Legal Planet
APRIL 13, 2023
The Amazon rainforest on the Urubu River. Climate litigation is gaining momentum in Brazil as a tool to protect the Amazon rainforest from illegal deforestation. The movement follows a worldwide upsurge in climate change-related cases, which have more than doubled since 2015. Photo by Andre Deak via Flickr.
A Greener Life
JANUARY 20, 2023
Between 2000 and 2019, Indonesia lost more forest to mining than any other tropical country, with coal extraction the main driver, the first ever biome-wide assessment has found. Across its islands, Indonesia has the third-largest area of primary rainforest in the world. of total tropical deforestation between 2000 and 2019.
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Corp Watch
JANUARY 3, 2024
USA: Thousands protest Nestlé's request to bottle a MILLION gallons of water every day from Florida springs as water flow reaches historic low Stacy Liberatore | Daily Mail | November 11, 2019 Nestlé has come under fire for its plans to bottle more than a million gallons of water a day from natural springs in Florida.
Corp Watch
JANUARY 3, 2024
USA: Thousands protest Nestlé's request to bottle a MILLION gallons of water every day from Florida springs as water flow reaches historic low Stacy Liberatore | Daily Mail | November 11, 2019 Nestlé has come under fire for its plans to bottle more than a million gallons of water a day from natural springs in Florida.
Our Environment
MAY 21, 2021
The Amazon rainforest. The Amazon rainforest covers an area of 6 million square kilometres in northern South America [1]. Unfortunately for the species that inhabit the rainforest, 75% of Amazonian soils are acidic, infertile, and nutrient-deficient [3]. Transport of Saharan dust to the Amazon rainforest. References.
Law Columbia
SEPTEMBER 29, 2021
Note: On September 26, 2019, the Vanuatu Permanent Mission to the United Nations hosted a workshop on seeking an advisory opinion on climate change from the International Court of Justice. The UN Framework Convention on Climate Change of 1992, the Kyoto Protocol of 1997, and the Paris Climate Agreement of 2015 would all be important sources.
Law Columbia
OCTOBER 12, 2021
According to one study , over 90% of cases brought since 2015 outside the United States have been argued on human rights grounds. was brought by 16 children and youth against five States (Argentina, Brazil, France, Germany, and Turkey) in 2019. Indeed, human rights and climate change cases are growing exponentially. Sacchi et al.
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