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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Global Green

NOVEMBER 24, 2020

Moreover, as suggested by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Special Report on Renewable Energy Sources and Climate Change Mitigation, renewable energy is much better than fossil fuels exploitation in terms of sustainable development (unlike someone in Moore’s movie suggested). Solar and wind. So, what?”.

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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. 3] Max Roser et al.,

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Climate Change 2019 2020 Greenhouse 79

Law Columbia

NOVEMBER 21, 2022

Under President Bolsonaro, Amazon deforestation soared to its highest rate since 2008. While the country submitted nationally determined contributions (NDCs) in 2020 and 2022 , both were in clear violation of Article 4, Paragraph 3 of the Paris Agreement, as they were not more ambitious than the country’s intended NDC.

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Paris Agreement Government Deforestation Sustainable Development 52