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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. 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). of the national total. Law 629 of 2000 on the Kyoto Protocol.

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Analysis: Can one of Brazil’s deforestation hotspots become a green leader?

A Greener Life

So Flix do Xingu, in the Amazon state of Par, is a place of superlatives: it is the municipality with the second largest annual greenhouse gas emissions in Brazil, the second highest rate of deforestation over the last 15 years, and the largest cattle herd in the country. The area around where she lives, however, is all deforested.

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Sports Organizations Buy Carbon Offsets to Finance Cookstoves in Low-Income African Countries

Law Columbia

Burning unsustainably harvested wood fuel contributes to approximately 2% of global greenhouse gas emissions. In April this year, Lyft went carbon neutral , using carbon credits purchased from the sustainability firm 3 Degrees to offset the carbon footprint from its rides. Exposure to these cooking practices can also be deadly.

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Testimony by Michael Shellenberger before the House Agriculture Committee on “Climate Change and the U.S. Agriculture and Forestry Sectors”

Environmental Progress

Vegetarianism is not important for protecting the environment or reducing greenhouse gas emissions. should directly and through the World Bank and other institutions help poor and developing nations to modernize agriculture for economic development, environmental, and public health reasons. and around the world. 26] The U.S.

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1,198 New Stories In 2021 - REAL Environmental & Conservation Leadership In PA - Is Your Story Being Told?

PA Environment Daily

17 [PaEN] -- ScrantonT: Lackawanna River Heritage Trail Receives Great Greenway/Trail Designation -- SunburyDI: Friends Group Formed For R.B. Wolf, AG Shapiro To Support A Total Ban On Road Dumping Of Oil & Gas Drilling Wastewater; 240.4

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Back in the game: Brazil’s reengagement in climate governance

Law Columbia

Brazil famously hosted the UN Earth Summit in 1992 and Rio+20 in 2012. International law, which is based on sound scientific evidence , clearly establishes the pressing need for effective mitigation of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. Throughout the last four years, this legacy was sorely tested.