Law Columbia

OCTOBER 12, 2021

While the CRC rejected the youth petitioners’ claim as inadmissible, it found that each State has duties to address climate harm outside its own territory, and therefore can be held responsible for the negative impact of its carbon emissions on the rights of children within and outside its territory. In Future Generations v.

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Vermont Law

DECEMBER 10, 2019

But, the idea of a shared benefit—both to the world and Brazil—is a paradox developing and developed nations have struggled with concerning their global commitment to reduce overall carbon emissions because, as Bolsonaro implied during his remarks, overly restrictive environmental regulations could impair a nation’s economic growth and development.

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Ocean Conservancy

AUGUST 11, 2022

It’s common knowledge that coral reefs are the rainforests of the sea —hosting an abundant variety of sea life and crucial habitat for about 25% of all ocean species. It’s true that most people could easily identify a coral reef. But did you know that just like ice cream, corals have two different varieties—soft and hard?

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Ocean Carbon Emissions Rainforest Conservation 67

Law Columbia

JUNE 16, 2021

The Amazon rainforest, the country’s not-so-secret weapon to mitigate climate change, features prominently in the litigation. Damage from GHG emission can be priced based on the values used, for example, in carbon capture projects, such as forest recovery and conservation, or through trades in carbon credit markets.

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Deforestation Climate Change Paris Agreement 2018 52

Environmental News Bits

AUGUST 18, 2022

This threatens to damage around 11 million hectares of the world’s second largest rainforest. But it is not just trees that might … Continue reading Congo peat swamps store three years of global carbon emissions – imminent oil drilling could release it.

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Environmental Progress

JUNE 29, 2020

I became an environmentalist at 16 when I threw a fundraiser for Rainforest Action Network. In my early 20s I lived in the semi-Amazon doing research with small farmers fighting land invasions. At 26 I helped expose poor conditions at Nike factories in Asia. At 27 I helped save the last unprotected ancient redwoods in California.

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Climate Change Fossil Fuels Deforestation Carbon Emissions 145

Environmental Science

SEPTEMBER 14, 2018

This applies to food resources such as fish, habitats such as rainforests, cultural monuments as a mark of respect for their human interest. It is also believed that the spread of tree canopy has accelerated the warming already being triggered by carbon emissions (35). Energy Conservation.

Conservation 52

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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. Kasprak falsely suggests I am unconcerned about rising carbon emissions and climate change.

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Rainforest Climate Change Deforestation Natural Gas 80

Union of Concerned Scientists

DECEMBER 2, 2022

A year ago, GFANZ said all its members “must align” their portfolios to the UN’s Race to Zero “stringent criteria” aimed at halving global emissions by 2030 and bringing net carbon emissions to zero by 2050. Scientists say such targets would help keep the average global temperature increase under 1.5

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Law Columbia

FEBRUARY 10, 2020

Peruvian Youth Filed Action Against Government Demanding Action on Climate Change, Amazon Rainforest. The Ninth Circuit found, however, that the plaintiffs had not established the redressability requirement for standing. The act for which they were incriminated was a necessary and proportional means to achieve the goal they sought.”

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2020 Fossil Fuels Climate Change Greenhouse 40

ESA

JULY 1, 2022

At stake was the ability to reduce carbon emissions as written in the ‘Clean Power Plan’ regulation under the auspices of the Clean Air Act that gives the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) power to regulate “the best system of reducing emissions.” New Colombian president pledges to protect rainforest – Associated Press.

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