Union of Concerned Scientists

MARCH 23, 2023

In 2019, air pollution more broadly was responsible for about 6.7 Modeling has shown that if the United States is going to live up to its Paris Agreement targets aimed at limiting global warming to 1.5 A recent study found that more than 99 percent of the global population is exposed to unsafe levels of PM 2.5

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JUNE 7, 2023

below the baseline, a slight decrease from the 2021 reduction of 37.1% (accountable due to workers returning to the office), but still greater than the pre-pandemic 2019 reduction of 19.8%. If it can be done here – in a city that is lacking in regulations but strong in public will – it can be done everywhere. million square feet.

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HumanNature

MARCH 11, 2024

As per the World Investment Report 2023, much of the growth in international investment in renewable energy, which has nearly tripled since the adoption of the Paris Agreement in 2015, was concentrated in developed countries. Transparent country-specific regulations need to be put in place. Zerbib, Olivier David.

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Law Columbia

JUNE 1, 2022

Article 2 (2) of the Act further states that citizens, the State, local authorities, business operators, and other private organizations must cooperate to achieve net zero and the objectives laid down in Article 2 (1) (a) of the Paris Agreement. Both courts took the position that the regulation of GHG emissions was a policy issue.

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Environmental Europe

JULY 1, 2020

It has agreed to address climate change under the Paris Agreement , and put forward increasingly ambitious policy targets for 2020, 2030 and 2050. insufficient implementation), it can issue recommendations and potentially take corrective action (Knodt, 2019). Knodt, Michèle (2019).

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A Greener Life

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

At COP28 , on 9 December, India’s environment and climate change minister Bhupender Yadav affirmed the country’s “trust and confidence” in the Paris Agreement , whilst highlighting the country’s achievements in emissions reduction.

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Law Columbia

MAY 28, 2021

The court ordered Royal Dutch Shell (“RDS”) to reduce its emission by net 45% by 2030 in comparison to levels in 2019 – although without assertion of any unlawful conduct by the defendant (link to the judgement in English here ). Background. In the elaboration of the assessment (§4.), In the elaboration of the assessment (§4.),

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A Greener Life

AUGUST 2, 2023

In its pledge to the Paris Agreement on climate change, known as a nationally determined contribution (NDC), Argentina committed to limiting its net emissions in 2030 to 349 million tonnes of CO2 equivalent. The transition away from fossil fuels has, however, been an elusive goal for Argentina to date.

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Law Columbia

SEPTEMBER 28, 2023

to 2 o C in line with the goals of the Paris Agreement. Parties to those instruments are set to meet in London next week—from October 2 to 6—to discuss the regulation of so-called “marine geoengineering activities” (among other things). There is growing consensus that a variety of CDR approaches will be required.

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Environmental Progress

MAY 28, 2020

If we rely only on the current climate commitments of the Paris Agreement, temperatures can be expected to rise to 3.2°C In 2019 for example, WMO reported that more than 6.7 In 2019 for example, WMO reported that more than 6.7 This number is forecast to reach close to 22 million in 2019, up from 17.2

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Manning Law

JUNE 8, 2020

As ecosystems and biodiversity fall to cities, agriculture, infrastructure, climate change and pollution, nature’s ability to provide food, oxygen, clean water and climate regulation plummets. These agreements form the only viable global roadmap to protecting the natural world that sustains us and lifting billions of people out of poverty.

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Manning Law

APRIL 4, 2021

Countries around the world committed to drastically reduce their greenhouse gas emissions under the 2015 Paris Agreement. Specifically, the law required provinces and territories to implement carbon gas pricing systems by January 1, 2019 or adopt one imposed by the federal government.

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Smith Enviorment

JANUARY 30, 2019

January 30, 2019. Executive Order 80 supports the 2015 Paris Agreement and sets several goals for the state to meet by 2025: Reduce state greenhouse gas emissions by 40% from 2005 levels. Today: The 2019 Regular Session of the North Carolina General Assembly convenes. Leopards, lions, and zebra – oh my!

