Law Columbia

MAY 29, 2024

Its clarification that all anthropogenic greenhouse gas (GHGs) emissions, from any source, constitute marine pollution has potentially far-reaching consequences. This is most pronounced in the references to the Paris Agreement. a) of the Paris Agreement and the corresponding timeline for emission pathways in Art.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

JANUARY 30, 2023

They’re also hoping to circumnavigate efforts to hold them accountable for their contribution to climate change. ExxonMobil’s early submission, though probably timed to get a head start on defusing climate-related shareholder resolutions, does give us a helpful roadmap of the climate accountability landscape in 2023.

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Law Columbia

NOVEMBER 12, 2023

Colombia accounts for 0.4 % of the global greenhouse gas emissions (“GHG”). In this blog post, we will briefly explain (i) the background of climate change laws in Colombia, (ii) the nature and reach of the ‘ Acción de Cumplimiento ,’ and (iii) the two judgments and their implications for climate action in Colombia.

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Law Columbia

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

On June 20, 2023, the Spanish Supreme Court handed down its final ruling in the case of Greenpeace v. Spain II , widely known as the trial for climate (“ el juicio por el clima ”). The decision, formally communicated to the parties on July 27, marks a pivotal moment in climate litigation. compared to 2005.

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Circle of Blue

NOVEMBER 8, 2021

While climate adaptation planning is more widespread than ever, the U.N. T here is a huge gulf between what communities are spending to prepare for climate change and what they ought to spend, a new U.N. This gap is widening, as the costs of climate adaptation increase due to rising global temperatures. report found.

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Law Columbia

APRIL 4, 2024

Youth4ClimateAction in Republic of Korea We are in a critical decade for action on climate change. National governments are the most important systemic actors in the governance of climate action, primarily because they are the only actors with the ability to adopt economy-wide decarbonization measures.

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A Greener Life

DECEMBER 6, 2023

In its provisional State of the Global Climate report, they confirmed, that not only is 2023 on track to be the warmest year on record by a large margin, but they also expect we will reach 1.4 Even though there’s a month left of 2023, VMO feels confident enough to make the call that will leave us only 0.1

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Frontiers

NOVEMBER 22, 2023

Photo credit: Frontiers, Falling Walls Foundation With climate change being one of the most pressing challenges of our time, Johan Rockström , director of the Potsdam Institute, emphasized that the upcoming COP28 must be one of change. This is especially important in the context of the current climate crisis.

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Law Columbia

JANUARY 5, 2023

Governments are, it seems, beginning to listen to the growing chorus of scientists who have warned that deploying CDR is essential to avoid catastrophic climate change. Many governments are beginning to include at least some form of CDR in their portfolio of climate policies and international commitments. The Article 6.4

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Clean Energy Law

DECEMBER 12, 2023

Green , James Bee , and Kevin Mak On 3 December 2023, the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) unveiled the Singapore-Asia Taxonomy for Sustainable Finance (Taxonomy) at the United Nations COP28 climate conference in Dubai. beyond those that have already been signed by December 2023).

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Capaccio

JANUARY 11, 2024

The 2023 United Nations Conference of the Parties (COP28) marked the first Global Stock take to assess progress toward the Paris Agreement since its ratification in 2015 at COP21. However, the document still provides insight into the direction of the climate action landscape of the coming decade. What’s Next?

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Arnold Porter

MARCH 15, 2023

Arnold & Porter Environmental partner Sarah Grey was named to the Denver Business Journal 's 2023 "40 Under 40" list. The annual report recognizes 40 of Denver's "outstanding local professionals under age 40 for their business success and community contributions."

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A Greener Life

JUNE 1, 2023

Records set across Asia There’s scientific consensus that climate change is exacerbating extreme weather events. In a recent report by the UN climate change body, Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change ( IPCC ), scientists warned that ‘every increment of climate change will intensify multiple and concurrent hazards’.

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Law Columbia

JUNE 26, 2023

Coal-Fired power plants targeted at the case, taken by Attorney Shunsuke Sugit In March 2023, two important decisions regarding the operation of newly built coal-fired power plants were handed down by courts in Japan. Citizens’ Committee on the Kobe Coal-Fired Power Plant v. Kobelco Power Kobe No. and Kansai Electric Power Co.,

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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.

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A Greener Life

NOVEMBER 14, 2022

Countries across Africa could lose 14% of their per capita GDP to climate change by 2050 and 34% by 2100, even if average global warming is held to 1.5°C, C, according to a report released this morning at this year’s UN climate conference, COP 27 , in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt. Photo credit: Anouk Delafortrie / Twitter.

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Acoel

MAY 1, 2023

Posted on May 1, 2023 by Amy Edwards As we celebrate the 54 th anniversary of Earth Day, it is hard to imagine where we will be 54 years from now. Will we have made the necessary changes to reduce the adverse impacts from climate change? Will we have restored biological diversity? And what about PFAS?

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Law Columbia

JUNE 21, 2023

Credit: Tobias Reich, Unsplash The Sabin Center’s Global Climate Change Litigation Database currently lists over 2000 cases. And what do they say about the future of climate litigation in the country? And what do they say about the future of climate litigation in the country?

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A Greener Life

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

By Rejimon Kuttappan Along with a major expansion of renewable energy, India is also pushing for big increases in its coal production, casting doubt on its climate commitments. On the same day at COP28, the Indian government submitted its third “National Communication” to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC).

