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Cattle and Climate Change: Putting Sustainability in Perspective

HumanNature

Beginning with the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) release of the report Livestocks Long Shadow in 2006, the totality of the contribution of cattle to livelihoods, food security, and ecosystem services has been questioned when contrasted with their contribution to greenhouse gas emissions and the environmental equilibrium.

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Brazil Advances in Climate Change Litigation

Legal Planet

Climate litigation is gaining momentum in Brazil as a tool to protect the Amazon rainforest from illegal deforestation. Lula, who served as President of Brazil from 2003 to 2010 (and is the first President in the country to return for a third term), is known for supporting policies to protect the environment and disenfranchised social groups.

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Why You Should Care About The Latest IPCC Report | BreezoMeter

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Understanding Climate Change & Greenhouse Gas Emissions. The greenhouse effect is a popular name for the earth’s warming effect which occurs naturally when gasses in the atmosphere trap heat from the sun and prevent it from escaping back into space. Greenhouse Gas Emissions are Increasing. F) of warming in the 21st century.

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IPCC: Limiting warning to 1.5°C is almost beyond reach?

A Greener Life

The UN agency concluded global greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions are at the highest levels in human history and without immediate and deep emissions reductions across all sectors limiting climate change to 1.5°C They pointed to the fact that since 2010 the cost of solar, wind and battery technology has decreased by up to 85%.

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The Rights of Nature — Can an Ecosystem Bear Legal Rights?

Law Columbia

In 2010, the City Council of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania unanimously passed an ordinance recognizing the Rights of Nature as part of a ban on shale gas drilling and fracking. The court ordered the government to develop and implement action plans to address deforestation. Argentina : Asociación Civil por la Justicia Ambiental v.

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

Law Columbia

by 2020 against a 2010 baseline. The petitioner in this case requests that the NPCC be updated according to the best available science and the IPCC’s sixth assessment report ( Climate Change 2021 ) to reduce greenhouse gas emissions (GHG) by the Brazilian government consistent with a 1.5 Brazil (on deforestation and human rights ).

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Guest Commentary: Indonesian Human Rights Commission’s first human rights complaint on the impacts of climate change

Law Columbia

Most of Indonesia’s greenhouse gas emissions come from the Land Use, Land Use Change and Forestry (LULUCF) and energy sectors. From 2000 to 2015, Indonesia lost an average of 498,000 hectares of forest annually, making it the world’s second-largest driver of deforestation after Brazil.