Circle of Blue
AUGUST 22, 2022
Despite promising adaptation strategies, sea level rise is projected to drown tens of thousands of acres of farmland within the century. Atlantic sea levels are rising three to four times faster than the global ocean average. Saltwater intrusion on Chalmers’ rice paddies is forcing him to look for land elsewhere.
Legal Planet
JUNE 13, 2022
It was only in 2010 that India agreed that all countries should take responsibility for controlling their own emissions, but there was backsliding the following year at the next round of international negotiations. the national government isn’t the only presence in terms of climate policy. As in the U.S.,
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CEQA Developments
FEBRUARY 8, 2022
4) affirmed a judgment upholding the City of Newark’s (City) use of Government Code § 65457’s CEQA exemption for a 469-lot residential subdivision on land adjacent to San Francisco Bay. Petitioner CCCR successfully challenged that 2010 EIR in court; in correcting its identified deficiencies, the City adopted a recirculated EIR (REIR).
Union of Concerned Scientists
JUNE 6, 2023
In the oceans, prolonged periods of unusually high sea surface temperatures are having a major impact. These annual marine heatwaves (MHWs) have increased by 54% during the last century, and eight of the ten worst MHWs have occurred since 2010. National Park Service scientist Erik Stabenau calls this “fighting water with water”.
Legal Planet
NOVEMBER 29, 2022
During the initial negotiations of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (Convention), AOSIS proposed to set up an “International Climate Fund” to finance adaptation, and an “International Insurance Pool” as a separate entity to provide financial insurance specifically against sea level rise.
A Greener Life
NOVEMBER 29, 2022
The results, published in Nature magazine, provide a much clearer, evidence-based picture, which is likely to change government policy in the US and beyond. Michael Greenstone, a University of Chicago economist, first calculated it in 2010. How fast will sea levels and temperatures rise? What is the social cost of carbon?
Legal Planet
JUNE 4, 2021
its district, appellate , and supreme courts decided in favor of Urgenda, an upstart environmental organization, ordering the government to more aggressively reduce greenhouse gas emissions. This reports that a net 45% reduction in 2030, relative to 2010, would be consistent with a 50% chance of keeping warming within 1.5°C
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