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A new climate litigation claim in Brazil raises the pressure for increased climate action and protection of the Amazon rainforest

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It contributes to increasing pressure against President Bolsonaro for widespread environmental damage across the country, resulting from a significant lack of climate action and the pervasive destruction of the Amazon rainforest. The targets are based on Brazil’s national inventories of emissions. o C global warming scenario.

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February 2020 Updates to the Climate Case Charts

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Peruvian Youth Filed Action Against Government Demanding Action on Climate Change, Amazon Rainforest. The plaintiffs argue that the situation is worse for Peruvians born between 2005 and 2011, whose futures are severely compromised due to the climate crisis. Credit Suisse Protesters Trial (Lausanne District Court).

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