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Existing Technologies Can Help World Meet Agricultural Methane Targets By 2030

PA Environment Daily

The work was initiated by Alexander Hristov , distinguished professor of dairy nutrition, in 2015 when he was the chair of the Feed and Nutrition Network of the 35-country Global Research Alliance on Agricultural Greenhouse Gases. degrees Fahrenheit. Ruminants provide about half the animal protein produced by livestock.

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Indonesia’s pipeline of coal plants undermines pledge to only build renewables

A Greener Life

In 2015, Indonesia set itself the target of reducing emissions by up to 41% by 2030 with international assistance. This will include more than 100 new coal-fired plants , including the South Sumatra mine-mouth plants, which will generate greenhouse gases for decades to come.

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A deep dive into the IPCC’s updated carbon budget numbers

Real Climate

C warming estimate between 1850-1900 and 2006-2015. C in the context of sustainable development. C above pre-industrial levels and related global greenhouse gas emission pathways, in the context of strengthening the global response to the threat of climate change, sustainable development, and efforts to eradicate poverty.

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54th Earth Day: A Wake Up Call to the Planet on the Important Role of Lawyers and Bar Associations in Addressing the Earth’s Most Pressing Environmental Challenges

Acoel

It urges: Federal, state and local governments, and the private sector, to take action to reduce greenhouse gas emissions in the United States to net zero or below. Congress to enact legislation to enact measures for climate adaptation and mitigation, the just transition to net zero, and sustainable development.

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Analysis: What’s at stake for India and South Asia at COP26?

A Greener Life

The 26th Conference of Parties, known as COP26 , which will run from 31 October to 12 November in Glasgow, the UK, is considered the most important meeting in global climate diplomacy since 2015, when the Paris Agreement was thrashed out by the 197 members of the UNFCCC.

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California Adopts CEQA Guidelines Aimed at Improving Consideration of GHG Emissions and Climate Change Impacts in Environmental Reviews

Law Columbia

On December 28, 2018, California adopted comprehensive amendments to the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) Guidelines , which include a suite of provisions aimed at improving the analysis of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and climate change impacts in state environmental reviews. 4th 369 (2015) ; Ballona Wetlands Land Trust v.

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A Right to Fossil Fuels? Pressure Mounts for Developing Countries to Leave Fossil Fuels in the Ground

Law Columbia

In his inaugural address , incoming General Assembly President Peter Thompson declared that the session would focus on advancing the seventeen Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), adopted in September 2015. In this new era, questions abound regarding what constitutes “sustainabledevelopment and how to achieve it.