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.
Law Columbia
MAY 10, 2021
is politically insufficiently ambitious, but such a choice remains within the significant discretion of the legislature (¶¶159-162). See Brian Preston’s brilliant analysis, The End of Enlightened Environmental Law, Journal of Environmental Law 2019, 31, 399-411. A swift political reaction. However, adopting a 1.5C
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Law Columbia
OCTOBER 18, 2022
R ), which was created in 2019 to bring this case. ministries in this case) and not the general public, is a result of governmental political decision, not an exercise of public administration. The plaintiffs include multiple entities led by The Czech Climate Litigation Association ( Klimatická žaloba ?R
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.
Environmental Progress
MARCH 11, 2021
21] In 2019, German electricity prices were 45 percent higher than the European average. [22] 22] A study published in late 2019 found that Germany’s nuclear phase-out is costing its citizens $12 billion per year. [23] 25] And that amount does not include the costs associated with local and state political opposition.
Legal Planet
MARCH 8, 2024
SRM has long generated concerns that, as a powerful lever on the Earth system, it could have unwanted side-effects and generate political and ethical risks, as well as lowering temperatures. As in 2019, when the Swiss brought forward a similar draft, the proposals this year were dramatically watered down over a series of negotiations.
Law Columbia
FEBRUARY 10, 2020
The majority said it “reluctantly” concluded that “the plaintiffs’ case must be made to the political branches or to the electorate at large” and “[t]hat the other branches may have abdicated their responsibility to remediate the problem does not confer on Article III courts, no matter how well-intentioned, the ability to step into their shoes.”
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