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The ITLOS Advisory Opinion on Climate Change: An introduction into the joint blog symposium

Law Columbia

From COSIS to ITLOS The ocean and climate are inextricably linked. On one hand, numerous adverse effects of climate change manifest in the ocean, such as ocean acidification, temperature changes, and rising sea levels. On the other hand, the ocean plays an important role in combating climate change.

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Unrelenting Heat Requires Accountability and Action

Union of Concerned Scientists

The unrelenting heat has caused a dizzying number of air and ocean temperature records to be broken in recent weeks. As the climate continues to change due to human activities, oceans have absorbed over 90% of the excess heat. Ocean temperatures off the coast of Florida have reached as high as 97°F in recent days.

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What’s Up With Water – September 20, 2021

Circle of Blue

It stressed the need to reduce the release of heat-trapping gases into the atmosphere, and to limit global warming to 1.5 The report also said it is necessary to enable communities to live with the challenges already confronting them such as extreme weather, acidifying oceans, and rising seas. degrees Celsius.

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ITLOS and the importance of (getting) external rules (right) in interpreting UNCLOS

Law Columbia

Thus, ITLOS clarified UNCLOS as a legal basis for obligations to address climate change and its adverse effects, alongside the United Nations climate treaties, i.e. the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change ( UNFCCC ) and the Paris Agreement. This is most pronounced in the references to the Paris Agreement.

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Recent developments on carbon dioxide removal: Increasing policy support but governance issues remain

Law Columbia

While countries generally do not explicitly reference CDR in their Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs) submitted to the Paris Agreement, many include the CDR approaches of increasing soil and forest carbon. In the US, the 2021 Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA) authorized the Department of Energy to spend $3.5

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A distraction due to errors, misunderstanding and misguided Norwegian statistics

Real Climate

are used all over the world, based on calculations that quantify the effects of physical mechanisms and the way different parts of the atmosphere are connected to each other. The physics-based models describe how energy flows through the atmosphere and ocean, as well as how the forces from different air masses push against each other.

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Summer Heat Is Coming: Will New Policies Protect Workers?

Union of Concerned Scientists

According to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), 2021 followed the distressing trend of excessive heat, as the sixth hottest year on record (a tie with 2018). degrees Celsius, in line with the Paris Agreement.