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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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by 2020 against a 2010 baseline. According to the petitioner, as a signatory to the Paris Agreement Brazil has committed to various duties to mitigate climate change. While Brazil achieved its emission reduction goal from the NPCC, the reduction targets of deforestation in the Amazon rainforest were not fulfilled.

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February 2020 Updates to the Climate Case Charts

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Montana Federal Court Agreed to Consider Keystone XL-Specific Documents and 2012 Biological Opinion in Challenge to Authorization Under Nationwide Permit. The complaint focuses on deforestation in five Amazonian regions: Loreto, Ucayali, Madre de Dios, Amazonas and San Martin. Williams , No. 19-cv-6855 (E.D.N.Y.

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