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PA Environment Daily

JUNE 7, 2023

Carbon Emissions Emissions goals were set in response to urgent developments in climate science indicating that for the world to meet the 1.5°C C carbon budget set forth in the 2015 Paris Agreement, countries must reduce CO2 emissions in the entire [existing] built environment by 50-65% by 2030 and reach zero carbon by 2040.

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Enviromental Defense

FEBRUARY 14, 2023

We are in the midst of a climate crisis – that much is certain. Gone are the days where the existence of human-caused climate change could be debated. What’s more, the Minister of Environment and Climate Change Steven Guilbeault even committed to have this policy in place by the end of 2023. degrees Celsius.

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A Greener Life

SEPTEMBER 23, 2021

As the risks of sea-level rise, stronger tropical storms and seawater intrusion grow due to climate change , Indonesia is ramping up efforts to protect mangrove ecosystems across the archipelago as part of both its COVID-19 recovery efforts and climate change commitments. Currently, Indonesia has about 3.2

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Legal Planet

APRIL 2, 2024

The temporal and substantive proximity of these cases, across no less than four different international forums, is a reflection of the immense frustration that civil society and State actors who are the most vulnerable to the harms resulting from climate change feel with the status quo. Duarte Agostinho and Others v.

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A Greener Life

SEPTEMBER 2, 2021

Although the country has said it will go all renewable from 2023, its current construction of lignite power plants will generate emissions for decades. In what sounds like a tall promise, Indonesia’s state-owned electricity company Perusahaan Listrik Negara said earlier this year it would build only renewable energy plants after 2023.

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Law Columbia

DECEMBER 22, 2022

As noted at the end of last year, 2021 was significant for climate litigation, with several decisions worldwide providing a fresh look at stakeholder responsibility for climate change. A landmark decision recognizing the impacts of climate change on human rights. In September this year, the U.N.

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Enviromental Defense

NOVEMBER 22, 2023

Course correction: 2023 is ‘Global Stocktake’ year. That means countries will be undertaking the first official assessment of their progress on meeting the goals of the Paris Agreement since it was signed in 2015. Yet, our country continues to be one of the largest contributors to the climate crisis.

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A Greener Life

NOVEMBER 30, 2023

Dubai, United Arab Emirates (UAE), site of the COP28 conference at the end of the month, where government representatives from all UN countries will discuss global efforts to limit climate change and adapt to its effects. Fossil fuels alone – coal, oil and gas – account for over 75% of global greenhouse gas emissions.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

The hypocrisy of the world’s biggest banks on climate change keeps mounting. Some of HSBC’s dealings were on behalf of Saudi Aramco, the world’s second-ranked company in Fortune’s Global 500 and often dubbed the world’s biggest polluter for being the largest corporate emitter of greenhouse gases. degrees Celsius, or 2.7

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Frontiers

NOVEMBER 30, 2023

The United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) parties meet every year at the Conference of the Parties (COP) to negotiate and agree action on how to tackle climate change, limit emissions, and halt global warming. within reach – so we can meet the goals and ambitions of the Paris Agreement.

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Ocean Conservancy

APRIL 29, 2022

Ingrid Giskes, Director of the Global Ghost Gear Initiative at Ocean Conservancy, highlighted in her plenary speech on day two how both climate change and ghost gear stress marine environments, threaten the wildlife that live there and harm the communities reliant on these ecosystems. Global Ghost Gear Initiative.

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HumanNature

APRIL 10, 2023

Guest Post by Kathryn Moore , 2022-2023 Sustainability Leadership Fellow, and Ph.D. But this simplified pathway misses a key step in cloud formation–and one that could help us combat climate change. Without these changes to clouds, the Earth would already be warmer. C temperature target. C temperature target.

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Enviromental Defense

MARCH 24, 2023

This edition of Energy Futures is set to be released in late spring 2023. For the first time ever, the CER will develop a scenario that models how Canada can meet its climate goals and work towards a pathway that is aligned with keeping global temperatures to below 1.5 Why is this important?

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Vermont Law

DECEMBER 18, 2023

VJEL Newsroom Announcing VJEL's 2024 Top 10 Environmental Watch List By VJEL December 18, 2023 The Vermont Journal of Environmental Law (VJEL) is pleased to announce the publication of its 2024 Top 10 Environmental Watch List. Because of this backlog, FERC promulgated Order 2023 – RM22-14-000 to speed up this process.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

MARCH 17, 2023

The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) is set to release its synthesis of the Sixth Assessment Report early next week. Among the thousands of questions the report addresses by summarizing the latest climate research, one of the most hotly debated is this: Is it still possible to limit future global warming to 1.5°C

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Union of Concerned Scientists

DECEMBER 14, 2023

C-aligned menus served at COP28—centered around plant-based foods, and referencing the Paris Agreement commitment to limit warming to 1.5 degrees above pre-industrial levels—as evidence of a new commitment to climate-friendly food and farming. And it includes provisions to reduce food waste as a climate strategy.

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Manning Law

DECEMBER 14, 2023

Although criticized for half measures and loopholes, blamed in part on the influence of petrostates, the agreement reached at the conference should be welcomed as a significant step in the move away from fossil fuels. But it notes Parties are off track when it comes to meeting their Paris Agreement goals. C within reach.

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Arnold Porter

FEBRUARY 1, 2022

In 2010, the SEC published interpretive guidance (2010 Guidance) for public companies regarding disclosure requirements relating to climate change matters.[[N:Securities N:Securities and Exchange Commission, Guidance Regarding Disclosure Related to Climate Change (Release Nos. iii) the physical impacts of climate change.

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