{
    "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": "2026-10-05T02:34:28+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": "us-ca-cap-and-invest",
            "jurisdiction": "California (United States)",
            "iso3": "USA",
            "country": "United States",
            "instrument_type": "Emissions trading system",
            "legal_stage": "In force",
            "stage_date": "2013-01-01",
            "legal_reference": "Global Warming Solutions Act of 2006 (AB 32); AB 398 (2017); AB 1207 and SB 840 (2025); CARB Cap-and-Invest Regulation",
            "coverage": "About 76% of state GHG emissions (power, industry, transport and building fuels, among others)",
            "summary": "California's cap-and-trade program, now called Cap-and-Invest, has imposed compliance obligations since January 2013 and puts a carbon price on about 76% of state greenhouse gas emissions. Legislation adopted in September 2025 extended the program through 2045, and the Air Resources Board adopted implementing amendments on 29 May 2026, effective 1 September 2026.",
            "what_to_watch": "Linkage with Washington's program under the agreement signed on 25 June 2026, which requires positive linkage findings by the Governor and a CARB rulemaking; the jurisdictions expect a linked market to begin operating in 2027.",
            "source_name": "International Carbon Action Partnership (ICAP)",
            "source_url": "https://icapcarbonaction.com/en/ets/usa-california-cap-and-trade-program",
            "source_type": "reference",
            "btr_status": "implemented",
            "last_verified": "2026-10-04",
            "region": "Americas",
            "topics": [
                "Carbon Markets",
                "Carbon Pricing"
            ],
            "url": "https://greendiplomat.com/ai-policy-radar/us-ca-cap-and-invest/",
            "legal_journey": [
                {
                    "date": "2006-09-27",
                    "milestone": "enacted",
                    "event": "Global Warming Solutions Act (AB 32) signed by the Governor",
                    "source_url": "https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billHistoryClient.xhtml?bill_id=200520060AB32"
                },
                {
                    "date": "2012-01-01",
                    "milestone": "rulemaking",
                    "event": "Air Resources Board cap-and-trade rules take legal effect",
                    "source_url": "https://ww2.arb.ca.gov/resources/fact-sheets/ab-32-global-warming-solutions-act-2006"
                },
                {
                    "date": "2013-01-01",
                    "milestone": "in-force",
                    "event": "Cap-and-trade compliance obligations begin under a declining emissions cap",
                    "source_url": "https://ww2.arb.ca.gov/resources/fact-sheets/ab-32-global-warming-solutions-act-2006"
                },
                {
                    "date": "2014-01",
                    "milestone": "milestone",
                    "event": "Program formally linked with Quebec's cap-and-trade system",
                    "source_url": "https://icapcarbonaction.com/en/ets/usa-california-cap-and-invest-program"
                },
                {
                    "date": "2025-09-19",
                    "milestone": "milestone",
                    "event": "AB 1207 signed, extending the program through 2045 as Cap-and-Invest",
                    "source_url": "https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billHistoryClient.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB1207"
                },
                {
                    "date": "2026-05-29",
                    "milestone": "milestone",
                    "event": "Air Resources Board adopts amendments setting budgets to 2045; in force 1 September 2026",
                    "source_url": "https://icapcarbonaction.com/en/news/california-air-resources-board-adopts-regulatory-updates-cap-and-invest-program"
                }
            ]
        }
    ]
}