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Existing Technologies Can Help World Meet Agricultural Methane Targets By 2030

PA Environment Daily

By Jeff Mulhollem, Penn State News Amid the frequent bad news about climate change, some potentially good news has emerged: Existing technologies, diligently applied, could enable the world to meet the target set for reducing agricultural methane emissions by 2030. degrees Fahrenheit.

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At COP 27, Developing Countries Fight to Define a Global Goal on Adaptation

Law Columbia

of the Paris Agreement establishes a “Global Goal on Adaptation” (GGA), committing Parties to the tasks of “enhancing adaptive capacity, strengthening resilience and reducing vulnerability to climate change, with a view to contributing to sustainable development and ensuring an adequate response in the context of the temperature goal.”

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Net Zero/Not Zero

Real Climate

This is a very important result, and one that underlies the recent pledges to achieve net-zero by 2030/2040/2050 etc. coming as part of the upgrade to Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs) for the COP26 meeting. Net-zero greenhouse gas emission does not have any geophysical significance. Article 4, section 1.

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MAS Launches Singapore-Asia Taxonomy

Clean Energy Law

This strategy aims for net zero emissions by around 2050 and includes shorter-term goals of cutting emissions by at least 20% and aiming for a 30% reduction by 2030, relative to 2008 levels. In developed economies, the CFPP is retired at the latest by 2030 and in all other countries by 2040.

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COPs as Three-Ring Circus

Legal Planet

This official inner circle is now doing the business of the three separate international treaties in force for climate change: the 1992 Framework Convention on Climate Change (FCCC), the 1992 Kyoto Protocol (Yes, it still exists and is in force, although the United States is not a party), and the 2015 Paris Agreement.

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‘La Acción de Cumplimiento’ as a Legal Mechanism to Implement Colombian Climate Change Laws

Law Columbia

By 2030, Colombia aims to reduce its emissions by 51% in all sectors and achieve carbon neutrality by 2050. Law 1844 of 2017 on the Paris Agreement. The framework binds Colombia to international agreements, including the UNFCCC (Law 164 of 1994), the Kyoto Protocol (Law 629 of 2000) and the Paris Agreement (Law 1844 of 2017).

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Indonesia’s pipeline of coal plants undermines pledge to only build renewables

A Greener Life

That’s because, of the 41 gigawatts (GW) of new generation capacity expected to come online in the country by 2030, 14-16GW is due to come from coal. In 2015, Indonesia set itself the target of reducing emissions by up to 41% by 2030 with international assistance.