A Greener Life

AUGUST 13, 2021

The latest IPCC climate report, Climate Change: The Physical Science Basis is the first instalment of the Sixth Assessment Report (AR6), with the remaining three reports to be released during 2022. degrees C threshold in the next decades which countries had agreed as the desirable target in 2015’s Paris Agreement. Unprecedented.

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Ocean Conservancy

MARCH 1, 2022

Their work paved the way for international agreements to tackle the crisis like the Kyoto Protocol and Paris Agreement. This level of warming would lead to devastating losses in habitats, increased risk of sea level rise in extreme heat and other weather impacts that would put many communities at risk.

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Legal Planet

DECEMBER 19, 2022

2022 Flooding in Pakistan. Even before adoption of the 1992 Framework Convention, the Alliance of Small Island States (AOSIS) had proposed an “International Insurance Pool” to pay vulnerable countries based on observed sea level rise. I am responsible for any interpretations, opinions, or errors.

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A Greener Life

NOVEMBER 7, 2022

Though full data is not yet available for 2022, financial support to both producers and consumers of fossil fuels is projected to have risen, partly due to spiralling energy prices in response to the Russian invasion of Ukraine. warming limit of the Paris Agreement within reach, the report notes.

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Breezometer

JUNE 7, 2022

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 C above pre-industrial levels. Time is not in our favor, as this warming scenario may be upon us sooner than people would expect.

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Ocean Conservancy

DECEMBER 10, 2021

Climate change is here and is bringing with it impacts like ocean acidification, sea level rise and dwindling sea ice. The dialogue will provide opportunities to share lessons learned and challenges faced, as well as include ocean solutions in country commitments under the Paris Agreement. Time is running out.

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Law Columbia

SEPTEMBER 28, 2022

On September 23, 2022, the United Nations Human Rights Committee (UNHRC) delivered a landmark decision in Daniel Billy and others v Australia (Torres Strait Islanders Petition) finding that the Australian Government is violating its human rights obligations to the indigenous Torres Strait Islanders through climate change inaction.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

NOVEMBER 20, 2023

The UN NDC Synthesis Report , which finds that if countries implement their current emission reduction pledges, or nationally determined contributions (NDCs) under the Paris Agreement, global emissions will increase approximately 8.8% above 2010 levels, instead of the sharp downward trajectory we need.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

JUNE 6, 2022

Already this year, we have seen the leading edge of the 2022 danger season. Here is just a snapshot of what we’ve seen elsewhere around the world in 2022 so far: An early, intense heatwave in India and Pakistan starting in March, with temperatures reaching as high as 122 F, has caused at least 90 deaths and untold suffering.

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Ocean Conservancy

DECEMBER 20, 2022

As 2022 comes to a close, I am reflecting on everything we’ve accomplished together on behalf of our ocean throughout the last 12 months. In 2022, we joined representatives from around the world at COP27, the annual gathering of countries to advance the goals of the Paris Agreement on climate change.

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Arnold Porter

JULY 16, 2021

While any new SEC rulemaking concerning climate-related disclosures likely would not take effect until 2022, below we provide recommendations that financial institutions should consider to prepare for a new ESG disclosure regime. Background. This should include both (a) physical risks (i.e., and (b) transition risks (i.e.,

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Union of Concerned Scientists

SEPTEMBER 22, 2022

In addition to weather extremes, it also includes the impacts of slow-onset disasters like sea level rise, which is swallowing up low-lying, often densely populated, coastal areas, and the loss of glaciers that are critical for water supplies. NASA image of Pakistan on August 4, 2022 (left) vs. August 28, 2022.

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A Greener Life

NOVEMBER 21, 2024

During Trump’s first term, the US became the first nation in the world to announce its withdrawal from the Paris Agreement (a decision reversed by Joe Biden in 2021). The target was officially met in 2022 after a two-year delay. billion in climate finance provided in 2022 was private sector cash. billion of the USD 115.9

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Union of Concerned Scientists

JULY 5, 2023

degree Fahrenheit limits set by the Paris Agreement to avoid catastrophic climate impacts—more than double the 22 percent of the US as a whole that would exceed that temperature. Even under a scenario of drastic emissions reductions, Gonzalez’s 2018 study found that more than half of national park area would exceed the 3.6-degree

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Law Columbia

MAY 7, 2021

The County asserted that the defendants were “directly responsible for a substantial portion of the climate crisis-related impacts in Anne Arundel County,” including sea level rise, storm surge, and flooding, as well as more frequent, longer-lasting, and more severe extreme weather events. Neubauer, et al.

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