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Union of Concerned Scientists

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

Trading in disinformation In its climate lobbying report, ExxonMobil deemed 52 associations “aligned” for acknowledging the risks of climate change, publicly backing the Paris Agreement goal of limiting average global warming to well below 2 degrees Celsius and taking steps to reduce carbon emissions.

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Vermont Law

DECEMBER 10, 2019

United Nations General Debate – New York, September 24, 2019. On June 28, 2019, President Bolsonaro cooperated with the European Union (“EU”) and other MERCOSUR nations on the EU-Mercosur trade agreement. The EU claims “through this agreement, the EU and Mercosur are also committed to.

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Law Columbia

OCTOBER 12, 2021

After the adoption of the Paris Agreement, which included a notable recognition of the human rights dimensions of climate change, courts have seen a rights turn in climate litigation. was brought by 16 children and youth against five States (Argentina, Brazil, France, Germany, and Turkey) in 2019. Decision by the CRC.

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Law Columbia

NOVEMBER 9, 2021

These decisions help implement and operationalize the text of the Paris Agreement, much like regulations clarify statutory law. Paris Agreement Negotiation Developments. Alongside the Leaders Summit, negotiations began on the implementation of several important matters relating to the Paris Agreement.

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Law Columbia

SEPTEMBER 28, 2022

In May 2019, a group of eight Torres Strait Islanders and six of their children submitted a complaint against the Australian government to the UNHRC. The High Court of Australia had previously ruled that state organs do not owe a duty of care for failing to regulate environmental harm ( Graham Barclay Oysters v. Ryan [2002] HCA 54).

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A Greener Life

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

It is only in the penultimate chapter, on Unilever’s transformation under the leadership of its CEO Paul Polman between 2009 and 2019, that the business case for climate change is really made. The shift will only occur when government regulations hold carbon-emitting companies accountable for emission costs.

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Law Columbia

OCTOBER 14, 2021

million tons of CO 2 in 2019, representing more emissions than Austria or Greece. million tons of CO 2 in 2019, more than Venezuela, a country that heavily relies on fossil fuels. The claim is grounded on the Paris Agreement and the German Climate Protection Act (KSG). Mercedes-Benz emitted 118.5

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Legal Planet

NOVEMBER 8, 2021

Several new regulations controlling methane emissions have been adopted recently, including two new rules for the US oil and gas sector announced last week. There’s a new informal international agreement to limit methane emissions, and a still-unresolved effort to put a charge on methane emissions into the forthcoming reconciliation bill.

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Law Columbia

OCTOBER 7, 2019

On October 1, 2019, the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals denied fossil fuel companies’ motion for a stay pending their appeal of the district court order remanding Baltimore’s climate change lawsuit against the companies to state court. Pursuant to a consent order, the remand order will not be entered until October 10, 2019.

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Climate Change Blawg

SEPTEMBER 24, 2020

Since President Donald Trump formally began to withdraw from the 2015 Paris Agreement in 2019, the question of whether the agreement is legally binding has been up for debate. The post Is the Paris Agreement Legally Binding?

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Union of Concerned Scientists

JULY 5, 2023

degree Fahrenheit limits set by the Paris Agreement to avoid catastrophic climate impacts—more than double the 22 percent of the US as a whole that would exceed that temperature. Even under a scenario of drastic emissions reductions, Gonzalez’s 2018 study found that more than half of national park area would exceed the 3.6-degree

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Law Columbia

JUNE 2, 2021

Total ISDS cases had reached 1,023 by the end of 2019. Pakistan in 2019). ISDS claims do not – at least not directly – aim to suspend or overturn domestic regulation. Aligning national policies with climate needs will inevitably affect investments in the field of fossil fuel infrastructure right across the supply chain.

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Legal Planet

JANUARY 12, 2023

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. should not enter into any climate agreement that fails to limit emissions from developing countries.

