Legal Planet

APRIL 29, 2024

The bad news is that we’re not yet on track to avoid dangerous climate change. climate policy. Climate policy has been boosted by dramatic changes in the economics of clean energy. With luck, we could find ourselves in a “virtuous cycle” (the opposite of a vicious cycle), where climate progress builds on itself.

Fossil Fuels 258

Fossil Fuels 2008 2010 Clean Energy 258

Legal Planet

NOVEMBER 27, 2023

Nor, I assume, are there many who want those climate disasters for their children and grandchildren. Still, there are all too many politicians and public figures who act as if their goal was to foment climate change. One website cites 176 climate-related rollbacks. Donald Trump is, of course, the poster child for this campaign.

Carbon Emissions 286

Carbon Emissions Politics Climate Change Electricity 286

Legal Planet

APRIL 8, 2024

It’s also one of the countries that’s least prepared to adapt to climate change, which will be much worse by then. The Notre Dame Global Adaptation Initiative rankings show that Nigeria as the 17 th most vulnerable countries in the world to climate change. ” Climate change will only make things worse.

Climate Change 197

Climate Change 2010 Carbon Emissions Government 197

Union of Concerned Scientists

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

Fossil fuel companies are well established as founts of disinformation , agents of obstruction, and drivers of climate change. While the outcome of these climate-focused advisory opinions will unfold over the next several years, they have the potential to similarly shape international law and policy.

Climate Change 210

Climate Change Fossil Fuels Law Government 210

Union of Concerned Scientists

APRIL 25, 2024

This week, the InterAmerican Court of Human Rights (IACHR) started to hear testimony at the University of the West Indies , near Bridgetown, Barbados, addressing one of the most pressing global issues of our time: climate change and its implications on human rights. You can watch the full testimony here.

Climate Change 227

Climate Change Law Regulations 2023 227

Legal Planet

FEBRUARY 19, 2024

Although a 1977 memo alerted Jimmy Carter to the problem of climate change, the first tentative responses to climate change didn’t emerge until he left the White House. Readers today are accustomed to think of Republicans as bitter opponents of climate action, but that was not true four decades ago. Under Clinton, the U.S.

Climate Change 226

Climate Change Paris Agreement Carbon Emissions Fossil Fuels 226

Legal Planet

APRIL 16, 2024

and climate change. Climate policy Kennedy hadn’t previously said much policy approach to climate change during the campaign. Importance of the climate issue. “I believe that climate is existential, but I don’t insist other people believe that. And they see a mirror of that in climate.”

Fossil Fuels 230

Fossil Fuels Natural Gas Earth Day Climate Change 230

Legal Planet

JANUARY 15, 2024

He was not, of course, thinking of what was then the obscure issue of climate change. Yet others have drawn the connection between this ethic of human solidarity and the climate crisis. Ironically, some of the fiercest opponents of climate action are those who, like House Speaker Mike Johnson, most loudly trumpet their religious faith.

Climate Change 276

Climate Change Politics Conservation 276

Union of Concerned Scientists

NOVEMBER 6, 2023

Climate change, one of the defining challenges of our time, demands multifaceted approaches to drive action and accountability. Two central players in this arena are climate litigators and United Nations (UN) climate negotiators. This is where climate litigation steps in.

Paris Agreement 228

Paris Agreement Climate Change Fossil Fuels Government 228

Union of Concerned Scientists

APRIL 1, 2024

The US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) recently released a new rule resulting from a process intended to make companies disclose their climate-related financial risks to investors. The rule was created in response to investor complaints that companies weren’t adequately disclosing information about climate-related financial risk.

Regulations 194

Regulations Clean Energy Sea Level Greenhouse 194

Union of Concerned Scientists

APRIL 10, 2024

In a pivotal week for environmental justice, the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) in Strasbourg, France, delivered rulings on three climate cases. C set in the Paris climate agreement. The court’s ruling in this case was groundbreaking, explicitly linking climate change action with human rights protections for the first time.

Climate Change 215

Climate Change Government Law 2012 215

Legal Planet

JANUARY 4, 2024

An Oregon federal judge has convinced herself that climate change is a constitutional issue. While I have no doubts about her sincerity and good intentions, her opinion itself shows why her courtroom is not the right place for climate policy to be made. It’s true that climate change, if left unchecked, will pose dire risks.

