Carbon Emissions Climate Change Deforestation Rainforest 
Legal Planet
MAY 5, 2022
This being Cinco de Mayo, it seems like an appropriate time for a look at Mexico’s climate challenges. Mexico’s carbon emissions are about the same as those of Texas, the highest-emitting US state. Per capita emissions, however, are far lower, given Mexico’s much larger population.
Law Columbia
DECEMBER 1, 2021
It contributes to increasing pressure against President Bolsonaro for widespread environmental damage across the country, resulting from a significant lack of climate action and the pervasive destruction of the Amazon rainforest. Omissions from the Brazilian government on climate policy. o C global warming scenario.
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A Greener Life
SEPTEMBER 23, 2022
Sometimes it is left out of statistics, or reported separately as LULUCF – Land Use, Land Use Change, and Forestry. Our response to climate change is a balancing act: we work to reduce carbon emissions on the one hand and to enhance nature’s ability to absorb carbon on the other.
A Greener Life
AUGUST 2, 2021
carbon footprint increase over last year, as well as the 0.5% decrease in global forest biocapacity due in large part to the spike in Amazon deforestation. million hectares of forest were lost in 2020 and estimates for 2021 indicate up to 43% year-over-year increase in deforestation. The notable drivers of consumption is the 6.6%
Environmental Progress
JUNE 29, 2020
On behalf of environmentalists everywhere, I would like to formally apologize for the climate scare we created over the last 30 years. Climate change is happening. I have been a climate activist for 20 years and an environmentalist for 30. Lire en français ici. Leer en español aquí. It’s just not the end of the world.
Environmental Progress
AUGUST 8, 2020
In a long interview last year, Nepstad was shockingly candid with me about the harms perpetrated by the environmental NGO community in the Amazon, including how their efforts had contributed to the fragmentation of the rainforest. Notably, however, Nepstad did not request any corrections to my article in our conversation, nor has he since.
Law Columbia
OCTOBER 12, 2021
The last few days saw two major developments in international rights-based climate litigation, with the adoption of a new resolution by the United Nations Human Rights Council (HRC) and a long-awaited decision on a climate case by the Committee on the Rights of the Child (CRC). Recent Developments on rights-based climate litigation.
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