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Union of Concerned Scientists
MAY 22, 2023
For years, fossil fuel companies have socialized the costs of their pollution while privatizing the benefits. Since local and state governments are on the frontlines of paying for worsening wildfires, they should also be on the leading edge of holding fossil fuel companies accountable. Source: Statista 2023.
Legal Planet
DECEMBER 19, 2023
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. Jurisdictions announced new methane regulations COPs are usually the place where governments announce their recent environmental laws and regulations.
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Law Columbia
DECEMBER 1, 2021
The claim is grounded on the constitutionally recognized right to a healthy environment; fundamental rights such as the right to life, dignity, health, food, and housing; along with several recognized principles of international environmental law and international climate change commitments. The decision was appealed.
Legal Planet
DECEMBER 19, 2022
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
Law Columbia
JULY 6, 2017
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. A number of different parties had lined up on either side of the issue of whether EPA’s stay was lawful. and non-U.S. United States , No.
Law Columbia
JUNE 2, 2021
At least 13 climate-related ISDS cases filed between 2012 and the present were identified. International investment law and ISDS. International investment law is gaining increasing attention as a forum for climate change litigation. We have identified at least 13 climate-related ISDS cases filed between 2012 and the present.
Vermont Law
MARCH 22, 2016
Summary: Prior to the Conference of Parties in Paris, this blog shared weekly stories about the intricacies of the compact that would come from the Conference. The environmental law world buzzed with optimism as late November neared. Vermont Journal of Environmental Law. COP 21: A Kyoto Protocol Redux? appeared first on.
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