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Brazil Advances in Climate Change Litigation

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The Amazon rainforest on the Urubu River. Climate litigation is gaining momentum in Brazil as a tool to protect the Amazon rainforest from illegal deforestation. The movement follows a worldwide upsurge in climate change-related cases, which have more than doubled since 2015. candidate at Berkeley Law.

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Emergency?

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According to the Center for International Environmental Law as of April 2023, the World Bank “has financed and incentivized up to $165 billion in fossil fuel investments since the Paris Agreement was signed [in 2015].” Right now, in 2023, that does not exist.

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Amazon Deforestation is Down. Here’s Why.

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But in 2023 the script has been flipped and the good news keeps on coming. The World Resources Institute reported that the world lost more primary rainforest in 2022 than in 2021. For several years, headlines about Amazon deforestation have all been bad. Good news in Brazil where deforestation in the Amazon declined 66.1

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Nestlé, Mars among chocolate makers criticised in cocoa-sourcing report

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Nestlé, Mars among chocolate makers criticised in cocoa-sourcing report Just Food PaulaR Wed, 01/03/2024 - 15:20 Monday, December 4, 2023 Read more Simon Harvey Ferrero, Mondelez and Lindt also labelled as “inadequate” in Ethical Consumer’s assessment. USA: Nestlé’s Latest Exploits: The case against Nestlé hasn’t stopped growing.

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Turkish parliament dumps Coke, Nestle from menus over alleged Israel support

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Lakota People's Law Project | January 13, 2021 We stand arm in arm with our fellow global citizens who abstain from its lengthy list of products. According to AB Chile, a food industry association, more than 1,500 items, or 20 percent of all products sold in Chile, have been reformulated in response to the law.

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Nestlé faces US lawsuit for allegedly false advertising pet food as ‘natural’

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Lakota People's Law Project | January 13, 2021 We stand arm in arm with our fellow global citizens who abstain from its lengthy list of products. According to AB Chile, a food industry association, more than 1,500 items, or 20 percent of all products sold in Chile, have been reformulated in response to the law.

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Policy News: July 1, 2022

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Supreme Court will hear Clean Water Act case in October 2023. Environmentalists hope new Maryland law will reduce nutrient pollution in the Chesapeake Bay. The court may not issue a final ruling until summer 2023. The Supreme Court decision severely hinders the efforts of the United States to reduce emissions. NSF receives $9.63

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