Union of Concerned Scientists

NOVEMBER 5, 2022

The 2021 Arctic Report Card noted the first time rain occurred at the Greenland summit of the ice sheet. The Greenland ice sheet holds the equivalent of around 7 extra meters of global sea level rise were it to disappear completely. All hands on deck action required to meet international agreements.

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Real Climate

NOVEMBER 11, 2023

While temperatures provide a measure of the Earth’s climate, it is even better to use the global sea level , which provides a far more reliable measure. The global sea level acts like the mercury in a thermometer because warmer water expands. C above pre-industrial times in August, according to Copernicus.

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Ocean Conservancy

NOVEMBER 30, 2022

Representatives from civil society, non-governmental organizations and the private sector gathered alongside governmental representatives to influence decisions and advance contributions toward the goals of the Paris Agreement of 2015. I was joined by Ocean Conservancy colleagues working to advance ocean-climate action. Green Shipping.

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A Greener Life

NOVEMBER 7, 2022

Subsidies reached new highs in 2021, even before Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, a Climate Transparency analysis finds. The G20 group of nations provided nearly US$200 billion in support of fossil fuels in 2021, despite the worsening impacts of the climate crisis and their pledge in 2009 to phase out “inefficient” subsidies.

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Law Columbia

AUGUST 4, 2021

July 15, 2021). July 1, 2021). July 19, 2021). July 16, 2021). On July 30, 2021, the district court (which previously determined that the revocation of the permit did not render the case moot) denied the developers’ motion to dismiss. July 16, 2021); Indigenous Environmental Network v. July 30, 2021).

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Law Columbia

MAY 7, 2021

EPA’s response to the petitions is due June 3, 2021. 29, 2021); North American Coal Corp. On April 15, 2021, federal defendants, defendant-intervenors, and environmental groups filed a stipulation for dismissal of appeals of a district court’s November 2020 decision finding that the U.S. West Virginia v. 20-1530 (U.S.

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Acoel

OCTOBER 25, 2021

Posted on October 25, 2021 by Jeanette Wolfley. Indigenous peoples are experiencing rising sea levels, relocating villages, declining salmon runs and failing wild rice fields.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

JUNE 6, 2022

Wildfires have broken out in Siberia , which is one of the fastest warming parts of the world and where hotter, drier conditions have fueled record-breaking fire seasons including in 2021. Danger season, together with ongoing slow-moving disasters like sea level rise, is pushing people and ecosystems to their limits in many places.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

JULY 5, 2023

Wildfires in 2021 temporarily closed Sequoia National Park and a popular part of Big Bend National Park in Texas. degree Fahrenheit limits set by the Paris Agreement to avoid catastrophic climate impacts—more than double the 22 percent of the US as a whole that would exceed that temperature. Photo is the author’s own.

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Law Columbia

JULY 2, 2021

June 15, 2021). June 16, 2021). On June 14, 2021, the U.S. On June 23, 2021, Chevron Corporation filed notice in the district court of its voluntary dismissal of third-party complaints against the energy company Equinor ASA (formerly Statoil ASA). June 14, 2021). June 28, 2021). June 25, 2021).

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Legal Planet

DECEMBER 19, 2022

Even before adoption of the 1992 Framework Convention, the Alliance of Small Island States (AOSIS) had proposed an “International Insurance Pool” to pay vulnerable countries based on observed sea level rise. In the 2015 Paris Agreement , Article 8 acknowledged the importance of L&D and the accompanying decision 1/CP.21

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Union of Concerned Scientists

MARCH 30, 2022

Earlier this month the International Energy Agency (IEA) released data showing that global carbon dioxide (CO 2 ) emissions hit an all-time high in 2021, rebounding sharply from the 2020 decline caused by COVID-19 related economic slump. It’s clear we cannot continue to live this way, it will destroy our civilization.”. Syria (with 6.8

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Arnold Porter

JULY 16, 2021

As summarized in our March 9, 2021 Advisory , the SEC’s efforts to standardize ESG disclosures commenced in earnest last year. The comment period ended on June 13, 2021, and the SEC reported receiving over 500 letters in response.

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