Legal Planet
NOVEMBER 13, 2023
Yet Indonesia’s role in cutting energy emissions is crucial. As an archipelago, Indonesia is at the prey of sea level rise. Jakarta, a city of ten million, is only two feet above sea level. Carbon emissions from land use change (mostly logging) are comparable to Brazil’s, though Brazil gets a lot more publicity.
Circle of Blue
NOVEMBER 5, 2021
Rising sea levels in Bangladesh are inundating farmland and contaminating water supplies. “My Al Jazeera reports that Khatun, the villager in Gabura, spends most of her income on medicines for skin diseases many residents suffer from due to water and land contamination from rising sea levels. IN RECENT WATER NEWS.
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Circle of Blue
AUGUST 11, 2021
Reuters reports that high water incidents in Venice are becoming more common as sea levels rise and land subsidence causes the ground level of the city to sink. The move comes amid India’s push to reduce their own carbon emissions. TODAY’S TOP WATER STORIES, TOLD IN NUMBERS.
Legal Planet
JUNE 13, 2022
That’s understandable in terms of India’s current carbon emissions, which are now only a quarter of China’s. But given the growth of the economy, carbon emissions were projected to continuing growing steadily through 2030. Mumbai is on a peninsula and faces severe risks from sea level rise.
Union of Concerned Scientists
NOVEMBER 27, 2023
By recognizing and documenting the threat of climate change to cultural heritage, we add one more important layer of rights-based obligations to hold nations accountable for reducing carbon emissions. Cultural heritage is under immediate and urgent threat from climate change worldwide.
Union of Concerned Scientists
MAY 23, 2023
They’re called Scope 3 emissions, and they are key to understanding the big picture of a company’s impact on the environment. First, let me explain the three “scopes” of carbon emissions. Scope 1 emissions come from power plants, oil rigs and other sources directly owned or controlled by a company.
Vermont Law
APRIL 7, 2022
Countless research has warned of the climate catastrophe that will happen if anthropogenic carbon emissions continue to rise: sea-level rise will accelerate, tropical storms will occur in greater number with greater severity, and droughts will grow harsher and longer. (1) Citations See e.g. Alice C. Hill, et al.,
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