Union of Concerned Scientists

NOVEMBER 27, 2023

For example, sea level rise and climate-driven migration from the islands threatens Vanuatu sand drawing traditions, endangering the passing down of important traditional knowledge on kinship, farming, and seasonal cycles. Many climate threats to intangible heritage have been identified. What’s next for climate and cultural rights?

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Physics World

OCTOBER 1, 2021

Without steep cuts in greenhouse-gas emissions, the report reminds us, the world will warm by over 2 °C this century – triggering more frequent heat waves, greater flooding, higher sea levels and more extreme heavy rainfall and droughts. The nuclear fight – Robert P Crease talks to William D Magwood IV, director-general. challenges.

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Legal Planet

JUNE 13, 2022

In November 2021, Prime Minster Modi announced in Glasgow that India would get half its energy from renewables by 2030 as well as significantly cutting its emissions. the national government isn’t the only presence in terms of climate policy. Mumbai is on a peninsula and faces severe risks from sea level rise.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

DECEMBER 19, 2022

Just like in 2021, a lot of us may be thinking “it was not too bad.” However, 2021 saw the third most active hurricane season since record keeping began in 1851. As we said previously , “Fiona caught Puerto Rico’s government utterly unprepared, leaving the population unprotected. Photo credit: Alicia Race.

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FEBRUARY 8, 2022

In an opinion filed on December 29, 2021, and later ordered published on January 25, 2022, the First District Court of Appeal (Div. 4) affirmed a judgment upholding the City of Newark’s (City) use of Government Code § 65457’s CEQA exemption for a 469-lot residential subdivision on land adjacent to San Francisco Bay. 2016) 1 Cal.5th

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Union of Concerned Scientists

JANUARY 3, 2024

The group specifically referenced the inclusion of heritage impacts in the IPCC’s 6 th Assessment Report and the International Meeting on Culture, Heritage and Climate Change co-sponsored by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), the International Council on Monuments and Sites (ICOMOS) and UNESCO, held in December 2021.

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Ocean Conservancy

NOVEMBER 20, 2023

In coastal counties, which are home to about 40% of the United States’ population, critical water infrastructure is growing more vulnerable to climate change and faces a host of compounding hazards such as sea level rise and flooding, heavy precipitation and extreme storm surges.

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A Greener Life

NOVEMBER 7, 2022

Subsidies reached new highs in 2021, even before Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, a Climate Transparency analysis finds. The G20 group of nations provided nearly US$200 billion in support of fossil fuels in 2021, despite the worsening impacts of the climate crisis and their pledge in 2009 to phase out “inefficient” subsidies.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

JUNE 2, 2022

For example, the SEC rule’s disclosure regime is based on one created by the Task Force on Climate-Related Financial Disclosures (TCFD) , an international initiative that grew out of a council of government finance officials known as the G20. Submit your comment by visiting our action alert page here.

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National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition (NSAC)

JANUARY 17, 2024

Sea level rise is also important in the region, causing saltwater intrusion and salinization. from Chapter 21 of NCA5 Changes like sea level rise are resulting in the loss of culturally significant locations for subsistence harvesting. Other risks include increasing tropical cyclones and sea level rise.

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Real Climate

AUGUST 25, 2023

That is in our hands – or more precisely, that of our governments and powerful corporations. In 2022, the G20 governments alone subsidised fossil fuel use with 1.4 The key point to me is: these different indicators provide rather consistent AMOC reconstructions, as we showed in Caesar et al. What does it all mean?

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Union of Concerned Scientists

JANUARY 20, 2023

This new research found that ExxonMobil’s climate projections from its internally developed models accurately projected the temperature rise that has happened since then and that its calculations were in line with independent research produced at the time by academic and government scientists. and SSP1-2.6).

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A Greener Life

FEBRUARY 26, 2023

By The Third Pole The creation of Urban Low Emissions Development Strategies in cities in Bangladesh and India shows the value of sharing knowledge and insights at the local level. The city government has sought funding to buy bicycles that citizens can hire at bus stops and railway stations. Photo credit: Balaji Srinivasan / Alamy.

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A Greener Life

MAY 20, 2022

Perched at 3,730 metres above sea level in the community of Ancotanga, the Oruro solar power plant is one of the flagship projects in Bolivia’s energy transition. The first, executed under the government of former president Evo Morales, brought a capacity of 50 MW. More small plants and storage.

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Ocean Conservancy

JANUARY 8, 2024

Last summer while visiting family in Bogotá, Colombia, a city located 9,000 feet above sea level in the Andes, I noticed more plastics than during my visit a decade ago. As a result, the government will recognize them as service providers, providing additional income—a small but important step in pursuing a more just system.

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Physics World

SEPTEMBER 3, 2021

Since March 2018, a team led by Licai Deng from the National Astronomical Observatories of China, Chinese Academy of Sciences, has been monitoring cloudiness, night-sky brightness, air temperature, humidity, wind speed and direction at “Summit C” on Saishiteng Mountain, which lies some 4200 m above sea level.

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Law Columbia

DECEMBER 20, 2023

For developing countries and small island states, the consequences of stronger storms, rising sea levels, increasing temperatures and other climate-related phenomena will be difficult to endure, and the countries who will likely suffer the most are often the least responsible for climate change.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

JUNE 6, 2022

Wildfires have broken out in Siberia , which is one of the fastest warming parts of the world and where hotter, drier conditions have fueled record-breaking fire seasons including in 2021. Danger season, together with ongoing slow-moving disasters like sea level rise, is pushing people and ecosystems to their limits in many places.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

MARCH 30, 2022

Earlier this month the International Energy Agency (IEA) released data showing that global carbon dioxide (CO 2 ) emissions hit an all-time high in 2021, rebounding sharply from the 2020 decline caused by COVID-19 related economic slump. It’s clear we cannot continue to live this way, it will destroy our civilization.”. Syria (with 6.8

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Circle of Blue

AUGUST 16, 2021

In the United Kingdom, government leaders are hoping to solve two problems with one effort. The UK government has allocated 4 million pounds for a test run of the concept. government scientists just declared as the hottest on record. The post What’s Up With Water — August 16, 2021 appeared first on Circle of Blue.

