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Making Polluters Pay for Climate Consequences

Legal Planet

The dramatic increase in extreme weather events has been wreaking havoc on states across the country, from devastating fires, floods, and droughts to rising sea levels. The bill would enact a Polluters Pay Climate Superfund Act of 2025 which would establish the Polluters Pay Climate Superfund Program.

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Addressing the Triple Planetary Crisis at Our Ocean 2025

Ocean Conservancy

The ocean absorbs about 90% of the excess heat generated by climate change, leading to rising sea temperatures and, among other things, sea level rise due to the melting of the polar ice caps, including Arctic ice. The post Addressing the Triple Planetary Crisis at Our Ocean 2025 appeared first on Ocean Conservancy.

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The AMOC: tipping this century, or not?

Real Climate

Even if there were just (say) a 40% chance that the Ditlevsen study is correct in the tipping point being reached between 2025 and 2095, that’s a major change to the previous IPCC assessment that the risk is less than 10%. In 2022, the G20 governments alone subsidised fossil fuel use with 1.4 What does it all mean?

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Bolivia has high solar power potential but faces challenges scaling up

A Greener Life

Perched at 3,730 metres above sea level in the community of Ancotanga, the Oruro solar power plant is one of the flagship projects in Bolivia’s energy transition. million barrels of oil equivalent of useful energy that fossil fuels are expected to provide in Bolivia by 2040, according to a WWF Bolivia evaluation.

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Opinion: At COP28, climate finance takes centre stage

A Greener Life

C above pre-1850 levels, versus a business-as-usual scenario, would save the world USD 1,266 trillion in loss and damage from 2025 to 2100. COP28 has to deal with this now, as the New Collective Quantified Goal (NCQG) has to be agreed to before 2025. The CPI report estimates that keeping global warming to within 1.5

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Taking Stock Ahead of UN Climate Conference: Five Things to Watch for at COP28 in Dubai

Union of Concerned Scientists

Lest one thinks this disconnect is a failure of the global climate architecture, the failure lies much closer to home—in the domestic politics in the US and many other countries that continue to favor the interests of the rich and powerful , and fossil fuel companies, at the expense of the health and safety of everyone else and the planet.

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The UN Loss and Damage Fund Transitional Committee Must Deliver for Climate Vulnerable Countries

Union of Concerned Scientists

Many low-income nations are already reeling from the impacts of climate-related extreme weather like floods and droughts , as well as slow-onset disasters like sea level rise. Innovative sources of funding, such a levy on fossil fuel companies to hold them accountable for the damages their products have caused, are also important.