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Delays and Disagreements: The IPCC’s Struggle to Stay on Course

Union of Concerned Scientists

The main objectives included: Approving and adopting outlines for the three major working group reports and an additional methodology report on carbon dioxide removal (CDR). The Goals of the Hangzhou Plenary The agenda for this Plenary was packed with essential tasks shaping the next IPCC reports in this cycle.

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Delays and Disagreements: The IPCC’s Struggle to Stay on Course

Union of Concerned Scientists

The main objectives included: Approving and adopting outlines for the three major working group reports and an additional methodology report on carbon dioxide removal (CDR). The Goals of the Hangzhou Plenary The agenda for this Plenary was packed with essential tasks shaping the next IPCC reports in this cycle.

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Carbon Dioxide Removal through Coastal Blue Carbon: A Review of Commitments in Nationally Determined Contributions

Law Columbia

Although in its early stages, carbon dioxide removal (CDR) techniques – i.e., techniques that remove and store carbon dioxide from the atmosphere – have gained traction in recent years as a climate change mitigation strategy. Relevant phrases from NDCs, including these terms, were extracted and analyzed.

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Offshore Oil and Gas and the Biden Administration

Ocean Conservancy

Thanks for signing up for Ocean Conservancy emails. According to an assessment by the Center for American Progress , the Gulf of Mexico lease sale could eventually result in the emission of more than 700 million metric tons of carbon dioxide. This past November offered up some particularly dizzying contrasts.

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New California Legislation Would Be a Major Step Forward for Climate Disclosure

Law Columbia

6] Scientists are alarmed that this year the temperature of the surface of the oceans has reached levels that are much higher, [7] and the extent of Antarctic sea ice is much lower, [8] than ever previously recorded. It’s long past time to stop relegating the climate problem to a narrowly conceived field of “environmental law.”

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Did Biden have to approve the Willow oil project?

Legal Planet

That approval came a day after the administration said it would bar drilling in some other areas of Alaska and the Arctic Ocean. That would release some 280 million metric tons of carbon dioxide, according to a federal analysis. After completing its own environmental review, the Biden administration gave the greenlight.