Law Columbia

MARCH 6, 2025

The plaintiffs claimed unlawful interference under the Code of Administrative Justice, given that the government had failed to take mitigation and adaptation measures as required under the Paris Agreement, resulting in harm to the plaintiffs human rights. Both parties appealed against this judgement.

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Law Columbia

JULY 29, 2025

A small group of States, composed mainly of the world’s dominant fossil fuel producers and consumers, argued that the only applicable international law was the three climate treaties – the UNFCCC, the Kyoto Protocol, and the Paris Agreement.

Fossil Fuels

Enviromental Defense

NOVEMBER 12, 2024

OTTAWA/TRADITIONAL, UNCEDED TERRITORY OF THE ALGONQUIN ANISHNAABEG PEOPLE — Ecojustice and Environmental Defence have uncovered that greenhouse gas emissions from Canada’s exported oil, gas, and coal ballooned to record levels in 2023. Since 2012, Canada’s annual exported emissions have increased a whopping 378 million tonnes.

Fossil Fuels

Law Columbia

FEBRUARY 27, 2025

In the 2021 update to its Nationally Determined Contribution, under the Paris Agreement Japan pledged to reduce its GHG emissions by 46 % by 2030 compared to its 2013 levels (with aspirational target of 50%) and to achieve net-zero GHG emissions by 2050.

2025

Union of Concerned Scientists

DECEMBER 16, 2024

Shell case, for instance, the Dutch courts upheld the ruling that Shell must act to reduce emissions in line with the Paris Agreement. Over 140 such cases have been filed globally since 2016, with 47 new filings in 2023 alone. Similarly, even cases that appear to be securing meaningful outcomes often face uncertainties.

2025

Law Columbia

MAY 7, 2025

Significantly, the request invites the Court to also consider the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, the Kyoto Protocol, the Paris Agreement, the United Nations Convention on Combating Desertification, the United Nations Convention on Biological Diversity, and other relevant international instruments.

Climate Change

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). As UN Secretary-General António Guterres emphasised in his closing remarks at COP28 in 2023: “The world cannot afford delays, indecision, or half-measures.”

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Legal Planet

MAY 20, 2025

Only 21 countries had even submitted their updated plans for managing climate change by the 2025 deadline required under the Paris Agreement. is pulling out of the agreement altogether. In 2023, data show the planet was losing rainforest equivalent to 10 soccer fields a minute, and had lost more than 7% since 2000.

Rainforest

Law Columbia

AUGUST 1, 2025

But, several States did argue that the international climate treaties (the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change ( UNFCCC ) and the Paris Agreement , in particular) constitute a lex specialis to human rights law, meaning that they displace human rights obligations, rendering them inapplicable. 378), the right to health (para.

Climate Change

Legal Planet

NOVEMBER 27, 2024

On the one hand, global greenhouse gas emissions have reached an all-time high, and the temperature for 2023 is the highest ever recorded. from the Paris Agreement again. On the other hand, President-elect Donald Trump announced his intention to withdraw the U.S.

Paris Agreement

Law Columbia

NOVEMBER 6, 2024

However, only 42 jurisdictions have acknowledged the importance of blue carbon as a climate mitigation and adaptation strategy in the Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs) submitted under the Paris Agreement. Australia is another example.

Carbon Dioxide

A Greener Life

OCTOBER 30, 2024

Cruz the climate denier Cruz vehemently rejects the scientific consensus on climate science while receiving millions in donations from the fossil fuel industry, and he was one of 22 Senators who signed a letter urging Donald Trump to withdraw from the Paris Agreement.

Fossil Fuels

Legal Planet

JULY 29, 2025

Sure enough on Thursday, China and the European Union joined forces to pledge to work together to slow down global heating and they called the Paris Agreement “the cornerstone of international climate cooperation,” without mentioning the US.

Fossil Fuels

Legal Planet

NOVEMBER 4, 2024

And he’ll pull the United States out of the Paris Agreement. More than 40 percent of all global power in 2023 came from renewable sources. million vehicles from 2022 to 2023, a thirty five percent year over year increase. Fully 60 percent of new car sales in China were electric in 2023 and 25 percent in Europe.

Clean Energy

Legal Planet

JANUARY 16, 2025

And yet, 2024 was the hottest year on record (beating out the previous record from 2023). Do we abandon the COP process especially given the likely withdrawal from the Paris Agreement by the incoming Trump Administration as some have argued ? These efforts in my view must continue. So where does that leave us?

2025

Legal Planet

JULY 10, 2025

Trump Signed One Damn Dirty Deal I have to admit I was wrong when I wrote in 2023 that repealing the Inflation Reduction Act was politically impossible because it was “a candy shop” for corporations and red states hungry for manufacturing jobs who would fight any repeal effort.

Climate Change

A Greener Life

JUNE 6, 2025

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. Argentina was the first to say it might not stick with the Paris Agreement. billion in funding pledges from non-US donors, higher than the USD 8.5 billion originally pledged in 2022.

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Legal Planet

MAY 21, 2025

Between 2013 and 2023, the agency said, electricity prices had tracked with inflation but are now expected to rise faster than inflation through 2026. Energy Information Administration projects that retail electricity prices are expected to continue a rapid rise this year, with the average price increasing 13 percent from 2022 to 2025.

Rainforest

A Greener Life

APRIL 8, 2025

A timeline of events 2008 Presidential Election: Musk supports Barack Obama 2012 Presidential Election: Musk supports Barack Obama 2014 – Musk described himself politically as half Democrat and half Republican 2016 Musk voiced support for Universal Basic Income (UBI) and Direct Democracy as a response to the threat of Artificial Intelligence (..)

