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Introduce Regulations

Regulate forest-risk products using tax incentives and bans.

  1. Regulate the sale and/or use of forest-risk commodities. For example:

    1. The Norwegian government committed to reducing palm oil-based biofuels by 36%. In 2019, the French National Assembly passed a bill excluding palm oil biofuel feedstock from receiving federal tax incentives. These have served as precedents for the EU’s planned phase-out of palm oil-based biodiesel by 2030. 

    2. Cities such as Oslo, Norway have banned (given certain exceptions) the use of tropical wood in municipal projects.

    3. New York City’s 2007 ban on trans fats (which is linked to nutritional improvements and decreased hospitalizations ), Mexico City’s recent ban on single-use plastics, and Berkeley’s (California) junk food ban in grocery checkout aisles.

Introduce Regulations

Cities taking this action

Decreasing embodied carbon in new construction with sustainable wood

Vancouver, Canada

Action-specific Resources

Milan Urban Food Policy Pact

Milan Urban Food Policy Pact

Every Mouthful Counts

Every Mouthful Counts

C40's Good Food Cities Declaration

C40's Good Food Cities Declaration

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