Law Columbia

JULY 14, 2022

Carbon dioxide removal (CDR) will be needed, alongside deep emissions cuts, to achieve global temperature goals. The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) has emphasized that, to limit warming to 1.5 By Korey Silverman-Roati. laws to ocean fertilization research and deployment. Read the full paper here.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

NOVEMBER 16, 2022

Their study examined the carbon dioxide and methane emissions from these companies’ products, as well as from the extraction and production processes of the largest gas, oil and coal producers and cement manufacturers. Data on the major carbon producers’ emissions have been published since 2014.

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Legal Planet

DECEMBER 18, 2023

Coal is supposed to be “phased down” except where the resulting carbon dioxide is removed and securely stored (which may or may not actually be feasible). In a fourth significant subsection, section 28 highlights the role of greenhouse gases other than carbon dioxide. The “phase down” of coal.

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Legal Planet

OCTOBER 14, 2021

Despite all the work, all the dedication, of thousands of people around the world, there’s a good chance we’ll blow past the Paris Agreement’s targets. In the long run, warming will be determined by how much carbon we pump into the atmosphere before we stop. Suppose we do miss those targets?

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Law Columbia

APRIL 4, 2024

Youth4ClimateAction in Republic of Korea We are in a critical decade for action on climate change. National governments are the most important systemic actors in the governance of climate action, primarily because they are the only actors with the ability to adopt economy-wide decarbonization measures.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

NOVEMBER 15, 2022

It is 80 times stronger than carbon dioxide (CO2) at trapping heat on short timescales. If policymakers can reduce short-term, high-impact heat-trapping gases such as methane we can limit warming and keep the Paris Agreement goals within reach. But its short lifetime in the atmosphere is also a reason for hope.

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Washington Nature

SEPTEMBER 10, 2021

The study—" Leveraging the potential of nature to meet net zero greenhouse gas emissions in Washington State ”—centers on how Natural Climate Solutions (NCS) harness the capacity of forests, wetlands and farmlands to absorb and store carbon dioxide that’s in the atmosphere, lessening the impacts of climate change.

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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.” This is mainly due to the interplay of climate physics underpinning climate change and the rationale of the judicial process.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

OCTOBER 26, 2022

The suit claims that BP, Chevron, ConocoPhillips, ExxonMobil, Shell, and the American Petroleum Institute misled the public despite clear knowledge that their products cause climate change. For more than 50 years , the fossil fuel industry has obstructed meaningful climate action. at UMass Amherst.

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Law Columbia

OCTOBER 20, 2023

In a blog post last month, I wrote about the growing interest in ocean-based carbon dioxide removal (CDR), and the complex legal issues it raises. ” Climate change is already causing serious and irreversible damage, which ocean CDR could help to prevent or minimize.

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Ocean Conservancy

SEPTEMBER 29, 2023

Last week I had the tremendous honor of providing expert testimony on the ocean effects of climate change to the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea (ITLOS) in Hamburg, Germany. Currently, 168 countries are party to UNCLOS, and this is the first time that climate change-related matters have been applied to the Law of the Sea.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

MAY 26, 2022

N ovel Approaches to Climate Litigation. As the impacts of climate change expand, so do the types of climate litigation claims. The suit seeks to hold them personally liable for failing to adopt and implement a climate strategy that aligns with the Paris agreement.

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Inside Climate News

NOVEMBER 17, 2023

‘Despite decades of warnings, we are still heading in the wrong direction’ By Bob Berwyn Research released this week raises new questions about how much more Earth may warm, or cool, if and when human carbon dioxide emissions zero out.

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Ivy Protocol

MAY 18, 2023

Author: Ieva Blazauskaite (Ivy Protocol, Marketing Lead) To meet the climate goals outlined by the Paris Agreement, a unified approach, combining both Nature-Based Solutions (NBS) and Engineered Carbon Removal Solutions is crucial.

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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. Oil and Gas Decarbonization Charter Fossil fuels are the main reason for CO2 emissions and, therefore, the main driver of climate change.

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Ocean Conservancy

SEPTEMBER 29, 2023

Last week I had the tremendous honor of providing expert testimony on the ocean effects of climate change to the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea (ITLOS) in Hamburg, Germany. Currently, 168 countries are party to UNCLOS, and this is the first time that climate change-related matters have been applied to the Law of the Sea.

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A Greener Life

NOVEMBER 14, 2022

Countries across Africa could lose 14% of their per capita GDP to climate change by 2050 and 34% by 2100, even if average global warming is held to 1.5°C, C, according to a report released this morning at this year’s UN climate conference, COP 27 , in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt. Photo credit: Anouk Delafortrie / Twitter.

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Edouard Stenger

AUGUST 21, 2017

While it is undeniable that we are ramping up our actions against climate change, it is hard to deny that global warming is getting scarier every week. This could increase the speed of climate change even more as this greenhouse gas is 24 times more potent than carbon dioxide.

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Law Columbia

JUNE 26, 2023

On March 9, 2023, the Japanese Supreme Court refused to hear the first climate change litigation brought before it without specifying substantive reasons. The Plaintiffs in the Kobe Civil Case claimed a violation of personal rights to life, bodily integrity and health on account of climate change.

