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Emergency?

Legal Planet

So, what if all parties – government, private sector, environmental groups, the public more broadly -actually made difficult choices and compromises, sometimes even involving important principles, in the face of dire consequences.

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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

On October 26, 2021, Observatório do Clima (OC), a network of 71 civil society organizations, filed a class action at the federal court of Amazonas against the Environmental Ministry and Brazilian government ( Laboratório do Observatório do Clima v. Omissions from the Brazilian government on climate policy. o C global warming scenario.

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Banking Against Science: Financial Institutions Continue to Fund Climate Destruction

Union of Concerned Scientists

Unnamed bank executives told the Financial Times that their cold feet were due to fears of being sued for not hitting targets while governments and other entities were hardly unified on agreeing to uniform commitments to cut emissions. Morgan and Bank of America threatening to pull out of GFANZ.

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Analysis: Coal extraction in Indonesia is driving deforestation

A Greener Life

Across its islands, Indonesia has the third-largest area of primary rainforest in the world. He argues that the government should stop issuing mining licences in protected forests or conservation areas. “It According to Mareta, there were leaseholds of forest area licences for coal mining covering a forest area of 1,160 sq km in 2016.

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Turkish parliament dumps Coke, Nestle from menus over alleged Israel support

Corp Watch

Humanitarianism, Capitalism, and the Moral Economy of the Nestlé Boycott by Tehila Sasson (2016) Rigged: Supermarket Shelves for Sale by the Center for Science in the Public Interest (CSPI) (2016) Nutrition Scientists on the Take from Big Food: Has the American Society for Nutrition lost all credibility?

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Nestlé faces US lawsuit for allegedly false advertising pet food as ‘natural’

Corp Watch

Humanitarianism, Capitalism, and the Moral Economy of the Nestlé Boycott by Tehila Sasson (2016) Rigged: Supermarket Shelves for Sale by the Center for Science in the Public Interest (CSPI) (2016) Nutrition Scientists on the Take from Big Food: Has the American Society for Nutrition lost all credibility?

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Nestlé, Mars among chocolate makers criticised in cocoa-sourcing report

Corp Watch

Humanitarianism, Capitalism, and the Moral Economy of the Nestlé Boycott by Tehila Sasson (2016) Rigged: Supermarket Shelves for Sale by the Center for Science in the Public Interest (CSPI) (2016) Nutrition Scientists on the Take from Big Food: Has the American Society for Nutrition lost all credibility?