Union of Concerned Scientists

APRIL 4, 2024

As I show below, their cumulative emissions have continued to rise over the decades even as international efforts to confront climate change have been enacted through the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change and the Paris Agreement. The year 2023 was the hottest year on record (so far!);

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HumanNature

MARCH 11, 2024

Guest Post by Vedanshi Nevatia , 2023-2024 Sustainability Leadership Fellow, and Ph. The Sustainable Development Goals outlined by the UN Foundation in 2015 not only provide a guideline for an ideal future, but also illustrate the multi-pronged dilemma of emerging economies. ” Energy Policy 140 (2020): 111428.

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Capaccio

JANUARY 11, 2024

The 2023 United Nations Conference of the Parties (COP28) marked the first Global Stock take to assess progress toward the Paris Agreement since its ratification in 2015 at COP21. This agreement calls on all Parties to contribute to doubling energy efficiency and tripling renewable energy capacity by 2030.

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A Greener Life

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

Despite a significant uptake of renewable energy, India still relies on coal plants for more than half of its installed electricity supply. By Rejimon Kuttappan Along with a major expansion of renewable energy, India is also pushing for big increases in its coal production, casting doubt on its climate commitments.

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A Greener Life

SEPTEMBER 2, 2021

Although the country has said it will go all renewable from 2023, its current construction of lignite power plants will generate emissions for decades. Coal currently makes up nearly 40% of Indonesia’s energy mix. In 2015, Indonesia set itself the target of reducing emissions by up to 41% by 2030 with international assistance.

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Ocean Conservancy

NOVEMBER 30, 2022

Representatives from civil society, non-governmental organizations and the private sector gathered alongside governmental representatives to influence decisions and advance contributions toward the goals of the Paris Agreement of 2015. I was joined by Ocean Conservancy colleagues working to advance ocean-climate action.

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Law Columbia

JUNE 21, 2023

All of this makes the transition to cheap, renewable energy a necessity for the country. It also recognised that South Africa had international law obligations flowing from the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change and the Paris Agreement. This litigation has several distinctive features.

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