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The COP28 Halftime Report

Legal Planet

Having been to more than a handful of these conferences going back to Copenhagen in 2009, I am struck by a few dynamics that seem different this year. Here are four mid-COP takeaways.

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

Legal Planet

If you’re not a climate scientist—and maybe even if you are—reading news headlines this month has been confounding and a little scary. “In Climate Threshold ,” was the version at Forbes. language was added at the insistence of the highly climate-vulnerable small island states, who recognized that the previous target of 2.0

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10 Air Quality Influencers You Should Know

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From academics to scientists to business leaders, these experts provide fountains of useful information for product managers, marketing analysts, and the general public alike. A former banker, Simon Birkett left the financial world in 2009 and pursued a new calling - tirelessly campaigning for clean air in London.

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The Stream, August 12, 2021: Major Rivers in India Are Rising To Dangerous Levels

Circle of Blue

Climate Change Is Intensifying the Water Cycle, New IPCC Report Finds – The climate crisis will jeopardize key sources of fresh water and make extreme weather events more severe. The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, a group of the world’s leading climate scientists, released its sixth climate assessment on Monday.

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Climate Litigation and Children’s Rights: Unpacking the CRC’s New General Comment

Law Columbia

Environmental Harm and Children’s Rights As climate scientists continue to report the disproportionate impact of climate change and environmental degradation on children and future generations, GC26 could not come at a better time. 12 (2009) (see §21). 26-28 GC26), building on its earlier comments in General Comment No.12

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Using Clouds to Fight Climate Change

HumanNature

Altering cloud properties influences Earth’s climate On sunny days, it’s clear that clouds leave shadows on the landscape. Climate scientists are interested in clouds for exactly this reason- clouds reflect sunlight, which has a cooling effect on surface temperatures. 2009, February 19). L., & Finnegan, W.

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Roe v. Wade Draft Bodes Ill for Air, Wetlands and EPA

Union of Concerned Scientists

percent consensus among climate scientists that global warming is driven by the spewing of carbon dioxide and other gases. This, of course, defies the scientific consensus about the damage carbon dioxide from the burning of fossil fuels is doing to the planet. There is now a 99.9 After the Massachusetts v.