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Sea level in the IPCC 6th assessment report (AR6)

Real Climate

My top 3 impressions up-front: The sea level projections for the year 2100 have been adjusted upwards again. The IPCC gives more consideration to the large long-term sea-level rise beyond the year 2100. And here is the key sea-level graphic from the Summary for Policy Makers: Source: IPCC AR6, Figure SPM.8.

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A distraction due to errors, misunderstanding and misguided Norwegian statistics

Real Climate

A friend asked me if a discussion paper published on Statistics Norway’s website, ‘ To what extent are temperature levels changing due to greenhouse gas emissions? ’, was purposely timed for the next climate summit ( COP28 ). The global sea level acts like the mercury in a thermometer because warmer water expands.

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Advancing Ocean Climate Action at COP27

Ocean Conservancy

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. Green Shipping.

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The ‘Year of Climate’ in International Courts

Legal Planet

degrees Celsius (the stretch goal in the Paris Agreement of keeping the world’s average surface temperature to no more than 1.5 degrees Celsius above pre-Industrial levels by 2100) within reach or, at the very least, to reset the parameters within which ongoing political negotiations are conducted.

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Loss and Damage

Legal Planet

Even before adoption of the 1992 Framework Convention, the Alliance of Small Island States (AOSIS) had proposed an “International Insurance Pool” to pay vulnerable countries based on observed sea level rise. In the 2015 Paris Agreement , Article 8 acknowledged the importance of L&D and the accompanying decision 1/CP.21

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ESG Disclosures for Financial Institutions

Arnold Porter

As summarized in our March 9, 2021 Advisory , the SEC’s efforts to standardize ESG disclosures commenced in earnest last year. The comment period ended on June 13, 2021, and the SEC reported receiving over 500 letters in response.

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May 2021 Updates to the Climate Case Charts

Law Columbia

EPA’s response to the petitions is due June 3, 2021. 29, 2021); North American Coal Corp. On April 15, 2021, federal defendants, defendant-intervenors, and environmental groups filed a stipulation for dismissal of appeals of a district court’s November 2020 decision finding that the U.S. West Virginia v. 20-1530 (U.S.

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