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Frontiers

MARCH 24, 2023

Yes, there are ecological factors at play, but human governance, or lack of governance, creates a stage for degradation. Elinor Ostrom, Nobel Prize winner in Economic Sciences, has written about the diversity of community-based governance approaches that can effectively govern water resources in particular.

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Ocean Conservancy

APRIL 12, 2022

In October 2021, I had the honor of joining world leaders, activists and other representatives from non-governmental organizations in Glasgow for the United Nations Climate Change Conference (also known as COP26). The central message of the conference was abundantly clear: the impacts of climate change are all around us.

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PA Environment Daily

NOVEMBER 18, 2021

Here are ten things to know about climate change in Pennsylvania, and tools from DEP to take action whether you’re a government official, business owner, farmer, community or environmental group, educator and students, media organization, or concerned resident. Find more materials at DEP’s Climate Change webpage.

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HumanNature

NOVEMBER 12, 2021

Interestingly, this sense of urgency has compelled various scholars, governments, development practitioners, and activists to turn toward the language of security to convey the increasingly dire need to confront widespread ecological change. Flooding on the banks of Rio Negro in Iranduba, Amazonas, Brazil, 2021.

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HumanNature

NOVEMBER 29, 2022

The conference has been held annually since 1992 and governments use it to agree on actions to limit global temperature increases associated with climate change. This year, Caribbean leaders will use the conference to collectively advocate for loss and damage compensation for the impacts of climate change. Sources Cited: Álvarez-Berríos, N.

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PA Environment Daily

APRIL 4, 2022

The Federal Government plays a critical role in helping American families, businesses, and communities recover from the impacts of extreme weather events – often acting as an insurer of last resort. billion to tackle the climate crisis, an increase of nearly 60 percent over FY 2021. billion and $9.60

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Union of Concerned Scientists

NOVEMBER 16, 2023

Navigating Loss and Damage Loss and Damage encompasses a spectrum of devastating impacts from climate change, including floods, heatwaves, wildfires, storms, and slow-onset events such as sea-level rise. For example, a May 2021 study in Nature Communications found that an additional $8.1

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Circle of Blue

JULY 14, 2021

However with the passage of time, these floodplains have become victims of illegal as well as planned legal invasion from the governments across the country.” – Jayshree Vencatesan of Care Earth Trust, Chennai. FEET ABOVE SEA LEVEL. Levels in Lake Ontario are currently 245.34

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Circle of Blue

JUNE 2, 2021

With the federal government now projecting that Lake Mead will drop precipitously in the next two years — perhaps to levels not seen since the Great Depression, when the country’s largest reservoir was first filled — that emergency has arrived. In total, Met has nearly 1.3 So we’re going to tap into that.

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Law Columbia

APRIL 12, 2023

Having in mind this link between the oceans and climate change, it would be natural for the United Nations Conventions on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS) to provide a clear picture of States’ obligations to protect and preserve the marine environment in the context of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and climate change.

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Acoel

SEPTEMBER 17, 2021

Posted on September 17, 2021 by Dennis Krumholz. While the federal government and several other states have promulgated various enactments addressing this subject, New Jersey’s law is perhaps the most far-reaching. New Jersey has been a leader in addressing the most significant environmental problems of the day.

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HumanNature

DECEMBER 5, 2022

On longer timescales, the ocean connects global patterns through ocean circulation and sea level pressure. Many people, such as decision makers, including government officials and local authorities, farmers, shipping companies, energy sectors, and financial markets, rely on accurate subseasonal to seasonal forecasts.

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A Greener Life

OCTOBER 28, 2021

Global warming is leading to sea-level rise on an unprecedented scale, according to IPCC scientists. Between 2006 and 2016 sea levels globally rose 2.5 At the same time, the seas are warmer than they used to be, which can lead to more tropical storms and a higher risk of coastal flooding. metres by 2100. (In

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Circle of Blue

MARCH 14, 2022

The incident in November 2021 led Hawaii’s governor to request that the military close the World War Two-era fuel depot. In analyzing 10,420 facilities , the Government Accountability Office found 31 percent have these risks. government water policy. Natural Hazards for Hazardous Chemicals Facilities.

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Legal Planet

APRIL 2, 2024

In addition to their claims of violations under Articles 2 and 8, they also complain of an Article 13 (right to an effective remedy) violation by the Swiss government ( in French ). From 2001 – 2019, Mr. Carême was the Mayor of Grande-Synthe, which lies below sea level along the English Channel in the north of France.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

APRIL 19, 2022

The Justice40 proclamation by President Biden is an exciting and long-overdue commitment by the federal government to achieving environmental justice for communities overburdened with climatic and environmental burdens. September 2021. The population structure in Puerto Rico is very rapidly diverging from that of the US.

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Clean Energy Law

FEBRUARY 9, 2024

State Actions Affecting California Water Resources California’s Drought Emergency Orders In March 2023, Governor Newsom issued an executive order (Order) that lifted several components of Governor Newsom’s 2021 drought emergency orders. The Delta Conveyance Project is a proposal for a new 44.6

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