Union of Concerned Scientists

MAY 23, 2024

But first, it’s critical to understand this phenomenon’s connection to climate change. Forests in western North America are particularly susceptible to wildfires due to development, land management, and climate change. That 37% equates to 19.8 million acres scorched in the western United States and southwestern Canada.

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Legal Planet

DECEMBER 6, 2021

When fully implemented, the Clean Power Plan was intended to cut carbon emissions 30% below the 2005 level by 2030. Compliance was set to begin in 2022, ramping up toward 2030 emission reduction goals. Even without the Clean Power Plan, carbon emissions from power generators fell about 15% from the 2015 level.

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Environmental and Urban Economics

JULY 11, 2021

John Cochrane has posted an important blog post about adapting to climate change. Another quote from JC; "But reducing carbon is thus, logically, just one item on the list of answers to "What can we do to raise GDP in 2100?," I have working on the costs of climate change for 15 years now going back to my 2005 Death Toll paper.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

MAY 26, 2022

Today marks one year since the precedent-setting court ruling in the Netherlands, which ordered Shell to cut its activities’ carbon emissions by 45 percent compared to 2019 levels to align with the Paris climate agreement. N ovel Approaches to Climate Litigation. The Importance of Climate Litigation.

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Circle of Blue

NOVEMBER 8, 2021

While climate adaptation planning is more widespread than ever, the U.N. T here is a huge gulf between what communities are spending to prepare for climate change and what they ought to spend, a new U.N. This gap is widening, as the costs of climate adaptation increase due to rising global temperatures. report found.

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E2 Law Blog

DECEMBER 22, 2022

Enacted in 2019, the CLCPA codified several robust climate mandates for the State which must be achieved in an accelerated time frame.

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Legal Planet

OCTOBER 19, 2023

Gavin Newsom Can Learn from China’s Response to Climate Change.” Yes, the governor was the talk of the town at NY Climate Week where he announced several big California climate initiatives. That’s why Newsom’s expected to visit a Tesla factory that has pumped out 2 million cars since opening in 2019.

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Clean Energy Law

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

Background The Blueprint aims to reduce domestic aviation emissions [i] from airport operations by 20% from 2019 levels (404ktCO2) in 2030 and achieve net zero domestic and international aviation emissions by 2050.

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HumanNature

DECEMBER 16, 2021

Guest Post by Philip Cafaro , Professor in the Department of Philosophy at Colorado State University Scientists and climate ethicists argue that more attention needs to be given to population growth’s role in the climate crisis. This longstanding approach, however, has proven itself a failure.

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Climate Change Blawg

OCTOBER 14, 2020

The carbon emissions from heating domestic homes account for around 13% of the UK’s annual carbon emissions. The carbon emissions from heating homes is comparable to the contribution of all petrol and diesel cars in the UK.

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Legal Planet

OCTOBER 2, 2023

The Federal Cabinet adopts its first climate target, a 25-30% cut in carbon emissions by 2005 under 1987 levels. Note: the estimates of 1990 emissions that I found are not entirely consistent, with one estimate closer to 1.2 2000. Government adopts a sector-by-sector plan to reach 2050 climate goals.

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Legal Planet

NOVEMBER 18, 2021

In a pathbreaking opinion, the German Constitutional Court ordered the government to adopt much stricter emissions targets for 2030. Those targets are to be keyed to achieving the Paris Agreement’s goal of keeping climate change below 2 °C and as close to 1.5 °C C as possible.

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Enviromental Defense

MAY 18, 2021

One of Shell Canada’s longest standing relationships is with the Canadian Association of Petroleum Producers (CAPP), an industry lobby group that is quite possibly the biggest barrier to climate action in Canada. . Here are three ways Shell’s climate principles are just greenwashing: . and Canada achieving net-zero emissions by 2050.

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A Greener Life

JANUARY 18, 2022

Photo credit: Copernicus Sentinel data (2019), processed by ESA, CC BY-SA 3.0 The EU’s Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S), the EU’s Earth Observation Programme, said that records dating back to 1850 showed that in 2021 the global average temperature was 1.1-1.2 Desertification seen south of Sahara, in Africa.

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Law Columbia

SEPTEMBER 7, 2023

26 (GC26) on children’s rights and the environment with a special focus on climate change. Still, the decision holds significant implications for safeguarding children’s rights within the climate change context and set a foundation for future climate-related cases centered on children. Argentina et al.

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Legal Planet

JUNE 2, 2022

Northern Irish Assembly has passed a bill to set a net-zero for energy-related carbon emissions by 2050. In 2019, the city declared a climate emergency. In 2022, the city released the first draft of its Climate Emergency Action Plan. However, Scotland has not quite met these aggressive targets. Northern Ireland.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

APRIL 20, 2023

A multi-decade legal history, including four Supreme Court decisions, has led to unimpeachable clarity on this one point: EPA has a statutory obligation to regulate carbon emissions from power plants under Section 111 of the Clean Air Act. EPA ruling, EPA can still establish rigorous carbon emissions standards.

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PA Environment Daily

NOVEMBER 4, 2022

After a decade of global warming trends, the world experienced the second warmest year on record in 2019. Humans everywhere are experiencing the impact of climate change. Individual citizens and businesses ready to make a change need an avenue for actionable, measurable impact.

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Enviromental Defense

DECEMBER 13, 2021

Climate Change and Emissions Reductions. Following a recent Auditor General report that Ontario is failing in its progress on tackling climate change, Minister Piccini made some dubious claims about Ontario’s work to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. Did emissions go up in other provinces?

