Union of Concerned Scientists

MAY 26, 2022

Today marks one year since the precedent-setting court ruling in the Netherlands, which ordered Shell to cut its activities’ carbon emissions by 45 percent compared to 2019 levels to align with the Paris climate agreement. N ovel Approaches to Climate Litigation. The Importance of Climate Litigation.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

APRIL 18, 2022

Each year, summer-like temperatures arrive all too soon during spring, thanks to human-induced climate change. Research finds that even if we halt heat-trapping emissions, we’ll be locked into a summer season that consumes half of the year by 2100. Because as we know, climate change has become a climate crisis.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

MARCH 16, 2022

CO 2 emissions remain mostly level through 2050—nowhere close to meeting US climate goals. Carbon emissions remain high. This is in total opposition to the US commitment under the Paris Agreement to achieve a 50-52 percent emissions reduction below 2005 levels by 2030, and net-zero by 2050.

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Frontiers

OCTOBER 27, 2022

Under the Paris Agreement, countries will need to track greenhouse gas emissions at the level of individual ‘super emitters’, such as power plants, in close-to-real time. Countries signed up to the 2015 Paris Agreement have committed themselves to keep the rise in average global temperature ‘well below’ 2 °C.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

DECEMBER 8, 2022

I started the conversation with Gomberg, who focuses on clean energy integration and grid modernization issues, and ended it with Licker, a contributing author for the UN Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change who helps explain the nuances of climate science developments to policymakers, the news media and the general public.

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ESA

OCTOBER 25, 2021

Senate Appropriations Committee Releases Remaining Spending Bills for FY 2021. President’s Council of Advisors on Science and Technology holds second meeting of the administration, focused on climate, energy and the environment. White House to roll out ‘climate framework.’ by Jean Chemnick, E&E News, 10/21/2021.

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Enviromental Defense

DECEMBER 15, 2021

First, it does not include projections in which Canada actually succeeds at tackling climate change. Second, none of the scenarios include estimates of Canada’s carbon emissions. Success on climate change nowhere to be found. Energy Futures 2021 has two main projections of Canada’s future energy needs.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

JULY 5, 2023

Beth Pratt, the California regional executive director for the National Wildlife Federation, told the Guardian newspaper in April, “Yosemite is ground zero for climate change.” Wildfires in 2021 temporarily closed Sequoia National Park and a popular part of Big Bend National Park in Texas. An unsettling haze in Yosemite Valley.

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A Greener Life

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

By Rejimon Kuttappan Along with a major expansion of renewable energy, India is also pushing for big increases in its coal production, casting doubt on its climate commitments. On the same day at COP28, the Indian government submitted its third “National Communication” to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC).

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Law Columbia

DECEMBER 23, 2021

A look back at significant decisions in climate litigation in 2021. 2021 was a significant year for climate litigation, with several decisions worldwide providing a fresh look at stakeholder responsibility for climate change. A first decision in climate litigation against private actors.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

DECEMBER 2, 2022

At the start of the recent COP 27 climate meeting in Egypt, a United Nations report on the role of financial institutions in controlling climate change said, “There is no room for new investment in fossil fuel supply.”. Climate change is a material risk, but it is only one factor in an investment decision.” .

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Legal Planet

MAY 9, 2022

Carbon markets are at a crossroads. As of 2021, 30 emissions trading systems were in force globally, covering 16 – 17 % of global greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. – Emissions trading as part of a portfolio of climate policies. Lessons from California’s Cap-and-Trade Program.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

MARCH 30, 2022

Fossil fuels are the root cause of climate change, of long-standing environmental injustices, and are also frequently connected to geopolitical strife and violent conflicts. These data are alarming—underscoring how far off track the world continues to be in cutting the heat-trapping emissions fueling climate change.

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Law Columbia

MAY 27, 2021

The adverse effects of climate change are of course very different from the impact of a nuclear strike. To avoid a “climate break down” the international community has to close the gap between countries’ collective emission reduction targets and the Paris Agreement’s goal to limit global warming to between 1.5

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A Greener Life

JUNE 28, 2021

Climate-positive. The IOC has committed to reducing its carbon emissions by 30 per cent by 2024, and by 45 per cent by 2030, in line with the Paris Agreement.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

APRIL 27, 2023

These new protections will include updates to power plant standards on carbon emissions , mercury pollution , and toxic coal ash pollution , just to name a few. Coal is the most destructive fossil fuel in terms of its climate impact. degrees Celsius.

