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COP28: “The Methane COP”

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Until recently, few could have anticipated that methane, a GHG not even mentioned in the Paris Agreement, would be central to COP28’s most headline-grabbing announcements. Summit on Methane and Non-C0 2 GHGs Global Methane Pledge Ministerial In a high-profile event at the main stage of COP28, the U.S.,

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Navigating the Intersection of Climate Change and the Law of the Sea: Exploring the ITLOS Advisory Opinion’s Substantive Content

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Additionally, ITLOS can also apply rules of reference , referred to as “generally recognized international rules and standards” or “global rules and standards,” which exist in other sources of law incorporated into UNCLOS by reference ( see, e.g., Articles 207-2012 UNCLOS ). These rules are, in effect, binding norms incorporated into UNCLOS.

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Loss and Damage

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After several years of deadlock, parties established a work program on L&D in 2012 (at COP17 in Durban), further formalized in 2013 as the Warsaw International Mechanism for Loss and Damage (WIM). In the 2015 Paris Agreement , Article 8 acknowledged the importance of L&D and the accompanying decision 1/CP.21

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July 2017 Updates to the Climate Case Charts

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The California Supreme Court declined to review an intermediate appellate court’s decision upholding the statewide greenhouse gas cap-and-trade program. The court said, however, that the plaintiffs’ relief would be limited to declaratory and injunctive relief to address the present and future effects of the original and 2012 versions.

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October 2019 Updates to the Climate Case Charts

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Circuit Court of Appeals granted motions seeking to dismiss as moot the proceedings challenging the Obama administration’s Clean Power Plan, which established emission guidelines for greenhouse gases from existing power plants. 2012 CA 008263 B (D.C. The court dismissed the proceedings 11 days after the effective date of the U.S.

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August 2021 Updates to the Climate Case Charts

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The plaintiffs—identified as environmentalists, environmental groups, natural resource conservation groups, and cattle ranchers—alleged, among other things, that the immigration actions resulted in increased greenhouse gas emissions. 2012 CA 008263 B (D.C. National Review, Inc. July 22, 2021). NEW CASES, MOTIONS, AND OTHER FILINGS.

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Back in the game: Brazil’s reengagement in climate governance

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Brazil famously hosted the UN Earth Summit in 1992 and Rio+20 in 2012. International law, which is based on sound scientific evidence , clearly establishes the pressing need for effective mitigation of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. C above pre-industrial levels (Paris Agreement, art.