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Latest UN, IEA, WMO Climate Reports Show Global Emissions Dangerously High, Emergency Action Required

Union of Concerned Scientists

The 2022 UN NDC Synthesis report assesses the collective impact of emissions reduction pledges, known as nationally determined contributions (NDCs), that countries have submitted under the Paris Agreement. The World Meteorological Organization Greenhouse Gas Bulletin. ” Source: IEA World Energy Outlook 2022.

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Illuminating a Path to a Cleaner and More Resilient Energy System in Cuba

Law Columbia

For example, Cuba committed to generating 24% of its electricity from renewable energy sources by 2030 as part of the country’s Nationally Determined Contribution (NDC) under the Paris Agreement. The report builds on a previous report published by EDF in 2017.

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Climate Reregulation in a Biden Administration

Columbia Climate Law

Since January 2017, the Sabin Center for Climate Change Law at Columbia University has been tracking the Trump administration’s ongoing efforts to rewrite federal climate change policy and deconstruct climate governance. The White House, Washington, D.C. Source: Cezary P , Creative Commons.

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Ontario Election 2022 Issue Guide: How Each of the Political Parties Would Tackle Climate Change

Enviromental Defense

As with many environmental issues, when it comes to climate change and reducing greenhouse gas emissions, this is no ordinary election. . As the province with the second highest greenhouse gas emissions in Canada, not doing enough to reduce these emissions is bad for the future of not just Ontario, but the whole country. .

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October 2019 Updates to the Climate Case Charts

Law Columbia

Circuit Court of Appeals granted motions seeking to dismiss as moot the proceedings challenging the Obama administration’s Clean Power Plan, which established emission guidelines for greenhouse gases from existing power plants. The court dismissed the proceedings 11 days after the effective date of the U.S. West Virginia v.

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March 2018 Updates to the Climate Case Charts

Law Columbia

A few days after the California court issued its order, North Dakota and Texas asked the Wyoming federal court to lift a stay that the court had imposed in December 2017. 2017 CA 006685 B (D.C. The two states said the circumstances providing a basis for the stay (i.e., North Coast Rivers Alliance v. Jacobson v. Clack , No.

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30 Years of U.S. Climate Policy

Legal Planet

EPA’s power to regulate greenhouse gases, established in litigation in 2007, now seems beyond question. remains a party to the UNFCCC , helped broker the Paris Agreement, and is till a party to that agreement today. Perhaps most importantly, the federal government has invested billions of dollars in clean energy.