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The ICJ’s Advisory Opinion on Climate Change: What Happens Now?

Law Columbia

Part of the discussion on the need for an advisory opinion on climate change focuses on the possibility to interpret the obligations in the Paris Agreement and the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC). That initiative ultimately failed due to strong political opposition. What can we expect?

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Accelerating Freight Decarbonization

Legal Planet

Moreover, it is important for regional or national governments to prioritize meeting the targets set by the Paris Agreement, supporting cities in their efforts. The Netherlands’ Green Deal serves as a successful example, with 30-40 cities committing to implementing ZEZ by 2025.

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COPs as Three-Ring Circus

Legal Planet

For two or three weeks, climate politics gets intense worldwide news coverage. This year’s meeting was also “CMP16” (the 16 th meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Kyoto Protocol of 1997), and CMA3 (the 3 rd meeting of the Conference of Parties to the Paris Agreement of 2015). Then things move on.

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Governing Emissions Trading in California and China

Legal Planet

Last year, climate negotiators in Glasgow finalized the Paris Agreement rulebook for international cooperation through carbon markets, clearing the way for the expansion of emissions trading and carbon pricing worldwide. – Continual reform to improve ambition, integrity, and buy-in. Focusing on data accuracy and MRV.

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Good News—and Bad—about Fossil Fuel Power Plants in 2023 

Union of Concerned Scientists

The EPA’s Social Cost of Carbon was adjusted to 2025 to align with the emissions year of the NO x and SO 2 estimates.) Modeling has shown that if the United States is going to live up to its Paris Agreement targets aimed at limiting global warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius, coal power should be entirely phased out by 2030.

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COP26: Glasgow Climate Pact agreed, but don’t mention the elephant in the room

A Greener Life

Six years ago at the Paris talks, it was agreed that a fund should be set up in which $100 bn annually is paid to poorer developing countries for these costs, however, the funds have yet to appear and Glasgow negotiators agreed a new deadline of 2025 for all the funds to emerge. One of the key objectives of COP26 was to keep the 1.5-degree

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A new climate litigation claim in Brazil raises the pressure for increased climate action and protection of the Amazon rainforest

Law Columbia

According to the petitioner, as a signatory to the Paris Agreement Brazil has committed to various duties to mitigate climate change. Through the Nationally Determined Contribution (NDC) published in 2016, Brazil committed to reducing GHG emissions by 37% by 2025 and by 43% by 2030 as compared to a 2005 baseline. In PSB et al.