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Perspective | Transforming the Economics and Governance of Water

Circle of Blue

Water-related crises around the world have shown that current systems of governance and economic organization are unsuited for a world altered by global warming. By Mariana Mazzucato, Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala , Johan Rockström , and Tharman Shanmugaratnam — September 27, 2022. Carl Ganter/Circle of Blue.

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The Not-So-Good News About Carbon Offsets

Legal Planet

In case you missed it: there’s some good news about Amazon deforestation continuing to plunge. Jason Gray and I spoke recently about why tropical deforestation is down in Brazil, Colombia, and Indonesia. That’s good news because deforestation of tropical forests is a huge source of greenhouse gas emissions.

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Why You Should Care About The Latest IPCC Report | BreezoMeter

Breezometer

2022: What Does the Latest IPCC Report Say? Recent findings from the World Meteorological Organization predict a 50:50 chance at least one year between 2022 and 2026 will exceed 1.5°C The latest IPCC report assesses global sources of greenhouse gas emissions and the progress of strategies for mitigating the impacts of climate change.

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Is there any Climate Justice or is it Just-us? A focus on the Caribbean

HumanNature

Guest Post by Michelan Wilson , 2022-2023 Sustainability Leadership Fellow, and Ph.D. The conference has been held annually since 1992 and governments use it to agree on actions to limit global temperature increases associated with climate change. In 2020, developed countries contributed only US$ 83.3

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Water, Water, Everywhere?

Acoel

For those of you unfamiliar with the IUCN, it is a fairly unique international NGO with an extensive interdisciplinary and cross-sectoral membership base that includes governments, other NGOs, practitioners, academics, and the like. Global warming intensifies the water cycle, adding about 7% of moisture for each 1°C of temperature rise.

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

Law Columbia

There’s a risk that companies or governments might co-opt academics, and proving and battling corruption is extremely difficult and dangerous. In Peru, a group of young people sued the government for failing to formulate and execute a national policy and plan to curb deforestation in the Peruvian Amazon ( Álvarez et al.

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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 Mexico , the Biosphere Reserve Sierra Gorda faces excessive logging, fires, and deforestation for tourist housing.

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