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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. Jurisdictions announced new methane regulations COPs are usually the place where governments announce their recent environmental laws and regulations.

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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

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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‘La Acción de Cumplimiento’ as a Legal Mechanism to Implement Colombian Climate Change Laws

Law Columbia

Colombia accounts for 0.4 % of the global greenhouse gas emissions (“GHG”). Law 1523 of 2012 on risk management. Law 1844 of 2017 on the Paris Agreement. It also provides guidelines on how to manage risky activities and specifically treats climate change as a natural and human-made risk (Law 1523 of 2012).

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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

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

Law Columbia

Circuit concluded that EPA had acted arbitrarily and capriciously in determining that the four elements of the regulations that had been stayed met these requirements. The California Supreme Court declined to review an intermediate appellate court’s decision upholding the statewide greenhouse gas cap-and-trade program.

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An Effective Strategy on Climate Change Requires State Action

Acoel

To borrow a page from his playbook, let’s consider a bold, “all-in” strategy to combat climate change – one that includes aggressive and timely actions by the states to abate greenhouse gas emissions. By 2012, 20 to 25 states had developed state climate plans. commitments under the Paris Agreement.

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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.