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Law Columbia

DECEMBER 22, 2022

As noted at the end of last year, 2021 was significant for climate litigation, with several decisions worldwide providing a fresh look at stakeholder responsibility for climate change. A landmark decision recognizing the impacts of climate change on human rights. By Maria Antonia Tigre.

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Law Columbia

OCTOBER 12, 2021

This post takes note of the progressive development of human rights and the environment, and climate change, in particular, while contextualizing them within the broader context of rights-based climate litigation. Recent Developments on rights-based climate litigation. dated September 22, 2021). Argentina et al.

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PA Environment Daily

MAY 25, 2022

With the release of its 2021 Progress Report , the Pittsburgh 2030 District , an initiative of the Green Building Alliance and the largest 2030 District in North America, announced it will move its primary focus from energy reduction to carbon reduction goals in response to urgent developments in climate science.

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Acoel

JANUARY 7, 2022

The Biden Administration’s April 2021 pledge for new U.S. commitments to the Paris Agreement calls for an 80% reduction of electric power greenhouse gas emissions by 2030. Current climate change proposals in Congress mirror these targets. The author (B.A., NYU, 1972; J.D.,

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Enviromental Defense

AUGUST 17, 2021

After a summer of devastating extreme weather events and stark IPCC report, 34 of Canada’s leading environmental organizations call on voters to demand transformative change. The State of Science Index 2021 reported that 63% of Canadians – and 81% of youth – say the pandemic has made them more environmentally conscious.)

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Law Columbia

DECEMBER 1, 2021

On October 26, 2021, Observatório do Clima (OC), a network of 71 civil society organizations, filed a class action at the federal court of Amazonas against the Environmental Ministry and Brazilian government ( Laboratório do Observatório do Clima v. The case is the latest on a growing climate litigation trend in Brazil.

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A Greener Life

JUNE 28, 2023

in 2021, according to LinkedIn’s Green Skills Report. In China, government plans to peak and neutralise national carbon emissions, and for a wholesale green transition , have caused a boom in “green employment”. Policy drivers: decarbonisation targets lead the way The increase in green jobs is mostly down to policy changes.

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A Greener Life

MARCH 19, 2023

Set to be built and funded by Chinese state-owned entities, recent developments have also raised fresh questions about China’s pledge – made at the UN General Assembly in 2021 – not to build any new coal power plants overseas. In 2021, China’s president Xi Jinping announced that China would not build any new coal-fired power projects abroad.

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Frontiers

NOVEMBER 28, 2021

Much in the same way that the automotive industry is shifting gears to produce more environmentally-friendly cars to offset the effects of the climate crisis, the aviation sector is trying to find ways to significantly cut down on its CO2 emissions. Estimates suggest that the sector is responsible for about 2.5%

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Physics World

MARCH 16, 2022

As the world grapples with the consequences of climate change, many scientists have begun to face up to the realities of their carbon emissions. It turns out, for example, that climate-change researchers fly more frequently than scientists in other fields. Cosmic computing costs. Taken from Nat.

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Law Columbia

OCTOBER 14, 2021

On September 20, 2021, the German environmental organization Deutsche Umwelthilfe (DUH) filed two actions against the automakers BMW and Mercedes-Benz for refusing to tighten their carbon emissions target and stop producing fossil fuel fuel-emitting cars by 2030 ( DUH v. Holding private companies accountable for climate change.

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Law Columbia

JUNE 16, 2021

Over the last year Brazil has seen numerous innovative climate litigation claims filed that have questioned the country’s climate policies and general effects of activities on climate change. (I The Amazon rainforest, the country’s not-so-secret weapon to mitigate climate change, features prominently in the litigation.

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Law Columbia

MAY 7, 2021

Each month, Arnold & Porter and the Sabin Center for Climate Change Law collect and summarize developments in climate-related litigation, which we also add to our U.S. climate litigation charts. HERE ARE THE ADDITIONS TO THE CLIMATE CASE CHART SINCE UPDATE # 145. 29, 2021); North American Coal Corp.

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Law Columbia

JUNE 8, 2021

Each month, Arnold & Porter and the Sabin Center for Climate Change Law collect and summarize developments in climate-related litigation, which we also add to our U.S. climate litigation charts. HERE ARE THE ADDITIONS TO THE CLIMATE CASE CHART SINCE UPDATE # 146. May 17, 2021). May 24, 2021).

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