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The Struggle against Fossil Sovereignty: The International Court of Justice in the Climate Crisis

Law Columbia

4 of the Paris Agreement. In 2022, the three arbitrators found that Italy had violated Rockhopper’s property rights and had to pay the company US$250 million in compensation for lost profits. If these projects conflict with the reduction obligations of the respective State in light of the binding 1.5˚C

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Trump Can’t Stop the Clean Energy Transformation

Legal Planet

And he’ll pull the United States out of the Paris Agreement. The transformation to an economy fueled by clean energy – across sectors – has begun, and he can’t stop it. More than 40 percent of all global power in 2023 came from renewable sources. These are reasons alone to vote for Kamala Harris.

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Test Your Knowledge of Climate Law

Legal Planet

Here are the questions: What is a renewable portfolio standard? A requirement that utilities buy renewable energy. An ESG guideline for investing in the stock of renewable energy companies. Section 32 of the Paris Agreement. What was the subject of the 2022 ruling in West Virginia v.

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Analysis: After Trump cut funding for energy transitions overseas, could China step in?

A Greener Life

On the day he became president again, Donald Trump signed an executive order to take the US out of the Paris Agreement on climate change. It reiterated full support for South Africa’s energy transition and pointed out that South Africa’s JETP now has USD 12.8 billion originally pledged in 2022.

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What Is the Story about Greenland and Climate Change?

Union of Concerned Scientists

Yet the seasonal shifts that typically occur in September 2022 were punctuated by several significant melt events on the Greenland ice sheet. Surface ice melt Greenland (Kalaallit Nunaat) on September 5, 2022 (Video by B. Ice calving from the Eqi Glacier (Eqip Sermia) in Greenland (Kalaallit Nunaat) on September 3, 2022 (video by B.

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The Fossil Fuel Industry Continues Producing Heat-Trapping Emissions that Drive Climate Change

Union of Concerned Scientists

As I show below, their cumulative emissions have continued to rise over the decades even as international efforts to confront climate change have been enacted through the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change and the Paris Agreement. I’ve marked these important years with dotted lines in Figure 2.

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The EIA Just Released a 30 Year Energy Outlook. It’s… Not Great

Union of Concerned Scientists

The Department of Energy’s Energy Information Administration (EIA) is one of the go-to sources for reliable information about the US power sector. They just released their 2022 “Annual Energy Outlook” (AEO), which is a big deal: it tells us where electricity is headed over the next 30 years.