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Climate Policy in the World’s Fourth Largest Country

Legal Planet

Indonesia’s 2021 climate pledge under the Paris Agreement was to reduce emissions from 2020-2030 by 29%. This was an increased unconditional commitment compared to the 2010 pledge of 26%. The baseline for measuring these cuts is the 2030 business as usual scenario, which would feature hefty increases in emissions.

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Climate Policy at 30: Glasgow Climate Pact.

Law and Environment

Each year since 1995, with the exception of 2020, the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change ( UNFCCC ) has hosted a Conference of Parties (COP), where members of the UNFCCC negotiate issues relating to reducing greenhouse gas emissions and other matters relating to climate change. The Pact committed to maintain the 1.5°C

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South Korea and Climate Change

Legal Planet

Renewables are relatively small, at only 6%, but growing rapidly, having doubled from 2010 to 2019. In 2021, South Korea set a target under the Paris Agreement of a 40% cut from 2018 levels by 2030. 50% coal, 26% gas, and 25% nuclear. Actual generation is tilted a bit more toward fossil fuels and nuclear.

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Brazil Advances in Climate Change Litigation

Legal Planet

Lula, who served as President of Brazil from 2003 to 2010 (and is the first President in the country to return for a third term), is known for supporting policies to protect the environment and disenfranchised social groups. Accordingly, any Brazilian law or decree contradicting the Paris Agreement may be invalidated.

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Progress Possible at COP 28 Despite Fossil Fuel Industry Deception

Union of Concerned Scientists

These companies talk out of both sides of their mouths when it comes to climate polic y—many claiming to support the Paris agreement, while simultaneously funding business groups to lobby against policies to implement and enforce national commitments. Between 2010 and 2018, Chevron is analyzed to have dedicated only 0.2%

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Climate Policy at 30: Glasgow Climate Pact

Acoel

Each year since 1995, with the exception of 2020, the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change ( UNFCCC ) has hosted a Conference of Parties (COP), where members of the UNFCCC negotiate issues relating to reducing greenhouse gas emissions and other matters relating to climate change. Posted on January 5, 2022 by Adam P.

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The COP26 climate summit: what scientists hope it will achieve

Physics World

But the United Nations has just said that the latest commitments of the 192 parties of the 2015 Paris agreement will equate to a 16% rise in global greenhouse-gas emissions in 2030 compared to 2010. The promise from many nations is to reach net-zero greenhouse-gas emissions by 2050 (or earlier) and interim targets are essential.