2015 Paris Agreement Rainforest 
Legal Planet
MAY 20, 2025
climate conference descends on the small Brazilian rainforest city of Belm in November 2025, it will be tempting to focus on the drama and disunity among major nations. Only 21 countries had even submitted their updated plans for managing climate change by the 2025 deadline required under the Paris Agreement.
Legal Planet
JULY 10, 2025
All of this dismantling of climate policy means that the US will add an extra 7 billion tons of emissions to the atmosphere “from now until 2030, compared to meeting its former climate pledge under the Paris Agreement,” according to an analysis by Carbon Brief.
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Legal Planet
MAY 21, 2025
The new four-lane highway at issue would cut down Amazon rainforest “for COP30,” seeming to capture the hypocrisy of Brazil hosting the megaevent. Beto Verissimo, Head of Belem-based rainforest conservation organization Imazon, is the liaison for forests. Jonathan Pershing, a longtime U.S.
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.
Legal Planet
JULY 5, 2023
According to the Center for International Environmental Law as of April 2023, the World Bank “has financed and incentivized up to $165 billion in fossil fuel investments since the Paris Agreement was signed [in 2015].” The biggest US bank investors in fossil fuels? “At
Law Columbia
DECEMBER 1, 2021
It contributes to increasing pressure against President Bolsonaro for widespread environmental damage across the country, resulting from a significant lack of climate action and the pervasive destruction of the Amazon rainforest. To align itself with the Paris Agreement, Brazil should actually increase its ambition.
Law Columbia
OCTOBER 12, 2021
After the adoption of the Paris Agreement, which included a notable recognition of the human rights dimensions of climate change, courts have seen a rights turn in climate litigation. According to one study , over 90% of cases brought since 2015 outside the United States have been argued on human rights grounds.
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