Climate Change 300

Climate Change Law Government 300

Legal Planet

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

Conspiracy theories about climate change are widespread. They cover a wide range, but the theme is generally that the world is run by some elite that is secretly using climate change as an excuse to take over the world. Here’s a sample: Climate Lockdowns. About 4% of the U.S. public apparently believe this.) For instance.

Climate Change 291

Climate Change Government Politics 291

Union of Concerned Scientists

APRIL 4, 2024

There has been comparatively less attention to the decision by climate scientist Dr. Susan Avery not to seek re-election to the ExxonMobil board of directors. Yet this shift in corporate leadership is significant, marking the end of a chapter in ExxonMobil’s long and ongoing history of climate deception and disinformation.

Climate Scientist 257

Climate Scientist Fossil Fuels Climate Change Clean Energy 257

Legal Planet

APRIL 4, 2024

I thought it would be helpful to provide some kind of objective measure of how much various candidates focus on energy and climate. and Jill Stein came in last in terms of focus on climate change. Kennedy’s environmental tab is fairly long, but says little about climate change. Also surprisingly, RFK Jr.

Clean Energy 194

Clean Energy Climate Change Fossil Fuels Natural Gas 194

Union of Concerned Scientists

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

Scientists have unequivocally confirmed that human activities, primarily the burning of fossil fuels, are driving unprecedented changes to the Earth’s climate, raising fundamental questions about our responsibility to safeguard the environment for future generations. What is a stable climate? And is it a right worth fighting for?

Climate Change 286

Climate Change Sea Level Fossil Fuels 2008 286

Legal Planet

MARCH 6, 2024

Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) voted 3-2 to adopt climate reporting standards that will mandate publicly-traded companies disclose some of their greenhouse gas emissions. Understanding the scope and scale of corporate climate emissions and climate risk is critical. After months of discussion, the U.S.

Greenhouse 195

Greenhouse Law Government 2022 195

Legal Planet

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

The Golden State has adopted a slew of climate change laws over the past twenty years, and an even greater number of regulations. Required companies to report financial risks relating to climate change and how they are being managed. * * * A few closing thoughts: California’s activity began just after President George W.

Carbon Emissions 215

Carbon Emissions Renewable Energy Climate Change 2002 215

Legal Planet

OCTOBER 24, 2023

We don’t need Taylor Swift to “fall in love with a climate scientist,” we just wish she’d write a song about the climate crisis. When the breathless coverage of her relationship with Travis Kelce first boosted ratings for NFL football, some suggested Swift should use her star power for good by “dating a climate scientist.”

Climate Change 281

Climate Change 2019 Climate Scientist Fossil Fuels 281

Real Climate

AUGUST 17, 2022

With the signing of the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) on Tuesday Aug 16, the most significant climate legislation in US federal history (so far) became law. Despite the odd name (and greatly overused TLA ), the IRA contains a huge number of elements, totalling roughly $350 billion of investment, in climate solutions over the next ten years.

Paris Agreement 350

Paris Agreement Air Pollution Renewable Energy 2030 350

Legal Planet

DECEMBER 11, 2023

After a landmark 2022—a record $54 billion committed to climate spending and legislation that codified the state’s goals of carbon neutrality by 2045 and 90 percent clean electricity by 2035—a significantly gloomier budget forecast gave rise to fears that California’s climate programs would take a hit.

Law 263

Law Clean Energy Fossil Fuels 2030 263

Legal Planet

APRIL 2, 2024

“The Year of Climate in International Courts” by Rebecca Hamilton was first published on Just Security. But all cases overlap to some degree on the question of the international legal obligations of States in light of the climate emergency. Here, I provide an overview of the landscape across all four of the courts.

Paris Agreement 200

Paris Agreement Climate Change Law Greenhouse 200

Union of Concerned Scientists

APRIL 22, 2024

It’s also worth noting that while the IRA will make a massive difference in our fight against climate change, it alone won’t be enough to help us meet the US’s Paris Climate Agreement commitment of reducing its economy-wide emissions by 50% to 52% by 2030. It is made up of $4.75 Will you join me?

Earth Day 238

Earth Day 2024 Renewable Energy Air Pollution 238

Union of Concerned Scientists

APRIL 4, 2024

Fossil fuels are the main driver of climate change and the terrifying effects of it that we see happening across the world. That makes this dataset a powerful tool for understanding how each of these entity’s heat-trapping emissions have contributed to climate change.

