Law Columbia
JUNE 4, 2024
This advisory opinion finds that UNCLOS regulates all sources of GHG emissions into the atmosphere as pollution of the marine environment; consequently, States Parties have specific obligations under UNCLOS to address their GHG emissions. 29, citing the Vienna Convention on the Law of Treaties, article 31).
Circle of Blue
NOVEMBER 8, 2021
” A growing body of scientific research shows that even if society were to halt emissions overnight, a certain amount of atmospheric warming—and accompanying environmental risks— would still occur. That is more ambitious than earlier pledges, but it still exceeds the Paris agreement goal of 1.5 And we need it now.”
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Real Climate
NOVEMBER 11, 2023
are used all over the world, based on calculations that quantify the effects of physical mechanisms and the way different parts of the atmosphere are connected to each other. The physics-based models describe how energy flows through the atmosphere and ocean, as well as how the forces from different air masses push against each other.
Legal Planet
DECEMBER 19, 2023
Until recently, few could have anticipated that methane, a GHG not even mentioned in the Paris Agreement, would be central to COP28’s most headline-grabbing announcements. Summit on Methane and Non-C0 2 GHGs Global Methane Pledge Ministerial In a high-profile event at the main stage of COP28, the U.S.,
Law Columbia
APRIL 24, 2023
Consequently, the response to this advisory opinion request should consider the climate change regime set by the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) and the Paris Agreement (Paris Agreement) concerning the ocean. The question is divided into two parts.
A Greener Life
JUNE 24, 2022
In June 1979, atmospheric carbon stood at 339ppm, just below the 350ppm level scientists believe to be safe. I had to wait 37 years of my life until the world finally agreed to a global climate deal with the Paris Agreement in 2015. Today that number is 420ppm and rising. It is estimated that in 1979 the world emitted 19.61
Breezometer
JUNE 7, 2022
The greenhouse effect is a popular name for the earth’s warming effect which occurs naturally when gasses in the atmosphere trap heat from the sun and prevent it from escaping back into space. C increase, the IPCC report states GHG emissions must be cut back by 43% by 2030 and 84% by 2050 (relative to 2019 levels). F), let alone 1.5°C
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