Legal Planet

DECEMBER 17, 2021

It’s pretty clear that neither the innermost nor outermost circle has yet achieved much concrete advance in dealing with climate change. But beyond those functions, the outer ring lacks the resources, authority, capabilities – and for that matter, the legitimacy – to make large-scale social change. Then things move on.

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Law Columbia

FEBRUARY 11, 2022

With the largest rainforest in the world, the largest freshwater reserves on the planet and the most significant amount of arable land where food is produced, the importance of Latin America and the Caribbean in the fight against climate change is undeniable.

Fossil Fuels 42

Fossil Fuels Rainforest Deforestation Climate Change 42

Manning Law

JUNE 8, 2020

From beach clean-ups to mass tree-planting to marches, individuals, communities and governments have come out to stand shoulder-to-shoulder for our planet. Meanwhile, the climate emergency has not gone away. Governments have already invested trillions of dollars to stabilize our economies and protect the most vulnerable.

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2020 Paris Agreement Deforestation Climate Change 40

Vermont Law

AUGUST 17, 2023

In Mexico , the Biosphere Reserve Sierra Gorda faces excessive logging, fires, and deforestation for tourist housing. In India, the 2013 flash floods in the Kedarnath Valley occurred due to a climate-change-aggravated melting of glaciers triggered by hordes of tourists banking themselves in the mountains yearly.

2006 52

2006 Conservation Rainforest Deforestation 52

Law Columbia

JUNE 16, 2021

Over the last year Brazil has seen numerous innovative climate litigation claims filed that have questioned the country’s climate policies and general effects of activities on climate change. (I The Amazon rainforest, the country’s not-so-secret weapon to mitigate climate change, features prominently in the litigation.

Deforestation 52

Deforestation Climate Change Paris Agreement 2018 52

Law Columbia

SEPTEMBER 20, 2018

Edited by Michael Burger (Sabin Center for Climate Change Law), Teresa Parejo (UN Sustainable Development Solutions Network) and Lisa Sachs (Columbia Center on Sustainable Investment). With research and administrative support from Nathan Lobel (Columbia Center on Sustainable Investment). Sumudu Atapattu .

Law 52

Law Politics 2015 Sustainable Development 52

Circle of Blue

DECEMBER 8, 2021

Climate Change Brings Water Risks. Is Michigan Ready for Climate Change? Climate Change Grips Trout Streams Across the Nation: 2 Comments / November 2, 2021 Across the country, anglers have watched as droughts, floods, and high temperatures batter the rivers they depend on. Water Access and Affordability.

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2021 Climate Change Carbon Emissions Government 312

Environmental Progress

MAY 21, 2020

This also assumes that there is no impact whatsoever on other areas, that there is no “leakage” from the industrially managed areas to those managed in other ways, and that maintaining agricultural expansion under control is subject to firm and transparent governance. Is that the wrong picture? It depends on the context.

Deforestation 52

Deforestation Conservation Technology Technology 52

Environmental Progress

FEBRUARY 28, 2021

Testimony before the House Agriculture Committee for a Hearing on “Climate Change and the U.S. Technological change and agricultural modernization will significantly outweigh climate change in the U.S. 10] As wealthy nations develop and farms become more productive, grasslands, forests, and wildlife are returning.

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Climate Change 2019 2020 Greenhouse 73

Law Columbia

NOVEMBER 21, 2022

Perhaps less excitingly, but more consequentially, Brazil also has a long tradition of progressive environmental policies and climate governance, playing a key role in several international conferences. Under President Bolsonaro, Amazon deforestation soared to its highest rate since 2008.

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Paris Agreement Government Deforestation Sustainable Development 52