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Law Columbia

DECEMBER 22, 2022

As noted at the end of last year, 2021 was significant for climate litigation, with several decisions worldwide providing a fresh look at stakeholder responsibility for climate change. A landmark decision recognizing the impacts of climate change on human rights. In September this year, the U.N.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

OCTOBER 27, 2022

Four important global reports released in the last two days set up a deeply sobering context for the upcoming annual international climate talks in Egypt, also called COP27. Source: UN Climate Change 2022 NDC Synthesis Report. Source: UN Climate Change 2022 NDC Synthesis Report. The UNEP Emissions Gap Report.

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Frontiers

JULY 28, 2022

The findings of their review, published today in the journal Frontiers in Climate , identify seven reasons why carbon accounting for coastal ecosystems is not only extremely challenging but risky. These include the high variability in carbon burial rates, vulnerability to future climate change, and fluxes of methane and nitrous oxide.

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Physics World

NOVEMBER 10, 2021

However, the optimism was dented when a report released yesterday from Climate Action Tracker , which monitors the impact of national climate policies, found that current commitments will lead to global warming of at least 2.4°C That is well above the Paris agreement, designed to keep warming as far below 2°C as possible.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

MARCH 23, 2023

In 2021 alone, the plants slated for retirement emitted more than 28,000 tonnes of nitrogen oxides (NO x ), 32,000 tonnes of sulfur dioxide (SO 2 ), and 51 million tonnes of carbon dioxide (CO 2 ), according to EIA data. A recent study found that more than 99 percent of the global population is exposed to unsafe levels of PM 2.5

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Law Columbia

JUNE 21, 2023

Credit: Tobias Reich, Unsplash The Sabin Center’s Global Climate Change Litigation Database currently lists over 2000 cases. And what do they say about the future of climate litigation in the country? And what do they say about the future of climate litigation in the country?

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Union of Concerned Scientists

MARCH 30, 2022

Fossil fuels are the root cause of climate change, of long-standing environmental injustices, and are also frequently connected to geopolitical strife and violent conflicts. These data are alarming—underscoring how far off track the world continues to be in cutting the heat-trapping emissions fueling climate change.

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Breezometer

JUNE 7, 2022

We’re already experiencing the impact of climate change across the world; now an update from the IPCC suggests weather extremes could become the norm in the near future. The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) is the United Nations body for assessing the science related to climate change.

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Law Columbia

SEPTEMBER 12, 2022

laws governing the cross-border transport of carbon dioxide (CO 2 ) for sequestration, and how such transportation fits into broader climate and environmental protection regimes, including the Paris Agreement on Climate Change, carbon markets and emissions trading.

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Edouard Stenger

MAY 16, 2017

These days the United States’ federal government is promoting coal and backtracking on climate ambition and the European Union is no longer cutting its greenhouse gases emissions. So, who is leading the fight against climate change ? China, India and South Korea are. . Rest asured that I will keep you all updated on that.

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Edouard Stenger

NOVEMBER 13, 2017

Here are the news that caught my interest as the annual climate change conference, COP23, is currently taking place in Bonn, Germany. It is safe to write that since Hurricanes Maria and Irma and this year’s climate horror stories , climate change is not a distant threat anymore but a day-to-day reality.

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Vermont Law

NOVEMBER 13, 2017

The one day in a climate change conference where the oceans become the center of discussion. However, they demonstrate that Parties under the UNFCCC and the Paris Agreement are aware that oceans are an integral part of addressing the effects of global climate change. November 11, 2017. Oceans Action Day.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

APRIL 13, 2023

Spring is a time of new beginnings, and this spring scientists are calling for financial institutions to start doing their part to limit the worst impacts of climate change and hasten a just, equitable transition to clean energy. degrees Celsius (2.7 Those three alone borrowed more than $200 billion between 2016 and 2021.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

OCTOBER 12, 2022

With great fanfare, the company launched its Sky Scenario, a “technically possible, but challenging pathway for society to achieve the goals of the Paris agreement.” Scientists have responded by launching a petition calling on the publisher to better align its business practices with its public commitments to address climate change.

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Vermont Law

SEPTEMBER 7, 2016

The past two years have yielded unprecedented executive and regulatory engagement in the climate change discussion. to reducing their carbon emissions. which will implement national standards to govern carbon pollution from power plants. international climate change agreement. social cost of carbon.

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Edouard Stenger

NOVEMBER 30, 2018

Burning coal in these two regions account for a little under two gigatonnes of carbon dioxide emissions per year, with 1.29 More recently, another study showed it had to be done in OECD nations to comply with the Paris Agreement targets. billion tonnes and 700 millions tonnes for the US and the EU, respectively.

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Law Columbia

APRIL 21, 2023

These pristine, ecologically unique landscapes are increasingly threatened by human-caused stressors such as greenhouse gas emissions, which contribute to the harmful impacts of climate change on people and the planet. Tackling the climate crisis requires a multifaceted approach.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

APRIL 27, 2023

And to zoom out a bit, burning fossil fuels is the primary contributor to global climate change, which is driving and exacerbating the once-rare extreme weather events that are impacting people across every part of the country—and across the world. Coal is the most destructive fossil fuel in terms of its climate impact.

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