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Sea level in the IPCC 6th assessment report (AR6)

Real Climate

The take-away message is: for high emissions we’d likely get close to a meter, sticking to the Paris agreement would cut that down to half a meter. That we cannot turn this back is the reason why the precautionary principle should be applied to the climate crisis. Source: IPCC AR6, Figure SPM.8.

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October 2019 Updates to the Climate Case Charts

Law Columbia

Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) erred in its analyses of climate change’s impact on the Rio Grande cutthroat trout when it determined in 2014 that the species no longer warranted listing under the Endangered Species Act. Forest Service violated the National Environmental Policy Act. Each respondent has ratified the Convention.

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