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Analysis: How Costa Rica reversed deforestation and raised millions for conservation

A Greener Life

During last November’s COP26 climate change conference, the president of Costa Rica, Carlos Alvarado, signed an agreement that will see US$20 million flow towards the conservation of the country’s forests, funds earmarked to increase protection and help avoid deforestation.

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A new climate litigation claim in Brazil raises the pressure for increased climate action and protection of the Amazon rainforest

Law Columbia

The NPCC establishes a binding commitment to reduce GHG emissions between 36.1% by 2020 against a 2010 baseline. Through the Nationally Determined Contribution (NDC) published in 2016, Brazil committed to reducing GHG emissions by 37% by 2025 and by 43% by 2030 as compared to a 2005 baseline. o C global warming scenario.

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Energy news as COP23 is taking place in Germany

Edouard Stenger

In 2016, the world added 138.5 It crashed the 10 GW barrier in 2010. This is a game-changing move as peaker plants and even baseload ones will become more and more irrelevant, decreasing carbon emissions. Meanwhile, as WRI reports , Brazil and Indonesia have seen higher levels of deforestation.

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February 2020 Updates to the Climate Case Charts

Law Columbia

In October 2016, Greenpeace Nordic and Nature and Youth sought a declaratory judgment from the Oslo District Court that Norway’s Ministry of Petroleum and Energy violated the Norwegian Constitution by issuing a block of oil and gas licenses for deep-sea extraction from sites in the Barents Sea. Total (Nanterre District Court).

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