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New study suggests the Atlantic overturning circulation AMOC “is on tipping course”

Real Climate

If you’re not familiar with the issues surrounding the risk of abrupt ocean circulation changes, I briefly summarized ten key facts on this topic last year in this blog post. Schematic of the AMOC, with warm water flowing north, sinking in northern latitudes and then returning as a cold deep current to the south. ” 4.

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World Mosquito Day: How the pest’s diet could lead to discovery of new antimalarial drug

Frontiers

In 2019, 229m clinical cases of malaria occurred and 409,000 people died of the disease, most of them children in Africa. The disease is found in more than 100 countries worldwide, but roughly 70% of the world’s malaria burden is concentrated in Africa and India. Selling the articles is not allowed. Image: Trizah Koyi Milugo.

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Earth is ‘really quite sick now’ : 7 out of 8 safety limits reached

Edouard Stenger

The article in Associated Press is quite sobering. The study found “hotspots” of problem areas throughout Eastern Europe, South Asia, the Middle East, Southeast Asia, parts of Africa and much of Brazil, Mexico, China and some of the U.S. West — much of it from climate change.

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A Truly Global Community of Environmental Law Scholars

Acoel

South Africa, Belgium, China, Mexico, Brazil, Australia and Kenya. Not surprisingly, the global climate crisis was the most popular topic. Human rights, rights of nature and environmental justice also were popular topics, as were environmental enforcement, water issues, and the transition to renewable energy.

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A review of the first year of the Peer Review Network on Global Climate Litigation 

Law Columbia

However, the work done by the rapporteurs and the discussions that arose from monthly meetings surpassed our expectations, leading to a wide range of outputs covering diverse topics within climate litigation through multiple mediums. Our rapporteurs also organized webinars covering a wide range of topics in climate litigation.

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Reporting on COP: Human Mobility in the Face of Climate Change

Vermont Law

The following article is part of an Eco-Perspective special in which the Vermont Journal of Environmental Law is collaborating with the VLS COP22 Observer Delegation. Keeping in line with this increasing focus on human mobility and displacement due to climate change, Thursday featured three side events on this topic. By Beth Bootz.

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Loss and Damage

Legal Planet

In the 2015 Paris Agreement , Article 8 acknowledged the importance of L&D and the accompanying decision 1/CP.21 21 extended the WIM mandate, yet Paragraph 51 of the same decision stated that Article 8 provided no basis for climate-related liability or compensation.