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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 1715 of 2014 on non-conventional renewable energy sources. Law 1844 of 2017 on the Paris Agreement. of the national total. Among the main legal statutes are: Law 164 of 1994 on the UNFCCC.

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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. Second Circuit Rejected Challenges to Connecticut Renewable Energy Programs. California Supreme Court Denied Petitions to Review Ruling That Upheld Cap-and-Trade Program.

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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%

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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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October 2019 Updates to the Climate Case Charts

Law Columbia

Circuit Court of Appeals granted motions seeking to dismiss as moot the proceedings challenging the Obama administration’s Clean Power Plan, which established emission guidelines for greenhouse gases from existing power plants. The court dismissed the proceedings 11 days after the effective date of the U.S.

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‘Investor-State Dispute Settlement’ as a new avenue for climate change litigation

Law Columbia

At least 13 climate-related ISDS cases filed between 2012 and the present were identified. We have identified at least 13 climate-related ISDS cases filed between 2012 and the present. Claims were launched after schemes were amended to reduce the level of incentives as renewables became more competitive over time.

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30 Years of U.S. Climate Policy

Legal Planet

EPA’s power to regulate greenhouse gases, established in litigation in 2007, now seems beyond question. remains a party to the UNFCCC , helped broker the Paris Agreement, and is till a party to that agreement today. 2009 EPA formally finds that greenhouse gas emissions endanger human health and welfare.