2020 Atmosphere Deforestation Greenhouse 
Frontiers
FEBRUARY 8, 2022
Deforestation fires in Brazil and Indonesia accounted for 3% and 7%, respectively, of the planet’s total greenhouse gas emissions (GHG) in 2019 and 2020, finds a new study in Frontiers in Climate. In Brazil, a total of 11,088 km 2 of forest were destroyed from August 2019 to July 2020. Deforestation fires emissions.
Manning Law
JUNE 8, 2020
In celebration of Environment Day 2020 on June 5, we publish here in full the speech given by Inger Andersen, Under-Secretary-General of the United Nations and Executive Director of the UN Environment Programme. CO 2 levels in the atmosphere hit an all-time high in early May. “World Environment Day is a day of celebration.
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A Greener Life
APRIL 1, 2022
It’s now widely acknowledged that to avoid catastrophic climate change we’ll need to physically remove CO2 from the atmosphere. By mid-century onwards, as much as 1 billion tonnes of carbon will need to be removed from the atmosphere each year. billion in research development and demonstration for CDR.
Global Green
NOVEMBER 24, 2020
Over the quarter of 2020, up to 47% of the electricity demand in the UK was met by renewable energy sources. The British think-tank Sandbag claimed the deforestation induced by wood’s high demand will cancel out the benefit of not burning coal, thus boosting climate change rather than mitigating it. Solar and wind. So, what?”.
Vermont Law
NOVEMBER 26, 2019
It has been a busy year for climate litigation and 2020 promises even more fireworks. Plaintiffs aim to hold the federal government accountable for worsening the dangers of climate change through increased reliance on fossil fuels and for breach of its fiduciary obligation to protect the atmosphere and oceans under the public trust doctrine.
Environmental Progress
FEBRUARY 28, 2021
1] I am an invited expert reviewer of the next assessment report by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), a Time Magazine “Hero of the Environment,” and author of the 2020 book on the environment, Apocalypse Never , published by HarperCollins. I will make four points in my testimony: 1. and around the world. 26] The U.S.
Law Columbia
NOVEMBER 21, 2022
International law, which is based on sound scientific evidence , clearly establishes the pressing need for effective mitigation of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. Under President Bolsonaro, Amazon deforestation soared to its highest rate since 2008. C above pre-industrial levels (Paris Agreement, art.
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