Fossil Fuels 228

Fossil Fuels Climate Change Paris Agreement Carbon Dioxide 228

Legal Planet

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

Except for one biggie: the climate crisis. Not only is there an absence of any climate policy here, but the proposals are framed almost entirely as the antithesis of “extreme green policies.” FERC should not use environmental issues like climate change as a reason to stop LNG projects,” he writes.

2024 288

2024 Fossil Fuels 2025 Nuclear Power 288

Legal Planet

DECEMBER 4, 2023

Yet there was one issue where they did agree: climate change. We already know that idealists like Pope Francis support climate action. Kissinger spoke at length about climate change in a 2009 speech. Kissinger also viewed climate change as an economic threat. Climate change also promises to impact the global economy.

Climate Change 237

Climate Change Nuclear Power Carbon Dioxide 2009 237

Union of Concerned Scientists

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

How will the nations that have ratified UNESCO’s World Heritage Convention respond to the threat climate change represents to iconic natural and historic sites across the globe? If the Committee agrees, then it will be the first time any World Heritage site has been added to the In Danger list because of climate change.

Climate Change 291

Climate Change Government 2017 2021 291

Yale E360

JANUARY 9, 2024

climate conference in Dubai agreed on a plan to keep global warming to 1.5 But researchers are warning that these pledges are not grounded in sound science and will fail to prevent the worst impacts of climate change. degrees C and achieve net-zero emissions by 2050. Read more on E360 →

Climate Change 358

Climate Change 358

Real Climate

JUNE 25, 2022

and a supportive Nature Climate Change editorial were published this week, extolling the prospects for what they call “k-scale” climate modeling. Climate model resolution has always lagged the finest-scale weather model resolution which, for instance, at ECMWF is now around 9km. Two opinion pieces ( Slingo et al. ,

Ocean 307

Ocean 2020 Climate Change Atmosphere 307

Legal Planet

JANUARY 8, 2024

State climate policy is a big deal. State governments began cutting emissions at a time when the federal government was essentially doing nothing about climate change. it’s not for nothing that 2023 has been called a banner year for state climate action. The package also includes six other laws.

Climate Change 259

Climate Change Clean Energy 2030 Renewable Energy 259

Union of Concerned Scientists

DECEMBER 4, 2023

Last year, I made three predictions for what would happen in climate litigation in 2023. Two of my predictions hit the mark, while the other one revealed the complexity of the legal battles waged against climate injustice. Around the globe, climate litigation advanced unprecedented new arguments.

2024 217

2024 Fossil Fuels Climate Change Government 217

Legal Planet

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

It seems clear that in some form, carbon removal is going to be an important component of climate policy, especially later in the century to deal with carbon levels that overshoot the targets in the Paris Climate Agreement. It promises to undo the damage to ecology and the climate done by logging and other human activities.

Biofuels 204

Biofuels Climate Change Law 204

Legal Planet

NOVEMBER 16, 2023

An international agreement in 1992 committed the world’s nations to addressing climate change but contained few specifics. Even though Democrats controlled Congress and the White House, they were unable to get the Waxman-Markey climate bill through the Senate. This by no means made EPA regulations or state climate action irrelevant.

Law 280

Law 2010 Carbon Emissions Regulations 280

Union of Concerned Scientists

JANUARY 30, 2023

2023 is forecast to be an eventful year for climate litigation: legal actions aiming to hold polluters accountable for their role in climate change, ensure that international treaties and agreements are followed, and protect human rights that are being negatively impacted by climate change.

2023 314

2023 Climate Change Carbon Emissions Fossil Fuels 314

Union of Concerned Scientists

NOVEMBER 27, 2023

A human rights-based approach to cultural heritage protection is an essential cornerstone for climate justice and just resilience, but it often seems completely missing from the climate policy equation. Cultural heritage is under immediate and urgent threat from climate change worldwide.

Climate Change 285

Climate Change Sea Level Coastal Erosion Ocean 285

Legal Planet

DECEMBER 19, 2023

The climate crisis is a public health crisis, and it finally seems global leaders have recognized that fact. With the backdrop of the first-ever Health Day at the annual UN climate conference, air quality in Dubai soared, as PM2.5 I attended the climate conference as part of the UCLA Law delegation. should not exceed five µg/m3.

Fossil Fuels 221

Fossil Fuels Air Pollution Climate Change Carbon Monoxide 221