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COP30: Twelve environmental facts about Brazil in 2025

A Greener Life

2020 for example, the Amazon saw its highest deforestation rate in over a decade. However, recent efforts have focused on reversing this trend, with the government implementing stricter enforcement of environmental regulations and bolstering sustainable initiatives, such as promoting conservation efforts and enforcing land-use restrictions.

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Enormous cost of relocating US climate refugees from coastal town a stark example for the whole world, researchers warn

Frontiers

The town’s population has shrunk from more than 1,100 inhabitants in the early 1900s, to 436 in 2020 and consists of three upland ridges: Canton, Main, and West. A 2015 paper by Schulte found that Tangier Island had lost 67% of its total landmass since 1850 due to a combination of relative sea level rise and coastal erosion.

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The Transformation of European Climate Change Litigation: Introduction to the Blog Symposium

Law Columbia

Switzerland (“ KlimaSeniorinnen ”), the Court held that by failing to put in place a domestic regulatory framework for climate change mitigation, the Swiss government violated Article 8 of the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR), the right to respect for private and family life. In Verein KlimaSeniorinnen Schweiz and Others v.

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Is there any Climate Justice or is it Just-us? A focus on the Caribbean

HumanNature

The conference has been held annually since 1992 and governments use it to agree on actions to limit global temperature increases associated with climate change. Source: Thomas (2020) As small islands, the sectors that are most important for economic output include, tourism, fisheries and agriculture.

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U.S. Coast Guard Icebreaker Begins Arctic Journey

Ocean Conservancy

Changing conditions can make the sea ice less predictable and more dangerous for hunters, compromise ice cellars that are used for food storage, and accelerate damaging coastal erosion. According to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s (NOAA) 2020 Arctic Report Card , “. the story is unambiguous.

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Climate Change Jurisdiction: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit Kicks Climate Change Case Back to State Court

The Energy Law

Amidst historically low oil prices and economic shutdowns, fossil fuel companies continue to defend against lawsuits brought by state and local governments claiming climate-change related damages. 1331 because the cities’ claims were “necessarily governed by federal common law.” BP PLC et al., 19-1818). 19-1818).

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New Maps Show Inequitable Geography of Danger Season

Union of Concerned Scientists

Source: CDC/ATSDR SVI 2020 Documentation I also obtained, from the daily tally of NWS alerts that powers the UCS Danger Season website , the total number of heat, flood, fire weather, and storm alerts issued for each county between May 1, 2023 and September 11, 2023. Variables and themes included in the CDC’s SVI calculation.