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Columbia Climate Law

MAY 8, 2020

In 2019, the court dismissed almost all of the companies’ claims, except for a single defamation claim and a related claim under California’s Unfair Competition Law arising from allegations related to a single set of statements. Association of Irritated Residents v. F078460 (Cal.

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Legal Planet

JANUARY 25, 2022

EPA in defense of EPA’s authority to effectively regulate greenhouse gas emissions under the Clean Air Act. The case involves a group of challenges to EPA’s ability to regulate greenhouse gas emissions from existing stationary sources under the 1970 Clean Air Act, a monumental piece of environmental and public health legislation.

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Law Columbia

AUGUST 4, 2021

Circuit Said EPA Endangered Species Determinations for 2019 Renewable Fuel Rule Were Arbitrary and Capricious. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA’s) 2019 rule setting renewable fuel volumes in the Clean Air Act’s Renewable Fuel Standard Program. Mayorkas , No. 20-55777 (9th Cir. July 19, 2021). July 16, 2021). Haaland , No.

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Law Columbia

MAY 7, 2021

Circuit’s January opinion vacating EPA’s repeal and replacement of the Obama administration’s Clean Power Plan regulations for controlling carbon emissions from existing power plants. Circuit erred by “untethering” Section 111(d) standards from the existing source being regulated. 37-2019-00053964-CU-TT-CTL (Cal.

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Law Columbia

JUNE 8, 2021

BLM issued the EA and FONSI in response to the court’s 2019 decision finding that the lifting of the moratorium was a “major federal action” requiring review under NEPA. In the lawsuit challenging President Trump’s 2019 issuance of a presidential permit for the U.S.-Canada Indigenous Environmental Network v. Trump , No. May 28, 2021).

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Law Columbia

JULY 2, 2021

Virginia Federal Court Said Challenge to NEPA Regulations Was Not Justiciable. ruled in 2019 that BLM had failed to adequately assess the potential impacts of greenhouse gas emissions for certain oil and gas leases in Wyoming. EPA Requested Continuation of Abeyance in Case Challenging Repeal of Oil and Gas Sector Regulations.

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Law Columbia

NOVEMBER 7, 2017

The court said the trade group had satisfied the stringent requirements for a stay pending judicial review and stayed the rule “insofar as it purports to regulate trailers.” A day after the court’s decision, BLM published a proposed rule to temporarily suspend or delay certain requirements until January 17, 2019. California v.

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Law Columbia

FEBRUARY 10, 2020

Circuit Declined to Speed Up or Slow Down Challenges to Withdrawal of California Waiver and Preemption of State Authority to Regulate Vehicle Greenhouse Gas Emissions. Federal Court Denied Motions to Dismiss Challenges to 2019 Presidential Permit for Keystone XL. DECISIONS AND SETTLEMENTS. 1:19-cv-03018 (D.D.C.). Trump , No.

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ESA

APRIL 11, 2022

Supreme Court reinstates Trump administration Clean Water Act regulation. Diplomats fail to reach agreement in international biodiversity talks. Despite the panel’s regular reports about the consequences of burning fossil fuels, between 1990 and 2019 global emissions rose 54 percent and they are still rising. Executive Branch.

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Vermont Law

DECEMBER 19, 2016

In the chapter on climate change, the CEI calls for Congress to repeal or defund virtually every federal effort enacted by Obama to target climate change, ranging from the ability of the EPA to regulate CO. No April in Paris. Environmental protection, what they do is a disgrace; every week they come out with new regulations.”. [34].

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Legal Planet

NOVEMBER 14, 2022

In 2019, she announced a statewide energy plan that included eliminating barriers to rooftop solar. Climate Alliance by embracing the goals of the Paris Agreement, launching an office of sustainability, and setting a zero-carbon goal for 2050. Democratic Governor Laura Kelly won reelection. Download as PDF.

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