A Greener Life

JUNE 28, 2023

In China, government plans to peak and neutralise national carbon emissions, and for a wholesale green transition , have caused a boom in “green employment”. The sector is expected to employ 1 million people by 2025. Even the landmark 2015 Paris Agreement had only a small impact on employment. in 2015 to 13.3%

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Smith Enviorment

JANUARY 30, 2019

Also elephants, giraffes, rhinos (of the non-political variety), Cape buffalo, baboons, uninvited monkeys at lunch, hippos, wildebeests, hyenas, warthogs and an unexpected (to me) penguin colony. The most direct effect of the executive order will be on state government operations. Leopard: Thornybush Game Preserve (photo G.Whaley).

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Union of Concerned Scientists

SEPTEMBER 18, 2023

Coming on the heels of the powerful ‘ March to End Fossil Fuels’ last weekend, this summit continues the pressure on governments to meet the urgency of the moment. He also called for a quantum leap in climate action and announced an Acceleration Agenda for governments, the financial sector, and businesses.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

NOVEMBER 20, 2023

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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Union of Concerned Scientists

MARCH 17, 2023

To secure the livable future that children around the world deserve, we must double down, ratchet up pressure on governments, and break the power of the fossil fuel industry. Under the Paris Agreement, countries around the world have made voluntary pledges—called Nationally Determined Contributions, or NDCs—to reduce their emissions.

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A Greener Life

JUNE 15, 2021

For instance, the leaders of the G7 countries pledged to deliver finally on a long overdue promise to deliver $100 billion each year until 2025 to poorer countries to adapt to the impact of climate change. Another rehashed pledge was to end government support for coal power by the end of this year. ” . .”

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Union of Concerned Scientists

DECEMBER 22, 2023

Many announcements and side initiatives The opening days of COP28 were filled with political announcements from the high-level segment and a myriad of side initiatives, including several from the United States. And that will take political will and pressure from the voting public. Who will pay?

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Energy and Climate Law

FEBRUARY 28, 2021

By Ceciel Nieuwenhout, Postdoctoral researcher at GCELS and City Council member for GroenLinks On 17 March 2021 the people of the Netherlands will elect a new House of Representatives ( Tweede Kamer) , which also kickstarts the formation process for a new government ( regering). This blog consists of three parts.

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A Greener Life

OCTOBER 21, 2021

For almost three decades, world governments have met nearly every year to forge a global response to the climate emergency. Why do we need a Cop – don’t we already have the Paris agreement? There are also question marks over the commitment of the new Japanese government. Photo credit: GOV.UK. What is COP26? Why is 1.5C

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Enviromental Defense

MAY 31, 2022

To help voters determine which candidates would deliver the needed course correction, Environmental Defence and its allies in the Ontario Priorities Working Group asked each of the province’s major political parties whether – and how – they would deliver the rapid emissions reductions Ontario will need to head off climate catastrophe. .

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Union of Concerned Scientists

DECEMBER 8, 2022

What does a divided government mean for US climate policy? My first example, from Florida, shows that advocacy groups can succeed when local and state governments fail to act. Last fall, the Coalition of Immokalee Farmworkers Fair Food Program brokered an agreement with growers and buyers to protect farmworkers from extreme heat.

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Law Columbia

FEBRUARY 10, 2020

Divided Ninth Circuit Said Juliana Plaintiffs Lacked Standing to Press Constitutional Climate Claims Against Federal Government. Ninth Circuit Heard Oral Argument in California Local Government Cases; Fossil Fuel Companies Said Juliana Decision Supported Their Position. Environmental Council of Sacramento v. County of Sacramento , No.

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ESA

APRIL 11, 2022

BRUSSELS — The world can avoid the worst consequences of climate change, but emissions need to peak by 2025, the U.N.’s Although there’s a broad consensus on the science of climate change, that’s not the case with politics. Even 2 degrees becomes unlikely without a peak by 2025. We are at a crossroads. Halting at 1.5

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Legal Planet

JANUARY 3, 2024

This agenda was facilitated by the Heritage Foundation—the conservative think tank that also has a dark money-fueled activist wing called Heritage Action —under the name Project 2025: Presidential Transition Project. The federal government is growing larger and less constitutionally accountable—even to the President—every year.”

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