The Law was adopted in 1998 to establish legal framework for subsoil in the Republic of Azerbaijan. The focus areas of the present Law include efficient and sustainable use of subsoil resources, expansion of exploration activities along with sustaining the base of mineral resources, protection and restoration of the environment, enabling favorable conditions for investments into the subsoil sector. The policy highlights main drivers and challenges for the development of mineral resources in Azerbaijan, addresses gaps in productive capacities and identifies existing environmental concerns. Significant attention is given to the issue of nature conservation and restoration in the area of the Caspian Sea. ---- The present Law complies with the provisions of the Constitution of the Republic of Azerbaijan and other relevant legal acts on subsoil. ---- Art. 8 stipulates that individuals and legal entities have rights over exploration and exploitation of mineral resources in the Republic of Azerbaijan.

The Law regulates the exploration, processing, transportation, storage, distribution, sales of the natural gas and all energy carriers in gaseous and liquid form. The regulatory document covers the thematic areas of standardization, land management, engineering and logistics. --- The Law on Gas Supply stipulates that the State operates a monopoly-management system of gas production, pipeline transportation, storage and distribution and underscores that private entities require a state concession to enter the sector.

The present Law establishes an all-encompassing framework for environmental sustainability in the Republic of Azerbaijan. The thematic issues addressed specifically by the Law include mainstreaming environmental security in national development strategies, reinforcing long-term international partnerships, ensuring coherence of national environmental policies, undertaking measures for nature conservation and mitigation of adverse negative anthropogenic impacts. Focus areas include protection of the atmosphere, space, water and subsoil resources, conservation and restoration of flora and fauna. --- The formulation of environmental policies, plans and programmes is carried out in coherence with provisions of the Constriction of the Republic of Azerbaijan, other legislative acts on environmental protection. It is stipulated that the Republic of Azerbaijan reiterates its commitments under international treaties. --- The Law encompasses measures to ensure effective and wide participation of all relevant stakeholders through strengthening cooperation and liaison mechanisms.

The Law No. 678-IQ on Protection of the Environment came into force in 1999 to strengthen regulatory frameworks for protection of the environment in the Republic of Azerbaijan. The ultimate goal of this policy is to ensure environmental security, prevent hazardous anthropogenic impacts, support the preservation of biological diversity and the sustainable use of natural resources. The Act aims at long-term and system-wide effects, thereby proposes quantity-driven policy instruments to achieve the established goals. The document elaborates on essential environmental concepts and specific terms, e.g., environmental monitoring – qualitative and quantitative control methods for hazardous emissions, waste pollution as a result of anthropogenic activities; environmental system – a complex of flora, fauna, land and water resources as well as mineral resources considered integral parts of the environment; hazardous impacts on the environment – activities resulting in quantitative or qualitative environmental impacts, including chemical, biological or technical hazards, and unsustainable use of natural resources. Provisions of the present Act comply with the Constitution of the Republic of Azerbaijan and other coherent legislative acts. --- The policy was adopted to reinforce the Law №79 of the Republic of Azerbaijan on Environmental Protection and Natural Resources Management (1992).

The National Rural and Renewable Energy Programme (NRREP) started in 2012 and its duration is 5 years. Its components are the following: (i) Central Renewable Energy Fund, (ii) Technical Support and (iii) Business Development for Renewable Energy and Productive Energy Use. The development objective of NRREP is to improve the living standard of rural women and men, reduce dependency on traditional energy and attain sustainable development. The Programme defines the detailed objectives of the three components mentioned above. Note: RET: Renewable Energy Technologies; Alternative Energy Promotion Centre: (AEPC) (Executing Agency), Central Renewable Energy Fund: (CREF).

The document provides specific standards for components of Solar Photovoltaic Systems. It was issued for the first time by the Alternative Energy Promotion Centre/ Energy Sector Assistance Programme (AEPC/ESAP) in December 2000 for dissemination of Solar Home Systems (SHS) under ESAP. The interim standard was needed due to absence of Nepal Standard (NS) for the components used in PV systems. It was revised for the first time in November 2002/ the second time in September 2005/ the third time in July 2009/ the fourth time in 2013 and this is the fifth revIsion.

The Solar System Sizing Guidelines provide for technical requisites of Small Solar Home Systems and Solar Home Systems.

Based on the National Rural and Renewable Energy program, the Government of Nepal is promoting the solar thermal technology at domestic and industrial scale. In order to assure the quality and reliability of the products the AEPC / NRREP is developing technical standards, which are described in this document.

The Solar and Wind Energy Resource Assessment (SWERA) project was issued in 2008 under the Government of Nepal, Ministry of Environment Science and Technology in Nepal. The SWERA project is the first Project for Nepal, which has focused into resource assessment of solar and wind energy situation of the country.

"The National Strategic Development Plan (NSDP), 2006- 2010, is [...] a single, overarching document containing RGC's priority goals and strategies to reduce poverty rapidly, and to achieve other CMDGs and socio-economic development goals for the benefit of all Cambodians. It synthesises and prioritises the goals of NPRS and CMDGs and is intended to align sector strategies and planning cycles to overall long term vision, as well as guide external development partners (EDPs) 5 to align and harmonise their efforts towards better aid-effectiveness and higher 'net resources' transfer than hitherto. NSDP operationalises the Rectangular Strategy to achieve its intended goals. "