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The EU-MERCOSUR Deal: A Litmus Test for Resolving the Growing Paradox of Development and Conservation

Vermont Law

During his United Nations (“UN”) Speech, Brazil President Bolsonaro made clear his government’s commitment to environmental protection and sustainable development to benefit Brazil and the world. by world leaders regarding the Bolsonaro administration’s inaction to prevent or stop the burning of the Amazon rainforest—.

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The Fad of Ecotourism in India: Discovering Paradise to Creating Purgatory?

Vermont Law

In India, the 2013 flash floods in the Kedarnath Valley occurred due to a climate-change-aggravated melting of glaciers triggered by hordes of tourists banking themselves in the mountains yearly. Governments must enforce stringent regulations, conduct carrying capacity assessments, and invest in infrastructure development.

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Banking Against Science: Financial Institutions Continue to Fund Climate Destruction

Union of Concerned Scientists

The international meeting yielded no breakthrough on phasing down emissions nor on the unconscionable levels to which banks and asset managers continue to bankroll oil, gas and coal. Five years ago, the World Bank said it would end investments in oil and gas extraction by 2019. Banking against science.