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Climate Litigation in Latin America and the Caribbean:  launching a regional Platform for Climate Litigation

Law Columbia

With the largest rainforest in the world, the largest freshwater reserves on the planet and the most significant amount of arable land where food is produced, the importance of Latin America and the Caribbean in the fight against climate change is undeniable. AIDA will launch the Platform on February 16, 2022.

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The Fad of Ecotourism in India: Discovering Paradise to Creating Purgatory?

Vermont Law

Owing to the commercial pressures but lacking resources, pseudo-ecotourism emerged, a modified concept that lacks the key sustainability ingredient. In India, the 2013 flash floods in the Kedarnath Valley occurred due to a climate-change-aggravated melting of glaciers triggered by hordes of tourists banking themselves in the mountains yearly.

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Back in the game: Brazil’s reengagement in climate governance

Law Columbia

Furthermore, the Bolsonaro administration bluntly disregarded Brazil’s obligations established in climate agreements. At this year’s conference, namely, COP 27, Brazil, Indonesia, and the Democratic Republic of Congo signed a rainforest protection pact , vowing to cooperate on sustainable development management and conservation.