Union of Concerned Scientists
MARCH 23, 2023
Solar power is expected to make up about half of all additions of US electric generating capacity in 2023, according to data from the US Energy Information Administration (EIA). Compiled by UCS from Energy Information Administration data as of January 2023. In 2019, air pollution more broadly was responsible for about 6.7
Union of Concerned Scientists
JUNE 22, 2023
To date in 2023, the United States has already suffered nine climate and weather disasters resulting in at least a billion dollars of damage, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. It was about most plans for climate security in the New York City area being unrealized. Part of that is that humans in the U.S.
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Circle of Blue
JUNE 7, 2023
In terms of political will to do something risk tolerant and using a local actor, we also are not going to have anyone there.” — Benham Ben Taleblu, a senior fellow at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies in Washington. . In 2019, when Indonesia was last inundated with widespread fires, the country experienced economic losses of $5.2
Legal Planet
MARCH 7, 2024
Back in 2019, at the last face-to-face Assembly, the Swiss proposed a resolution to assess the science and possible governance of ‘climate altering techniques’ aka geoengineering. Wider involvement The most striking development compared to 2019 was that this time around many more countries got involved.
Legal Planet
OCTOBER 2, 2023
Climate law makes emission targets legally binding 2019. My foray into Germany climate policy left me with unanswered questions: What was the politics behind Germany’s history of climate action? Government adopts a sector-by-sector plan to reach 2050 climate goals. Feed-in tariffs are replaced by auctions for renewables.
Energy and Climate Law
DECEMBER 8, 2020
For France, the “Affaire du Siècle” case was filed in the Administrative Court of Paris in May 2019 by four NGOs against the government for its failure to act on climate change. Two months later, in January 2019, the claimants sued the state before the Conseil d’Etat for rejecting their demands.
HumanNature
MARCH 11, 2024
Guest Post by Vedanshi Nevatia , 2023-2024 Sustainability Leadership Fellow, and Ph. Sounding Green” has not only become politically correct, but also a possible finance-generating mechanism. Climate is a global issue and when complex political systems around the world are brought together, solutions cannot be straightforward.
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