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Climate Policy in the World’s Fourth Largest Country

Legal Planet

Jakarta is consistently near the top end of the world’s cities with the worst air pollution. Indonesia’s 2021 climate pledge under the Paris Agreement was to reduce emissions from 2020-2030 by 29%. Over three-fourths of Indonesia electricity comes from fossil fuels: 60% from coal and 16% from gas. Several official plans.

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COP28 Global Methane Pledge Efforts Still Not Enough

Union of Concerned Scientists

Plans countries have submitted under the Paris Agreement would lead to an increase in overall emissions by 2030 and that trend desperately needs to be reversed. Small scale fixes are what the industries raking in billions of dollars in profit want, so that regulations don’t cut into their bottom line.

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Finding Light in Dark Places: Specific Obligations for Climate Change and Ocean Acidification Mitigation

Law Columbia

This advisory opinion finds that UNCLOS regulates all sources of GHG emissions into the atmosphere as pollution of the marine environment; consequently, States Parties have specific obligations under UNCLOS to address their GHG emissions. States with capacity must provide technical assistance to others (paras 322-339).

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

Union of Concerned Scientists

pollution, which are particles with diameters of 2.5 In 2019, air pollution more broadly was responsible for about 6.7 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 micrometers or less. million deaths globally.

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Guest blog post: Japanese Court Upholds Mistakes in post-disaster Energy Policy in Yokosuka Climate Case Decisions

Law Columbia

The Paris Agreement was adopted in 2015 and entered into force the following year in 2016, with Japan also submitting its NDC. Indeed, the Kyoto Protocol entered into force in 1997, with Japan as an Annex 1 country that had specific emission reduction targets.

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New book chapter: EU biodiversity law and its health impacts

Dario Piselli

In recent years, and with growing intensity since the adoption of the Paris Agreement, the concept of environmental health has emerged as a fundamental prism through which to analyse the complex interplay between global health and environmental law.

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Guest Post: Climate Litigation in Japan: Citizens’ Attempts for the Coal Phase-Out

Law Columbia

Article 2 (2) of the Act further states that citizens, the State, local authorities, business operators, and other private organizations must cooperate to achieve net zero and the objectives laid down in Article 2 (1) (a) of the Paris Agreement. Both courts took the position that the regulation of GHG emissions was a policy issue.