    "milestone": "milestone",
                    "event": "UK ETS Authority response sets a net zero-aligned cap",
                    "source_url": "https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/developing-the-uk-emissions-trading-scheme-uk-ets"
                },
                {
                    "date": "2025-12",
                    "milestone": "milestone",
                    "event": "UK ETS Authority announces a second phase running from 2031 to 2040",
                    "source_url": "https://icapcarbonaction.com/en/ets/uk-emissions-trading-scheme-uk-ets"
                },
                {
                    "date": "2026-07-01",
                    "milestone": "milestone",
                    "event": "Domestic maritime emissions brought into the scheme",
                    "source_url": "https://icapcarbonaction.com/en/news/uk-ets-expands-domestic-maritime-and-updates-auction-reserve-price"
                }
            ]
        }
    ]
}