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We Crossed 1.5 C. Did We Breach the Paris Agreement?

Legal Planet

degrees Fahrenheit) is a target to limit global-average heating that was adopted by nations in the 2015 Paris Agreement. The text of the agreement is actually a little loose. It says the Agreement aims to hold global-average heating “well below 2.0 It says the Agreement aims to hold global-average heating “well below 2.0

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I ? IRA

Legal Planet

That’s a place where coal is still King and Trump beat Biden by forty points in 2020. The Executive Director of the International Energy Agency had this to say: ““I want to make it clear: the Inflation Reduction Act is the single most important climate action since the Paris Agreement in 2015.”

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The ‘Year of Climate’ in International Courts

Legal Planet

degrees Celsius (the stretch goal in the Paris Agreement of keeping the world’s average surface temperature to no more than 1.5 degrees Celsius above pre-Industrial levels by 2100) within reach or, at the very least, to reset the parameters within which ongoing political negotiations are conducted.

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30 Years of U.S. Climate Policy

Legal Planet

remains a party to the UNFCCC , helped broker the Paris Agreement, and is till a party to that agreement today. 2015 Paris Agreement adopted with strong U.S. withdrawal from Paris Agreement. 2020 U.S. withdraws from Paris Agreement (Trump). 2020 U.S.

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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%. Economic growth has hovered around a healthy 5% annually, meaning that GDP doubles about every 15 years and that carbon emissions will also surge without vigorous climate action.

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Taking Stock Ahead of UN Climate Conference: Five Things to Watch for at COP28 in Dubai

Union of Concerned Scientists

Lest one thinks this disconnect is a failure of the global climate architecture, the failure lies much closer to home—in the domestic politics in the US and many other countries that continue to favor the interests of the rich and powerful , and fossil fuel companies, at the expense of the health and safety of everyone else and the planet.

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Don’t Believe the Lies: Five Facts to Consider as the UN’s COP27 Comes to a Close

Union of Concerned Scientists

Updated analysis from 2020 shows that emissions traced to the 88 largest carbon producers contributed approximately 60 percent?of It can, and must, start now to meet the 2015 Paris Agreement goal of limiting global warming to 1.5 degrees goal is threatened by political inaction. Why not just start with renewables?