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Climate Litigation in Japan: What to Expect in 2025

Law Columbia

in 2021, which is 2% higher than the percentage before the Great East Japan Earthquake and Tsunami in 2011. The earthquake and tsunami had a great impact on Japanese energy policy, leading to the shutdown of nuclear power plants for safety reasons.

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The Problem is Not Brazil. The Problem is COP

Legal Planet

A nuclear power plant in Arizona and Sammy Roth took a tour. The same NGO won a historic court verdict in 2021 in a pioneering climate lawsuit against the oil major, Inside Climate News reports. California Where does Los Angeles get the biggest share of its electricity?

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South Korea and Climate Change

Legal Planet

Actual generation is tilted a bit more toward fossil fuels and nuclear. The EIA reports that: “Fossil fuel sources accounted for about 69% of South Korea’s electricity generation in 2019, and the share of nuclear power accounted for 25%. South Korea has made significant international climate commitments.

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Reevaluating the Role of Fossil Gas in a Decarbonizing Grid

Union of Concerned Scientists

Sharp r eductions needed in gas generation to meet US climate goals Under the Paris Agreement, the United States has committed to reducing heat-trapping emissions to 50-52 percent below 2005 levels by 2030 and to reaching net zero emissions no later than 2050.

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Should countries issue binding unilateral declarations on GHG emission targets?

Law Columbia

In 1978, during a phase of the Cold War when relationships between East and West began to relax, the United States and 4 other nuclear powers (China, France, the Soviet Union and the UK) made unilateral declarations granting security assurances to non-nuclear- weapon states. By Christoph Schwarte* . and “well below” 2°C.

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Guest Post: Climate Litigation in Japan: Citizens’ Attempts for the Coal Phase-Out

Law Columbia

But the country changed course as a result of the 2011 Tohoku Earthquake and Tsunami, which led to the forced shutdown of nuclear power plants and greater reliance on fossil fuels. As of May 2022 , there are 163 operating coal-fired power plants in Japan. As a result, Japan’s CO 2 emissions increased, peaking in 2013.

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Analysis: G7: old pledges rehashed

A Greener Life

A G7 statement read: “We stress that international investments in unabated coal must stop now, and we commit now to an end to new direct government support for unabated international thermal coal power generation by the end of 2021.” ” .