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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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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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Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) lacked authority to administratively stay portions of new source performance standards for the oil and gas sector for which it had granted requests for reconsideration. New Jersey Appellate Court Affirmed State Authority to Take Easements for Coastal Protection Projects. FEATURED CASE.

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COP 21: A Kyoto Protocol Redux?

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The environmental law world buzzed with optimism as late November neared. Less than four months from the release of the Paris agreement, Professor Mark Latham does not share the optimism expressed by others. By Mark Latham.

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October 2019 Updates to the Climate Case Charts

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Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) rule repealing the Clean Power Plan and finalizing the final Affordable Clean Energy rule in its place. The court found that a 2012 no-jeopardy determination was unsupported, arbitrary, and capricious because it did not account for the owl’s recovery. 2012 CA 008263 B (D.C.

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Fuel Efficiency Standards Trumped?

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of the Clean Air Act requires the Environmental Protection Agency to address this through emissions standards for air pollution from cars and trucks. that is responsible for regulating the CAFE standards, which were originally created in the 1970s to reduce dependence on foreign oil. Paris Agreement. 27 percent.

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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. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA’s) 2019 rule setting renewable fuel volumes in the Clean Air Act’s Renewable Fuel Standard Program. 2012 CA 008263 B (D.C. July 22, 2021).

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