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Sustainable Finance 101: Transforming Finance for a Sustainable Future

Enviromental Defense

Canada promised to cut its greenhouse gas emissions after the 2016 Paris Agreement. It was part of the global agreement where 195 countries all agreed to reduce their emissions, and Canada has set this promise into law. You too can ask the government to not greenwash fossil fuel investments, take action below!

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Banks Continue to Prop Up the Fossil Fuel Industry

Union of Concerned Scientists

Last month, the British-based Bureau of Investigative Journalism (TBIJ) reported that London-based HSBC, one of the world’s top-10 biggest banks, has helped raise $47 billion for the fossil fuel industry since its 2022 announcement that it would not finance new gas and oil infrastructure. degrees Celsius, or 2.7 degrees Celsius, or 2.7

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A distraction due to errors, misunderstanding and misguided Norwegian statistics

Real Climate

A friend asked me if a discussion paper published on Statistics Norway’s website, ‘ To what extent are temperature levels changing due to greenhouse gas emissions? ’, was purposely timed for the next climate summit ( COP28 ). See for instance Benestad (2016). I don’t know the answer to his question.

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Using the Free Market to Affect Change: An Argument for Environmental Taxes

Vermont Law

Two steps forward, one step back: In February 2016, the Supreme Court issued a. international climate change agreement. the Paris Agreement) that will require periodic, rigorous accounting and management of total national emissions. the Paris Agreement. to help reduce greenhouse gas emissions.

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A new climate litigation claim in Brazil raises the pressure for increased climate action and protection of the Amazon rainforest

Law Columbia

The petitioner in this case requests that the NPCC be updated according to the best available science and the IPCC’s sixth assessment report ( Climate Change 2021 ) to reduce greenhouse gas emissions (GHG) by the Brazilian government consistent with a 1.5 To align itself with the Paris Agreement, Brazil should actually increase its ambition.

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

Law Columbia

Central to these questions is the role of fossil fuels, which have long been seen as the backbone of economic growth, but now threaten to interfere with international climate goals. In a July 2016 report , the UN Department of Economic and Social Affairs described climate change as the “single biggest threat to development.”

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July 2017 Updates to the Climate Case Charts

Law Columbia

The district court ruled that EPA was required to conduct such evaluations in October 2016 and set an expedited schedule for EPA’s compliance. The California Supreme Court declined to review an intermediate appellate court’s decision upholding the statewide greenhouse gas cap-and-trade program. 451962/2016 (N.Y. June 16, 2017).

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