Union of Concerned Scientists

MAY 26, 2022

The industry’s obfuscation of climate science and its efforts to block a transition away from carbon may subject fossil fuel companies to legal liability, according to the commission, which argued that the companies violated applicable standards of honesty and good faith under Philippine law.

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Law Columbia

MAY 22, 2024

On May 21, 2024, the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea (ITLOS) delivered a long-awaited Advisory Opinion on climate change and international law. To facilitate discussion and the exchange of ideas, the Sabin Center’s Climate Law Blog and Verfassungsblog are partnering on a blog symposium on the ITLOS opinion.

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Law Columbia

SEPTEMBER 28, 2023

The Sabin Center wrapped up Climate Week NYC last Friday with an event exploring the opportunities and challenges posed by ocean-based carbon dioxide removal (CDR). to 2 o C in line with the goals of the Paris Agreement. to 2 o C in line with the goals of the Paris Agreement. It is not hard to see why.

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Law Columbia

JUNE 4, 2024

Can the new advisory opinion interpreting the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS) move us beyond the lethargy of unmet climate change policy needs ? By accepting the COSIS request, ITLOS boldly advanced the international law of climate change to take full account of its harmful impacts on the marine environment.

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Law Columbia

DECEMBER 22, 2022

The Ministry of the Environment appealed on points of law to the Supreme Administrative Court. The strategy required the UK Government to set and meet legally binding targets to reduce carbon emissions. The ruling clarifies requirements for standing under primary EU law to challenge a Commission regulation. In Smith v.

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Law Columbia

APRIL 4, 2024

Here, we define the Ambition Gap as the difference between the emissions reductions expected from a government’s planned policies and pledges, and those required to meet the long-term temperature goals of the Paris Agreement, in light of best available science. C temperature target within reach.

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Law Columbia

JUNE 7, 2024

Creator: George Stoyle The oceans absorb large quantities of the carbon dioxide emitted by human activities. Yet, both the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) and the Paris Agreement treat the ocean primarily as a sink of instrumental value to the climate system.

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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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Law Columbia

JUNE 26, 2023

et al. ) This blog post explores how the citizens in Kobe, a city in west Japan, attempted to stop the construction and operation of new coal-fired power plants through administrative and civil law actions. Those rights are established through case law and frequently invoked in environmental pollution cases. Kobe Steel Ltd.,

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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. Given this, over the last century, a large body of international law has been developed to govern ocean-based activities.

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The Energy Law

OCTOBER 5, 2020

By ratifying the 2015 Paris Agreement, [1] nations across the world made a commitment to reducing greenhouse gas emissions by at least 40% by the year 2030. Carbon dioxide is one of the primary greenhouse gases found in the Earth’s atmosphere, accounting for 76% of global greenhouse gas emissions according to published reports.

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Law Columbia

JUNE 21, 2023

These rights are supported by a relatively sophisticated set of environmental laws, with a long-awaited Climate Change Bill in the pipeline. It also recognised that South Africa had international law obligations flowing from the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change and the Paris Agreement.

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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.” C ategorical differences between KlimaSeniorinnen and Court’s existing environmental case law ‘KlimaSeniorinnen’ had thus exhausted all domestic remedies.

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Law Columbia

MAY 24, 2024

On May 21, 2024, the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea (ITLOS) released its long-awaited advisory opinion on climate change. The first, known as greenhouse gas (GHG) removal , seeks to mitigate climate change by pulling GHGs – most commonly carbon dioxide – out of the atmosphere and durably storing them.

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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. She holds an LL.M. and a J.S.D.

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Law Columbia

DECEMBER 12, 2024

The applicants sought an injunction declaring that Shell is legally bound to reduce its carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions by 45% below 2019 levels by 2030. Introduction On November 12, 2024, the Dutch Court of Appeal in The Hague issued its eagerly awaited appeals judgment in Milieudefensie (Friends of the Earth Netherlands) and others v.

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Law Columbia

MAY 31, 2024

Specifically, they claimed that the cumulative environmental impact of the emissions should be examined in the EIA: The estimated annual amount of carbon dioxide was to be 7.26 The Paris Agreement was adopted in 2015 and entered into force the following year in 2016, with Japan also submitting its NDC.

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Energy and Climate Law

FEBRUARY 28, 2021

Positions of the Parties on Energy and Climate Themes Climate Targets and International Cooperation Most parties think that the current climate agreements (Paris Agreement and the Dutch Climate Agreement ) should stay in force (VVD, CDA, D66, PvdA) or that the targets should even be set higher to 55 or 60% in 2030 (GL, SP, CU, PvdD).

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The Energy Law

OCTOBER 5, 2020

By ratifying the 2015 Paris Agreement, [1] nations across the world made a commitment to reducing greenhouse gas emissions by at least 40% by the year 2030. Carbon dioxide is one of the primary greenhouse gases found in the Earth’s atmosphere, accounting for 76% of global greenhouse gas emissions according to published reports.

