A Greener Life

NOVEMBER 21, 2024

During Trump’s first term, the US became the first nation in the world to announce its withdrawal from the Paris Agreement (a decision reversed by Joe Biden in 2021). A potential new path forward The past two decades have seen some progress in the realm of climate finance, but not enough.

Paris Agreement

Law Columbia

JANUARY 24, 2025

Among the EOs rescinded on Monday was President Bidens 2021 Executive Order on Tackling the Climate Crisis at Home and Abroad (EO No. Leaving the Paris Agreement, Again As has been widely reported, the EO Putting America First in International Environmental Agreements sets in motion the process for a U.S.

Paris Agreement

A Greener Life

NOVEMBER 2, 2024

In 2016, a lot of commentators and climate advocates, including ourselves, concluded that if Donald Trump won the 2016 election, it would be a ‘game over for action on climate change ’.

2024

Legal Planet

JANUARY 15, 2025

She went to Washington to serve as the Deputy Assistant Secretary for Climate and Energy Economics at the US Treasury in 2021-2022, and from there went on to join the MIT faculty. She was a longtime faculty member in Berkeleys Haas Business School. With that as background, this is a write-up of our conversation.

Fossil Fuels

Union of Concerned Scientists

JANUARY 21, 2025

Her anti-science climate denial and fossil fuel ties are troubling Climate change is having increasing impacts on farming and food production. While some in Congress have attempted to divert this funding, the US Department of Agriculture (USDA) has continued to use it to empower farmers to be part of the climate solution.

Fossil Fuels

Legal Planet

MAY 21, 2025

In rough translation: The question should not be whether Belm has the capacity to host the UN climate conference, but why does the COP not fit in cities like Belm that suffer the impacts of climate change on a daily basis? Less party and more results, Taveira says.

Rainforest

Union of Concerned Scientists

JULY 24, 2025

Eighty-six percent of Americans say extreme heat is increasing their concern about climate change, and 89% see it as a serious health risk. A strong majority (82%) recognize climate change as the driver of extreme weather, including a 17-point surge among Republicans since 2021.

Politics

Legal Planet

NOVEMBER 4, 2021

Current national climate pledges fall well-short of the Paris Agreement goal to keep global average temperature increase this century well below 2°C and to pursue efforts to limit temperature increase to 1.5°C The UN’s 2021 Emissions Gap Report finds that under current pledges temperatures will still rise by 2.7°C

Climate Change

Union of Concerned Scientists

NOVEMBER 5, 2022

As the world heads into COP27 , there is no room for bad information on climate change in our major newspapers. We agreed that there is much work to be done in all quarters of the world to meet the international agreements given the narrowing of the time and wiggle room that the Earth Systems could accommodate.

Climate Change

Legal Planet

DECEMBER 3, 2021

I feel like climate change is going to have to get worse before it gets better. Climate change has been a big, scary, looming problem for basically the entirety of my life; I cannot remember a time when it was not at least a background concern. This holiday season, I’m especially grateful for their tone of determination.

Climate Change

Real Climate

OCTOBER 27, 2021

All countries in the world urgently need to adapt to climate change but are not yet in a good position to do so. It’s urgent because we are not even adapted to the present climate. Such reports provide a summary of the state of our knowledge, but are not sufficiently specific for climate change adaptation.

Climate Change

Legal Planet

JUNE 16, 2022

South Korea has made significant international climate commitments. In 2021, South Korea set a target under the Paris Agreement of a 40% cut from 2018 levels by 2030. The post South Korea and Climate Change appeared first on Legal Planet. What he does while in office remains to be seen. Download as PDF.

Climate Change

Union of Concerned Scientists

OCTOBER 12, 2022

Together with Scientists for Global Responsibility, we’ve launched a petition demanding that Elsevier and its parent company, RELX, detail their plans to align their business practices with their public commitments to address climate change. According to the 2021 report of Elsevier’s parent company, RELX, roughly 2.5

Fossil Fuels

Law Columbia

MARCH 29, 2023

Photo by Mathias Reding on Unsplash Climate change litigation has finally reached the world’s highest court. On March 29, 2023, the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) adopted a resolution requesting an advisory opinion from the International Court of Justice (ICJ) on the obligations of States with respect to climate change.

Climate Change

Union of Concerned Scientists

MARCH 16, 2022

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. These projections show that without additional policies or incentives, the US is very much in danger of not meeting our climate goals.

Natural Gas

Law Columbia

MAY 22, 2024

On May 21, 2024, the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea (ITLOS) delivered a long-awaited Advisory Opinion on climate change and international law. This marks the first time that an international tribunal has issued an advisory opinion on State obligations regarding climate change mitigation.

Climate Change

Union of Concerned Scientists

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

The ExxonMobil lobbying report evaluated 56 trade associations—the 5% of its memberships the company estimates are active on climate policy—on their climate positions. Several lawsuits filed by states and cities against oil and gas companies for their role in climate change also name API as a plaintiff.

Fossil Fuels

Circle of Blue

NOVEMBER 8, 2021

While climate adaptation planning is more widespread than ever, the U.N. T here is a huge gulf between what communities are spending to prepare for climate change and what they ought to spend, a new U.N. This gap is widening, as the costs of climate adaptation increase due to rising global temperatures. report found.

Climate Change

Law Columbia

APRIL 9, 2024

In a transformative moment for European and global climate litigation, the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) ruled today that the state has a positive duty to adopt, and effectively implement in practice, regulations and measures capable of mitigating the existing and potentially irreversible future effects of climate change.

