Atmosphere Greenhouse Law Paris Agreement 
Legal Planet
FEBRUARY 14, 2024
degrees Fahrenheit) is a target to limit global-average heating that was adopted by nations in the 2015 Paris Agreement. The text of the agreement is actually a little loose. It says the Agreement aims to hold global-average heating “well below 2.0 Q: Does this mean we’ve breached the Paris Agreement target?
Law Columbia
APRIL 24, 2023
Applicable Law to the ITLOS Advisory Opinion The applicable law for the ITLOS advisory proceedings is determined by Article 293 of UNCLOS. However, ITLOS is not responsible for implementing the UNFCCC or the Paris Agreement. These rules are, in effect, binding norms incorporated into UNCLOS.
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Real Climate
NOVEMBER 11, 2023
A friend asked me if a discussion paper published on Statistics Norway’s website, ‘ To what extent are temperature levels changing due to greenhouse gas emissions? ’, was purposely timed for the next climate summit ( COP28 ). I don’t know the answer to his question. But this discussion paper is problematic for sure.
Law Columbia
JANUARY 5, 2023
The recent boost for CDR is linked to an emerging trend in climate policy which understands CDR as supplemental to urgent action on decarbonization and overall greenhouse gas (GHG) emission reductions (rather than a replacement for those activities). The Paris Agreement did not reference or define CDR, nor did it define the term “removals.”
Law Columbia
APRIL 18, 2024
Incorporating International Climate Change Law to Maintain the ECHR’s Relevance Amid the Climate Crisis “Everything could be different – and yet there is almost nothing I can change.” 118 & 542), and the often inadequate action taken to reduce anthropogenic greenhouse gases (GHG) emissions on the other.
Legal Planet
AUGUST 10, 2021
As in previous reports, this one also uses “Representative Concentration Pathways” (RCPs) that show how the world will respond to different trajectories for emissions of greenhouse gases. C goal of the Paris agreement. So here’s the key question: How much more carbon are we going to load into the atmosphere? The SSP2-4.5
Legal Planet
DECEMBER 19, 2023
Until recently, few could have anticipated that methane, a GHG not even mentioned in the Paris Agreement, would be central to COP28’s most headline-grabbing announcements. Jurisdictions announced new methane regulations COPs are usually the place where governments announce their recent environmental laws and regulations.
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