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. The applicants asked the court to order the defendants to take necessary and proportionate measures to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and to adapt to climate change within six months. Background to the claim.

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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 A swift political reaction. By Jaap Spier [1]. However, adopting a 1.5C

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Environmental Progress

MARCH 11, 2021

In 2012, 2017, and 2021 the National Academies of Science and Engineering published three separate reports on threats to the grid, resilience, and the future of electricity. [1] 25] And that amount does not include the costs associated with local and state political opposition. 1] In its 2017 report, the Academies warned that U.S.

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