Fossil Fuels

New Scientist

JANUARY 9, 2024

The global average temperature for 2023 was 1.48°C C warmer than the 1850-1900 pre-industrial average, putting the world on the brink of the Paris Agreement limit

Paris Agreement

Union of Concerned Scientists

APRIL 4, 2024

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. The year 2023 was the hottest year on record (so far!);

Fossil Fuels

Legal Planet

DECEMBER 3, 2021

goal of the Paris Agreement, but I do think that it will be possible for us to keep warming under 2C and avoid the most devastating effects of climate change. –Jay Parepally, JD 2023. –Tom Hanrahan, JD 2023. –Laurel Hunt, JD 2023. –Sarah Repko, JD 2023.

Climate Change

Legal Planet

APRIL 13, 2023

The new wave of litigation also arose from the urgency of combating the rise in deforestation under the right-wing-oriented President Jair Bolsonaro, who left the government in January 2023 for the return of President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva (Lula).

Climate Change

Energy and Climate Law

DECEMBER 8, 2020

To build its reasoning, the Conseil d’Etat referred to the UNFCCC and the Paris Agreement and listed a number of legal texts that were adopted both at EU and national level to implement their international climate commitments. The court argued that the pace of the post-2023 emissions reduction trajectory had never been reached before.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

JANUARY 30, 2023

ExxonMobil’s early submission, though probably timed to get a head start on defusing climate-related shareholder resolutions, does give us a helpful roadmap of the climate accountability landscape in 2023. Heat-trapping emissions must be cut in half by 2030 to reach the Paris agreement goal of keeping global warming to 1.5

Fossil Fuels

Union of Concerned Scientists

NOVEMBER 3, 2023

The TC arranged four negotiation meetings through 2023 to develop a proposal to guide the operation of the new funding stream: how it will work, and who the money will flow from and to. This is preventing progress on a Loss and Damage agreement. The fourth TC meeting took place last month in Aswan, Egypt.

Paris Agreement

Law Columbia

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

On June 20, 2023, the Spanish Supreme Court handed down its final ruling in the case of Greenpeace v. However, the Supreme Court found that the Spanish Government had complied with the Paris Agreement and the EU legislation. Spain II , widely known as the trial for climate (“ el juicio por el clima ”). compared to 2005.

Paris Agreement

Law Columbia

MARCH 29, 2023

On March 29, 2023, the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) adopted a resolution requesting an advisory opinion from the International Court of Justice (ICJ) on the obligations of States with respect to climate change. On March 1, 2023, Vanuatu announced overwhelming support for the draft resolution with 105 co-sponsor states.

Climate Change

Circle of Blue

NOVEMBER 8, 2021

That is more ambitious than earlier pledges, but it still exceeds the Paris agreement goal of 1.5 They gave only around $80 billion in 2019, and world leaders recently announced that this figure is not expected to reach $100 billion until 2023, three years behind schedule. degrees above pre-industrial levels. .

Climate Change

Ivy Protocol

MAY 18, 2023

Author: Ieva Blazauskaite (Ivy Protocol, Marketing Lead) To meet the climate goals outlined by the Paris Agreement, a unified approach, combining both Nature-Based Solutions (NBS) and Engineered Carbon Removal Solutions is crucial. 2023, May 17). 2023, March 17). Retrieved from [link]. World likely to breach 1.5C

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Union of Concerned Scientists

MAY 22, 2023

Source: Statista 2023. The Guardian writes that 2023 will be a watershed year for climate litigation. update their business models to enable sharp emissions reductions from their products and operations at a pace and scale consistent with the goals of the Paris Agreement on climate change.

Fossil Fuels

Enviromental Defense

DECEMBER 20, 2022

C) of the Paris Agreement has significant implications for how the global financial system works and will be a centrepiece of the coming years. The first priority following the 2015 Paris Agreement was to clean up public financing, so Article 2.1(C) C) of the Paris Agreement. Article 2.1(C)

Paris Agreement

Union of Concerned Scientists

JANUARY 16, 2024

Increased Policy-Relevant Assessments: With 2023 being the warmest year on record and record-breaking climate extremes experienced around the world, the urgency among the delegates here is palpable. While the IPCC is independent of any policymaking, the outputs are critical to inform policy work.

Climate Change

Legal Planet

JULY 5, 2023

According to the Center for International Environmental Law as of April 2023, the World Bank “has financed and incentivized up to $165 billion in fossil fuel investments since the Paris Agreement was signed [in 2015].” Right now, in 2023, that does not exist. trillion or 6.8

Fossil Fuels

Clean Energy Law

JANUARY 17, 2024

The Eligibility List followed the signing of an inaugural Article 6 implementation agreement with Papua New Guinea on carbon credits cooperation. The Eligibility List for a given host country will be established under the corresponding implementation agreement. Davies , Jean-Philippe Brisson , Farhana Sharmeen , Don Stokes , Michael D.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

NOVEMBER 7, 2022

The world is already experiencing mounting dangerous climate extremes , the last eight years have been the hottest on record, and the current trajectory of heat-trapping emissions is wildly off-course from where it needs to be to meet the goals of the Paris Agreement.

Paris Agreement

Law Columbia

MAY 8, 2024

Lawyers, bar associations, and law societies have an important but not fully recognized role to play in achieving the net zero goal in the Paris Agreement. In late 2023, LSEW committed “to being net zero by 2030” in its operations. As time passes, other jurisdictions will likely adopt similar guidance for lawyers.

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