Union of Concerned Scientists

JANUARY 20, 2023

This methodology is similar to my own work combining climate science, political science, and history to reconstruct how UN climate negotiations have played out and what that implies for climate justice. The present is always being created out of past actions that led to where we are today.

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Frontiers

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

C limit of the 2015 Paris Agreement, this needs to happen as soon as possible. At this point, they remain political. And history teaches us that political obstacles can be overcome,” he wrote in an editorial accompanying the article, also published in Frontiers in Science.   To keep within the 1.5°C

Climate Change 69

Climate Change Paris Agreement Atmosphere Sea Level 69

Vermont Law

JUNE 21, 2023

Now, almost a decade after AR5 and nine years closer to 2030 (a pivotal year determined by the 2015 Paris Climate Agreement), the old consensus seems to remain but solutions are handicapped. This is a real problem. The awareness has increased for sure (which is a good thing).

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2030 Carbon Dioxide Sea Level Climate Change 52

Vermont Law

MAY 2, 2023

Now, almost a decade after AR5 and nine years closer to 2030 (a pivotal year determined by the 2015 Paris Climate Agreement), the old consensus seems to remain but solutions are handicapped. This is a real problem. The awareness has increased for sure (which is a good thing).

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2030 Carbon Dioxide Sea Level Climate Change 52

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. degrees Celsius.

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Ocean Fossil Fuels Paris Agreement Greenhouse 96

Smith Enviorment

JANUARY 30, 2019

Also elephants, giraffes, rhinos (of the non-political variety), Cape buffalo, baboons, uninvited monkeys at lunch, hippos, wildebeests, hyenas, warthogs and an unexpected (to me) penguin colony. A fall trip to South Africa, followed closely by the holidays, made October-December something of a blur. African Penguin: The Cape.

2018 52

2018 Climate Change Clean Energy 2002 52

Vermont Law

FEBRUARY 6, 2017

coastlines is a much more complex environmental, economical, and political discussion. was projected to cost $250 million; however, when it ultimately opened in 2015, the final cost totaled over $1 billion. rising sea-levels. between 2014 and 2015, which complicate how seawater desalination. While simplistic.

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Ocean 2015 Cooling 2012 40

Union of Concerned Scientists

NOVEMBER 20, 2023

Lest one thinks this disconnect is a failure of the global climate architecture, the failure lies much closer to home—in the domestic politics in the US and many other countries that continue to favor the interests of the rich and powerful , and fossil fuel companies, at the expense of the health and safety of everyone else and the planet.

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Fossil Fuels Paris Agreement Climate Change 2030 214

Legal Planet

DECEMBER 19, 2022

Even before adoption of the 1992 Framework Convention, the Alliance of Small Island States (AOSIS) had proposed an “International Insurance Pool” to pay vulnerable countries based on observed sea level rise. In the 2015 Paris Agreement , Article 8 acknowledged the importance of L&D and the accompanying decision 1/CP.21

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Climate Change Paris Agreement Atmosphere Sea Level 130

Environmental Science

SEPTEMBER 7, 2018

As water and water runoff does not respect political boundaries, international laws on conservation and use are common and applied, especially where there is shared use and responsibility or competing claims to it. We are already seeing the depletion of the ice caps and rising sea levels. Key Current US Environmental Laws.

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Government Law Waste Clean Air Act 52

Law Columbia

JULY 6, 2017

The court rejected the argument that claims against the original and 2012 versions of the LCFS were moot, noting that these earlier versions affected how credits were calculated under the 2015 version. Exxon Mobil Corp. Schneiderman , No. 1:17 -cv-02301-VEC (S.D.N.Y. June 16, 2017).

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2017 Clean Air Act Climate Change Renewable Energy 40

Union of Concerned Scientists

APRIL 29, 2024

But in nearly every instance, Rose listened politely, refrained from challenging Tillerson on the facts, and went on to his next question. There is, in fact, substantial scientific evidence that there’s a strong link between global warming and heat waves and coastal flooding from sea-level rise,” I said.

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Fossil Fuels Climate Change 2007 Carbon Emissions 312

Union of Concerned Scientists

APRIL 1, 2024

Few companies did so, however, posing great risk to investors and the economy: A 2015 Union of Concerned Scientists report on the threat to oil refineries from rising sea levels found that investors and taxpayers will likely bear the costs of future disasters if companies fail to disclose and manage these risks. .

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Regulations Clean Energy Sea Level Greenhouse 196

Union of Concerned Scientists

JULY 20, 2023

In 2015 Senator Kelly Ayotte supported the EPA Clean Power Plan. So I’ve begun to meet presidential candidates… … and ask climate questions that relate to their own political history, past statements, and actions. We the people make the retail politics of presidential campaigns necessary for success in New Hampshire.

Climate Change 213

Climate Change Politics Sea Level 2007 213

Law Columbia

OCTOBER 7, 2019

CLF’s allegations included that the landfill’s coastal location “makes it extremely vulnerable to climate change impacts, including sea level rise and damaging storm surge, creating a significant risk of erosion and of pollution from the Landfill washing into the surrounding rivers and coastal wetlands.” California v. Bernhardt , No.

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2019 Endangered Species Act Climate Change Greenhouse 40

A Greener Life

OCTOBER 21, 2021

Cop stands for conference of the parties under the UNFCCC, and the annual meetings have swung between fractious and soporific, interspersed with moments of high drama and the occasional triumph ( the Paris agreement in 2015 ) and disaster (Copenhagen in 2009). Why do we need a Cop – don’t we already have the Paris agreement? An increase of 1.5C

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Paris Agreement Fossil Fuels Carbon Dioxide 2030 98

Law Columbia

MARCH 6, 2018

The court stated that the issue arose “because a necessary and critical element of the hydrological damage caused by defendants’ alleged conduct is the rising sea level along the Pacific coast and in the San Francisco Bay, both of which are navigable waters of the United States.” 34-2015-80002005 (Cal. judgment Feb. BP p.l.c. ,

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2018 Clean Air Act Climate Change Endangered Species Act 40

Union of Concerned Scientists

AUGUST 22, 2023

Earlier in his political career, Bettencourt served as Republican House Majority Leader, and as the public face of the conservative agenda in the state’s House of Representatives. The costs of increased risks from natural hazards—wildfires, floods and sea level rise— are driving insurers away.

Fossil Fuels 209

Fossil Fuels Climate Change Government 2014 209

Union of Concerned Scientists

MARCH 29, 2023

At least partly—if not largely—because the AGs and their political organization, the Republican Attorneys General Association (RAGA), receive substantial financial support from fossil fuel companies, electric utilities, and their respective trade groups. How has Paxton responded? At the same time, routine flooding is already a major problem.

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Fossil Fuels Climate Change Sea Level Electricity 342

Law Columbia

FEBRUARY 10, 2020

The majority said it “reluctantly” concluded that “the plaintiffs’ case must be made to the political branches or to the electorate at large” and “[t]hat the other branches may have abdicated their responsibility to remediate the problem does not confer on Article III courts, no matter how well-intentioned, the ability to step into their shoes.”

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2020 Fossil Fuels Climate Change Greenhouse 40

Law Columbia

NOVEMBER 7, 2017

The plaintiffs alleged that Peabody (and a number of other fossil fuel companies) caused greenhouse gas emissions that resulted in sea level rise and damage to their property. Peabody, a coal company, filed for bankruptcy in April 2016 and emerged from bankruptcy under a plan that became effective on April 3, 2017.

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2017 Clean Air Act Climate Change Clean Water Act 40