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30 Years of U.S. Climate Policy

Legal Planet

remains a party to the UNFCCC , helped broker the Paris Agreement, and is till a party to that agreement today. 2014 Supreme Court decides UARG v. 2015 Paris Agreement adopted with strong U.S. withdrawal from Paris Agreement. withdrawal from Paris Agreement.

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We are not reaching 1.5ºC earlier than previously thought

Real Climate

In fact at the peak of the 2015-16 El Niño event, global anomalies for individual months already exceeded 1.5?. Similarly, the 1.5ºC goal in the Paris Agreement is not a betting game of where we will end up with maximum temperatures. 2 of the Paris Agreement as “pursuing efforts to limit the temperature increase to 1.5ºC”.

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Don’t Believe the Lies: Five Facts to Consider as the UN’s COP27 Comes to a Close

Union of Concerned Scientists

of the observed rise in atmospheric carbon dioxide and 52 percent of the rise in global average temperatures between 1880 and 2015. Data on the major carbon producers’ emissions have been published since 2014. It can, and must, start now to meet the 2015 Paris Agreement goal of limiting global warming to 1.5

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The ICJ’s Advisory Opinion on Climate Change: What Happens Now?

Law Columbia

Part of the discussion on the need for an advisory opinion on climate change focuses on the possibility to interpret the obligations in the Paris Agreement and the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC). The treaty will be instrumental in determining the obligations of States.

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Real-time space observations can now keep watch over ‘super emitter’ power plants

Frontiers

Under the Paris Agreement, countries will need to track greenhouse gas emissions at the level of individual ‘super emitters’, such as power plants, in close-to-real time. Countries signed up to the 2015 Paris Agreement have committed themselves to keep the rise in average global temperature ‘well below’ 2 °C.

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Analysis: New coal mines add question mark to India’s climate commitments

A Greener Life

At COP28 , on 9 December, India’s environment and climate change minister Bhupender Yadav affirmed the country’s “trust and confidence” in the Paris Agreement , whilst highlighting the country’s achievements in emissions reduction. To boost domestic supply rather than be reliant on coal, India has aggressively expanded its coal mines.

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Using Clouds to Fight Climate Change

HumanNature

Many scientists, including the US National Academies of Science, Engineering, and Medicine, have endorsed additional research into these and other climate intervention techniques due to concerns that current pledges are not sufficient to meet the Paris Agreement’s 1.5 °C C temperature target. 2020, June 9). Galbraith, L.,