Legal Planet
OCTOBER 2, 2023
Government adopts a sector-by-sector plan to reach 2050 climate goals. The government proposes new measures to help meet the 2030 climate target, including 80% renewables by 2030. My foray into Germany climate policy left me with unanswered questions: What was the politics behind Germany’s history of climate action?
A Greener Life
FEBRUARY 17, 2022
President-elect Gabriel Boric’s new government must address issues of decarbonisation, water crisis and lithium nationalisation, all while rewriting the country’s constitution. In our government, it will be a priority to avoid this destruction and to have development that is compatible with the environment.”. By Francisco Parra Galaz
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Legal Planet
FEBRUARY 21, 2024
2011 CARB adopted cap and trade system. Bush torpedoed climate action by the federal government early in his administration. Required CARB to create an inventory of GHG emissions. Effectively prohibited California utilities from using electricity from coal-fired generation. 2015 SB350. 2016 SB 32. 2018 SB100.
Circle of Blue
MAY 24, 2023
Water governance institutions of the past are not well-equipped to respond to the rapidly changing effects of climate change,” said Heikkila, the co-director of the Center for Policy and Democracy at the University of Colorado Denver. The time for more collective action at all scales of governance is here,” she said.
Legal Planet
JUNE 2, 2023
Digitalization is reshaping environmental governance in profound ways. To explore the intersection of digitalization and environmental governance and the power dynamics that are at play, I interviewed three social scientists on the matter. The Belizean government is another strong proponent of SMART, Stinson claims.
Legal Planet
SEPTEMBER 6, 2022
AB 2097 (Friedman) builds on work dating back to 2011 (I blogged about then-Assm. Otherwise, too many local governments have not gotten the memo that California’s climate and equity goals require more housing near transit and reduced need for residents to drive vehicles. But cities and counties have mostly lost that fight.
HumanNature
NOVEMBER 12, 2021
Interestingly, this sense of urgency has compelled various scholars, governments, development practitioners, and activists to turn toward the language of security to convey the increasingly dire need to confront widespread ecological change. Guest Post by Julie Liebenguth , Ph.D.
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