Climate Change

Union of Concerned Scientists

MAY 26, 2022

N ovel Approaches to Climate Litigation. As the impacts of climate change expand, so do the types of climate litigation claims. The suit seeks to hold them personally liable for failing to adopt and implement a climate strategy that aligns with the Paris agreement.

Fossil Fuels

Union of Concerned Scientists

JANUARY 30, 2023

They’re also hoping to circumnavigate efforts to hold them accountable for their contribution to climate change. Of course, the earth’s climate doesn’t care if emissions are less “intense” relative to another company or production chain. billion last week. 2023 will be a crucial juncture in a long, bumpy trip.

Fossil Fuels

Law Columbia

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

In this case, environmental and human rights organizations, including Greenpeace and Oxfam (“the plaintiffs”), had taken legal action against the Government of Spain, alleging inadequate action on climate change. However, the Supreme Court found that the Spanish Government had complied with the Paris Agreement and the EU legislation.

Paris Agreement

Union of Concerned Scientists

MARCH 12, 2024

And this problem will only get worse as the impacts of climate change become more frequent and severe. While it’s clear we need to rapidly reduce gas generation to help limit the worst impacts of climate change, it’s less clear how much fossil gas capacity we actually need to maintain reliability in a future decarbonized grid.

Fossil Fuels

Union of Concerned Scientists

APRIL 4, 2022

Their efforts have paid off: The 27 resolutions demanding increased disclosure that went to a vote in 2021 averaged approximately 40 percent support, according to investment management firm Boston Trust Walden. The second largest beneficiary of ExxonMobil’s largesse in 2020 was the US Chamber of Commerce.

Fossil Fuels

Union of Concerned Scientists

OCTOBER 27, 2022

Four important global reports released in the last two days set up a deeply sobering context for the upcoming annual international climate talks in Egypt, also called COP27. Source: UN Climate Change 2022 NDC Synthesis Report. Source: UN Climate Change 2022 NDC Synthesis Report. The UNEP Emissions Gap Report.

Fossil Fuels

Union of Concerned Scientists

MAY 22, 2023

Both extreme heat and wildfires are directly linked to climate change. According to Statista, emergency firefighting costs have increased exponentially over the last ten years in California, from $140 million in 2012 to more than $1 billion in 2021 and 2022. In recent years, the costs of wildfires have skyrocketed.

Fossil Fuels

Environmental News Bits

OCTOBER 26, 2021

Summary: The 26th United Nations Climate Change Conference of the Parties (COP26) will take place in Glasgow Scotland (UK) beginning on October 31, 2021. Download the document.

2021

Law Columbia

MAY 8, 2024

Lawyers, bar associations, and law societies have an important but not fully recognized role to play in achieving the net zero goal in the Paris Agreement. Climate Change as an Increasingly Common Feature of Law Practice Climate change is no longer an issue of concern only to environmental and energy lawyers.

Paris Agreement

Legal Planet

MAY 9, 2022

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. As a closing note, we reiterate our firm belief in the importance of continued international collaboration on climate change policy.

Government

Law Columbia

JUNE 15, 2024

On 21 May 2024, the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea (ITLOS) delivered its much anticipated Advisory Opinion on Climate Change. For instance, Yemen has signed and ratified UNCLOS, but not the Paris Agreement. 8; see also Guideline 9 of the 2021 ILC Guidelines on the protection of the atmosphere.”

Climate Change

Real Climate

NOVEMBER 11, 2023

Solar activity provides no alternative explanation for today’s climate change Dagsvik and Moen claim that recent research indicates that variations in the sun’s magnetic field are of great importance for long-term fluctuations in solar activity. Our job is to be thorough and verify questionable results. It has taken time.

Sea Level

Legal Planet

JULY 5, 2023

We give lots of lip service describing climate change as an emergency or existential threat. According to the Climate Emergency Declaration Organization, 2336 jurisdictions around the world have declared it to be an emergency. But climate change is different. trillion or 6.8 Download as PDF The post Emergency?

Fossil Fuels

Enviromental Defense

MARCH 4, 2024

In part one of this series we introduced you to the huge role that the Canadian financial sector plays in exacerbating the climate crisis. Climate change could have some very significant negative impacts on the Canadian economy, and therefore your money. In this blog, we’ll discuss how climate change poses a risk to finance.

Climate Change

Law Columbia

NOVEMBER 12, 2023

In this blog post, we will briefly explain (i) the background of climate change laws in Colombia, (ii) the nature and reach of the ‘ Acción de Cumplimiento ,’ and (iii) the two judgments and their implications for climate action in Colombia. Decree 298 of 2016 on the National Climate Change System.

Climate Change

Ocean Conservancy

NOVEMBER 30, 2022

Representatives from civil society, non-governmental organizations and the private sector gathered alongside governmental representatives to influence decisions and advance contributions toward the goals of the Paris Agreement of 2015. I was joined by Ocean Conservancy colleagues working to advance ocean-climate action.

Ocean

A Greener Life

OCTOBER 20, 2021

During the three major UN climate summits in the past 12 years, Copenhagen in 2009, Paris in 2015 and now Glasgow in 2021 climate coverage and interest in the issue has accelerated in the run-up to the event. After Paris, it dropped and then plateaued due to the signing of the Paris Agreement.

Paris Agreement

Washington Nature

SEPTEMBER 23, 2021

The climate crisis is here and, among many things we need to change, we need to rapidly and dramatically decrease planet-warming emissions. Forests of the future: Climate change impacts and implications for carbon storage in the Pacific Northwest, USA." Forest Ecology and Management 482 (2021): 118886. Brittany G.

Carbon Dioxide