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Climate Policy in the World’s Fourth Largest Country

Legal Planet

Indonesia has the third largest rainforest after Brazil and Congo. Indonesia’s 2021 climate pledge under the Paris Agreement was to reduce emissions from 2020-2030 by 29%. Over three-fourths of Indonesia electricity comes from fossil fuels: 60% from coal and 16% from gas.

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Brazil Advances in Climate Change Litigation

Legal Planet

The Amazon rainforest on the Urubu River. Climate litigation is gaining momentum in Brazil as a tool to protect the Amazon rainforest from illegal deforestation. Photo by Andre Deak via Flickr. A decision from an appeals court in the case of the Institute of Amazonian Studies against the Brazilian State (IEA v.

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A new climate litigation claim in Brazil raises the pressure for increased climate action and protection of the Amazon rainforest

Law Columbia

It contributes to increasing pressure against President Bolsonaro for widespread environmental damage across the country, resulting from a significant lack of climate action and the pervasive destruction of the Amazon rainforest. by 2020 against a 2010 baseline. Omissions from the Brazilian government on climate policy.

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The Stream, July 1, 2021: Brazil Bans Outdoor Fires To Curb Deforestation In Amazon

Circle of Blue

Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro bans outdoor fires ahead of the burning season in the Amazon rainforest. Reuters reports that the move comes ahead of the annual burning season in the Amazon rainforest in an attempt to cut down on deforestation. In 2020 and 2019, water levels for the lakes were at eight and six percent, respectively.

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The Stream, September 23, 2021: New York City Risks Running Out of Water By 2050

Circle of Blue

What’s Up With Water – September 20, 2020 – This week’s episode covers another deadly year for environmental activists, an Indigenous community in Canada celebrating the arrival of clean drinking water, and the risk of flooding throughout the United States. But on the river’s edge, safety has often required sacrifice. ON THE RADAR.

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What Happens to Wind Turbine Blades at the End of Their Life Cycle?

Union of Concerned Scientists

The high demand for balsa wood in blades for lightweight structural support has linked the wind industry’s demand to increased Amazon rainforest logging and balsa plantation farming. By 2020, demand for balsa wood outstripped supply. The supply of balsa wood, on the other hand, is highly concentrated in Ecuador and Peru.

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The Stream, August 10, 2021: Greenland Lost Billions of Tons of Ice Last Month

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r Cymru Welsh Water’s own figures found that raw sewage was dumped into rivers more than 100,000 times in 2020. Although the Welsh government has spent millions on river clean up, water utility D?r The water company has been fined thousands of pounds over the years for discharging raw sewage, as well as killing fish and spilling chemicals.

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