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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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Vermont Law

NOVEMBER 13, 2017

This post is part of a series of blogs written by Vermont Law School students visiting Bonn, Germany as part of the Vermont Law School COP 23/CMP13 Observer Delegation. . By Val Fajardo, 3L Student at Vermont Law School. Vermont Journal of Environmental Law. November 11, 2017. Oceans Action Day. appeared first on.

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Environmental Science

SEPTEMBER 7, 2018

What is Environmental Law? Humanity has been aware of its environment far longer than there have been laws to protect environments. However, the term “environmental law” does not just cover government legislation. These are not “laws” per se but act as such within a regulatory framework. Useful Environmental Law Terms.

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SEPTEMBER 7, 2016

international climate change agreement. the Paris Agreement) that will require periodic, rigorous accounting and management of total national emissions. social cost of carbon. the Paris Agreement. carbon dioxide. Vermont Journal of Environmental Law. stay on implementation.

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Law Columbia

MAY 8, 2024

In fact, the impact assessment supporting the Commission’s proposed 2040 target suggests that the EU may need to remove up to 400 million tons of carbon dioxide (CO2) from the atmosphere annually by 2040, and significantly more to achieve net-negative emissions after 2050.

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Law Columbia

JULY 14, 2022

Carbon dioxide removal (CDR) will be needed, alongside deep emissions cuts, to achieve global temperature goals. o C or 2 o c, in line with the Paris Agreement, global carbon dioxide emissions must reach net-zero between 2050 and the early 2070s. law will apply to ocean fertilization projects.

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Law Columbia

AUGUST 10, 2021

To the extent those sectors continue emitting carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases, those gases will need to be captured prior to release into the atmosphere. to 2 o C target set in the Paris Agreement. to 2 o C target set in the Paris Agreement. federal government controls approximately 1.7

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Law Columbia

APRIL 21, 2023

International agreements, such as the Paris Agreement, and domestic legislation in the U.S. The Sabin Center for Climate Change Law , a joint center of the Columbia Climate School and the Columbia Law School , has been exploring various ways of doing that, including through “ blue carbon ” approaches.

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Legal Planet

NOVEMBER 8, 2021

not plants, animals, or bacteria), get their energy by breaking down organic molecules via a different chemical pathway than we air-breathers use to get our energy, which does not require oxygen and ends in methane instead of carbon dioxide and water. Isn’t this an Environmental Law blog? Putting it all together.

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Law Columbia

NOVEMBER 6, 2024

This blog post was authored by 2024 Sabin Center Summer Intern, Arpana Giritharan, with input and supervision from Johanna Lovecchio, Director of Program Design for Climate Action and Adjunct Professor at Columbia Climate School, and Romany Webb, Deputy Director of the Sabin Center for Climate Change Law.

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Vermont Law

MAY 2, 2023

million metric tons of carbon dioxide annually. But this approval goes directly against the pledge Biden made under the Paris Agreement to cut U.S. But the company has not been as forthcoming about the environmental harms expected to follow. The environmental review for the project estimated a release of about 9.2

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Law Columbia

NOVEMBER 7, 2017

Each month, Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer LLP (APKS) and the Sabin Center for Climate Change Law collect and summarize developments in climate-related litigation, which we also add to our U.S. and non-U.S. climate litigation charts. If you know of any cases we have missed, please email us at columbiaclimate at gmail dot com.

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Legal Planet

MAY 21, 2025

Heres what else I see Good news A Cleaner China: For the first time, the growth in Chinas clean power generation has caused the nations carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions to fall despite rapid power demand growth. National Rule of Law Day: Last Friday, many if not most of the nations law schools held commencement ceremonies.

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Law Columbia

OCTOBER 7, 2019

Each month, Arnold & Porter and the Sabin Center for Climate Change Law collect and summarize developments in climate-related litigation, which we also add to our U.S. South Dakota Federal Court Granted Preliminary Injunction Against Enforcement of Laws Targeting Pipeline Protesters. and non-U.S. climate litigation charts.

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Law Columbia

MARCH 6, 2018

Each month, Arnold & Porter and the Sabin Center for Climate Change Law collect and summarize developments in climate-related litigation, which we also add to our U.S. applied federal common law. and non-U.S. climate litigation charts. If you know of any cases we have missed, please email us at columbiaclimate at gmail dot com.

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Columbia Climate Law

MAY 8, 2020

Each month, Arnold & Porter and the Sabin Center for Climate Change Law collect and summarize developments in climate-related litigation, which we also add to our U.S. By Margaret Barry and Hillary Aidun. and non-U.S. climate litigation charts. If you know of any cases we have missed, please email us at columbiaclimate@gmail.com.

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ESA

APRIL 11, 2022

Despite that scrap, the takeaway remains constant — there is no hope of stopping global warming at the Paris Agreement limits of 1.5 degree limit of the Paris Agreement is a pipe dream unless emissions peak in the coming three years and fall by almost half from 2019 levels by 2030, the scientists said. Halting at 1.5

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The Energy Law

JANUARY 29, 2021

133 ”), which was signed into law by former President Trump on December 27, 2020, contains notable bipartisan energy initiatives, ranging from new and extended tax incentives to government programs for research and development for CCS projects. The Consolidated Appropriations Act 2021 (“ H.R.

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