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A Greener Life

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

By Rejimon Kuttappan Along with a major expansion of renewable energy, India is also pushing for big increases in its coal production, casting doubt on its climate commitments. On the same day at COP28, the Indian government submitted its third “National Communication” to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC).

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Our Environment

MAY 21, 2021

With the effects of Climate Change an imminent threat to the world and with cities contributing to more than 60% of Global Greenhouse Gas emissions (United Nations, 2021), future cities will also need to secure sustainable development. According to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, to stay within 1.5-degree

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Frontiers

OCTOBER 27, 2022

Every five years, they are to issue so-called ‘nationally determined contributions’ (NDCs), describing their actions to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and adapt to climate change impacts. This success is an important achievement, as the OCO missions were designed to measure carbon emissions at much larger spatial scales.

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Legal Planet

DECEMBER 7, 2021

As a government delegate, I have been involved in the UN climate negotiation process since 2017 to uphold Bangladesh’s and the Least Developed Countries (LDC) Group’s position. The Rulebook sets out the functioning of international carbon markets to support global cooperation on ambitious emission reductions.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

FEBRUARY 22, 2023

At the evening seafood reception that year, in a corner near the fresh oysters, a board member of the Maine Lobstermen’s Association remarked to me, “Everyone blames everything on climate change, but they blame the Right Whale on lobstering.” His remark has remained with me ever since. Fortunately, Maine is up to the challenge.

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Law and Environment

JUNE 16, 2021

On June 10, 2021, the Transportation Climate Initiative Program (TCI-P) states released a final model rule creating a regional cap-and-trade-program to reduce carbon emissions from the transportation sector. Membership fell to twelve when New Hampshire dropped out in 2019. To date, only Massachusetts and Washington, D.C.

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A Greener Life

OCTOBER 7, 2021

March for Climate Justice in Kolkata, India, in September 2019. Climate groups in South Asia and across the world are demanding urgent climate action at COP26. In just over a month, the most important climate talks since the Paris Agreement was signed will decide the fate of global climate action.

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PA Environment Daily

JULY 13, 2022

“This collaboration with Constellation is an exciting next step toward meeting our environmental goals of reaching 100% renewable purchased electricity by 2025 and reducing carbon emissions and energy use 75% by 2035.” This has been achieved through a variety of strategic energy, sustainability, and real estate optimization plans.

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Vermont Law

APRIL 7, 2022

The Future is : Gender Inclusion in Climate Crisis Solutions By Beckett McGowan , Juris Doctor Candidate (VLGS '23), Staff Editor for the Vermont Journal of Environmental Law April 7, 2022 Climate Change is the great exasperator. 1) However, natural disasters are not the only thing exasperated by Climate Change.

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Law Columbia

OCTOBER 12, 2021

The last few days saw two major developments in international rights-based climate litigation, with the adoption of a new resolution by the United Nations Human Rights Council (HRC) and a long-awaited decision on a climate case by the Committee on the Rights of the Child (CRC). Recent Developments on rights-based climate litigation.

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A Greener Life

JUNE 13, 2024

Reusing venues and replacing fossil fuel with renewable energy use is essential to cutting emissions at a large sporting event. Approximately 95% of venues for the Paris Games will be pre-existing or temporary facilities, and this factor alone is expected to reduce carbon emissions by one million tonnes compared to new buildings.

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Environmental Leader

JUNE 17, 2022

In its 2019 Sustainability Report, the Prysmian Group said it was committed to combating climate change and to increasing its recycling rates. Running its operations on renewable energy is critical. Its record?

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PA Environment Daily

MARCH 29, 2022

With support from FedEx, clean energy nonprofit Generation180 will expand its national Solar for All Schools program and the impact that K-12 schools can have in mitigating climate change and advancing clean energy adoption nationwide. FedEx has an ambitious goal to achieve carbon-neutral operations globally by 2040.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

MARCH 12, 2024

More than 20,000 Americans died prematurely in 2015 from tailpipe emissions, according to a 2019 study. Tailpipe pollution also is a major contributor to the climate crisis. Yes, premature death. That’s not healthy. There also is an equity aspect to this issue.

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A Greener Life

AUGUST 2, 2021

The 2021 date is almost as early as the 2019 one (the 2020 date was pushed back due to COVID-19 induced lockdowns), showcasing the increasing impact of humanity on Earth’s biocapacity. In 2021 the carbon footprint of transportation will remain lower than pre-pandemic levels. Image credit: Earth Overshoot Day. Who is responsible.

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Corp Watch

JANUARY 25, 2024

New Shell documents could aid climate cases, attorneys say Follow the Money PaulaR Thu, 01/25/2024 - 16:59 Thursday, January 18, 2024 Read more Matthew Green, Merel de Buck & Birte Schohaus Latest Shell-files show that the company reflected on climate change caused by fossil products as early as the 1970s.

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Law Columbia

DECEMBER 23, 2021

2021 was a significant year for climate litigation, with several decisions worldwide providing a fresh look at stakeholder responsibility for climate change. Perhaps the most significant decision in climate litigation in 2021 came from the Netherlands. France recognizing France’s inaction on climate change.

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Cresforum

JUNE 8, 2020

The legislation empowers farmers to be part of the climate solution on a voluntary basis and creates options for people and companies to offset carbon emissions without mandates. In September 2018, CRES was the first to introduce the voluntary framework to address climate change problems.

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