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Guest blog post: Japanese Court Upholds Mistakes in post-disaster Energy Policy in Yokosuka Climate Case Decisions

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One of these was the abovementioned Guideline established in 2012. In reality, however, the eight old coal-fired power plants had been shut down since 2014. The Paris Agreement was adopted in 2015 and entered into force the following year in 2016, with Japan also submitting its NDC.

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‘La Acción de Cumplimiento’ as a Legal Mechanism to Implement Colombian Climate Change Laws

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Law 1523 of 2012 on risk management. Law 1715 of 2014 on non-conventional renewable energy sources. Law 1844 of 2017 on the Paris Agreement. The framework binds Colombia to international agreements, including the UNFCCC (Law 164 of 1994), the Kyoto Protocol (Law 629 of 2000) and the Paris Agreement (Law 1844 of 2017).

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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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Brazil’s National Policy on Climate Change ( NPCC and subsequent regulation ) was adopted in 2009 based on Brazil’s international commitments with the UNFCCC. According to the petitioner, as a signatory to the Paris Agreement Brazil has committed to various duties to mitigate climate change. by 2020 against a 2010 baseline.

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July 2017 Updates to the Climate Case Charts

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Circuit concluded that EPA had acted arbitrarily and capriciously in determining that the four elements of the regulations that had been stayed met these requirements. Environmental Groups Challenged Delay in Enforcement of Landfill Methane Regulations. 16-1-01001-5 (Wash. verdict June 7, 2017; sentencing June 23, 2017).

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October 2019 Updates to the Climate Case Charts

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Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) erred in its analyses of climate change’s impact on the Rio Grande cutthroat trout when it determined in 2014 that the species no longer warranted listing under the Endangered Species Act. 2012 CA 008263 B (D.C. The court also declined to “create a new tort named abusive litigation.” Bernhardt , No.

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30 Years of U.S. Climate Policy

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EPA’s power to regulate greenhouse gases, established in litigation in 2007, now seems beyond question. remains a party to the UNFCCC , helped broker the Paris Agreement, and is till a party to that agreement today. should not enter into any climate agreement that fails to limit emissions from developing countries.

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August 2021 Updates to the Climate Case Charts

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Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to issue a decision on Exxon’s application to renew the NPDES permit, which had expired in 2014. 2012 CA 008263 B (D.C. Environmental Groups Appealed Dismissal of NEPA Regulations Lawsuit. National Review, Inc. July 22, 2021). NEW CASES, MOTIONS, AND OTHER FILINGS. temperature target.

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