Real Climate

AUGUST 13, 2021

The IPCC has introduced a new high-end risk scenario, stating that a global rise “approaching 2 m by 2100 and 5 m by 2150 under a very high greenhouse gas emissions scenario cannot be ruled out due to deep uncertainty in ice sheet processes.”. Source: IPCC ( 2021 ) Figure 9.25. Source: IPCC AR6, Figure SPM.8. meters of rise by 2100.

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Sea Level Precautionary Principle Ocean Coastal Erosion 355

Law Columbia

OCTOBER 18, 2022

In April 2021, a group of Czech citizens filed a case against the national government for its inaction on climate change. Therefore, the applicants sought protection against the alleged continuing “unlawful interference”, which should have commenced in 2017 when the Czech Republic became a party to the Paris Agreement.

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Paris Agreement Climate Change 2030 Precautionary Principle 40

Law Columbia

MAY 10, 2021

On April 29, 2021 the German Constitutional Court (the Bundesverfassungsgericht, or GCC) rendered a ground-breaking judgment, requiring the German government to establish specific plans to achieve its mid-century greenhouse gas emissions goal. (An By Jaap Spier [1]. An English press release is available here. to avoid passing the 1.5C

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2030 Paris Agreement Climate Change Precautionary Principle 45