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

Law Columbia

Despite the ongoing debate on whether ITLOS has jurisdiction to issue an advisory opinion on climate change, if the Tribunal asserts jurisdiction (on jurisdiction, see here and here) , there is still much to uncover. Assuming the ITLOS will assert jurisdiction, this post’s objective is twofold.

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Environmental Impact Statements Addressing Resiliency and Adaptation

Law Columbia

Columbia Center for Climate Change Law. In a subtle but meaningful shift, the environmental impact review process in New York City is beginning to more systematically consider the potential effects of a changing climate on proposed projects, not just the effects that a project might have on the environment. Background.

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Desalination and Alternative Water Supply and Efficiency

Vermont Law

serious progression of climate change. One can also imagine more stringent regulations being proposed regarding ocean and coastal ecosystems as these environmental impacts are studied more. rising sea-levels. 4th 557 (2012). energy prices, is dangerous, especially in tandem with the. population growth.

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The Stream, July 14, 2021: Water Levels On Lake Ontario Are Dropping Amid Great Lakes Drought

Circle of Blue

Human development on floodplains, coupled with inadequate regulation, is increasing the threat of floods in India. Experts and environmentalists say India’s poor regulation of river floodplains is making the country more vulnerable to damaging floods, Mongabay India reports. FEET ABOVE SEA LEVEL.

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July 2017 Updates to the Climate Case Charts

Law Columbia

Each month, Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer LLP (APKS) and the Sabin Center for Climate Change Law collect and summarize developments in climate-related litigation, which we also add to our U.S. climate litigation charts. and non-U.S.

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Out of sight, out of mind: The vulnerable world beneath our feet

HumanNature

Credit: Rodale Institute My earlier example of soil ecology does not do justice to what functions soil organisms provide; a more comprehensive list includes improvement of soil fertility via nutrient transformation, soil aggregation, pathogen suppression, carbon storage, biofilm formation, water cycling, and temperature regulation 2.

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STILL FIDDLING, AT 100 SECONDS TO MIDNIGHT, AS THE WORLD WARMS, FLOODS AND BURNS: OCEANS’ SURVIVAL NEED FASTER SITING AND TRANSMISSION OF OFFSHORE WIND FARM PROJECTS

Vermont Law

in 2012: “In an increasingly carbon- constrained world, our existing environmental laws and regulatory process no longer achieve their underlying goals of long-term ecosystem conservation. nds to midnight. : “For over four decades the threat of climate change to “future generations” has been ruefully noted. sea level rise.

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