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COP28: “The Methane COP”

Legal Planet

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. Oil and Gas Decarbonization Charter Fossil fuels are the main reason for CO2 emissions and, therefore, the main driver of climate change.

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A new climate litigation claim in Brazil raises the pressure for increased climate action and protection of the Amazon rainforest

Law Columbia

The petitioner in this case requests that the NPCC be updated according to the best available science and the IPCC’s sixth assessment report ( Climate Change 2021 ) to reduce greenhouse gas emissions (GHG) by the Brazilian government consistent with a 1.5 To align itself with the Paris Agreement, Brazil should actually increase its ambition.

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Loss and Damage

Legal Planet

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

Law Columbia

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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Achieving Net Zero: Pittsburgh 2030 District Shifts Focus To Help Partners Meet Aggressive New Global Carbon Reduction Goals

PA Environment Daily

C carbon budget set forth in the 2015 Paris Agreement, countries must reduce CO2 emissions in the entire [existing] built environment by 50-65% by 2030 and reach zero carbon by 2040. primary energy use and associated greenhouse gas emissions. Last year, Pittsburgh 2030 District partners reduced energy use to 34.9% million.

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COP 21: A Kyoto Protocol Redux?

Vermont Law

Less than four months from the release of the Paris agreement, Professor Mark Latham does not share the optimism expressed by others. Negotiators previously reached a “groundbreaking” international agreement that was expected to halt the global rise in greenhouse gas emissions. Without U.S.

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October 2019 Updates to the Climate Case Charts

Law Columbia

Fourth Circuit Declined to Stay Remand Order in Baltimore’s Climate Case Against Fossil Fuel Companies; Companies Sought Stay from Supreme Court. The court found that a 2012 no-jeopardy determination was unsupported, arbitrary, and capricious because it did not account for the owl’s recovery. FEATURED CASE.

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