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

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Law 1523 of 2012 on risk management. Law 1844 of 2017 on the Paris Agreement. The framework binds Colombia to international agreements, including the UNFCCC (Law 164 of 1994), the Kyoto Protocol (Law 629 of 2000) and the Paris Agreement (Law 1844 of 2017). Law 629 of 2000 on the Kyoto Protocol.

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

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Brazil famously hosted the UN Earth Summit in 1992 and Rio+20 in 2012. After all, to achieve the main goal of the Paris Agreement , namely keeping the rising global average temperature below 2°C (35.6°F) C above pre-industrial levels (Paris Agreement, art. C above pre-industrial levels (Paris Agreement, art.