Legal Planet

JULY 25, 2023

We give lots of lip service describing climate change as an emergency or existential threat. According to the Climate Emergency Declaration Organization, 2336 jurisdictions around the world have declared it to be an emergency, but we are not really acting like it. Next time: ending deforestation.

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Legal Planet

SEPTEMBER 30, 2021

Today, climate change is the central, though by no means the only, concern in environmental law. Westlaw searches for “global warming” and “greenhouse effect” pick up only a handful of citations before 1985. I found only one relevant reference using the term “climate change” before 1985.

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Greenbuilding Law

MARCH 3, 2024

This blog may sound like a broken record as we have time and again warned about the risks of a business claiming that they will be “net zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2040” or the like. in a scheme to garner climate conscious customers. So, Letitia James’ problem is with beef.

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A Greener Life

MARCH 25, 2022

Changing the way we produce and consume food could reduce global greenhouse gas emissions by 10.3 The devastating war in Ukraine has understandably distracted media and political attention from climate change and related issues. billion tonnes a year. Photo credit: FAO / Victor Sokolowicz. By Patty Fong.

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A Greener Life

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

The world’s current meat consumption is unsustainable, a major driver of climate change , deforestation and pollution. This would be enough to stop further deforestation, and greenhouse gas emissions from farming would be reduced by almost a third by 2050. Either you are or you aren’t.

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Legal Planet

JULY 29, 2021

Both are leading scholars in their fields, exceptional classroom educators, and leaders of public interest initiatives that are shaping climate change and environmental law and policy in California, the U.S., and jurisdictions around the world. Wang is a leading expert on environmental governance and the law and politics of China.

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Breezometer

JUNE 7, 2022

We’re already experiencing the impact of climate change across the world; now an update from the IPCC suggests weather extremes could become the norm in the near future. The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) is the United Nations body for assessing the science related to climate change.

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A Greener Life

APRIL 11, 2022

The IPCC Chair Hoesung Lee during the unveiling of the report: Climate Change 2022: Mitigation of Climate Change. Last week, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) yet again warned us about the climate impacts hurtling toward us at breakneck speed. Photo credit: IPCC / Mark Speight.

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Global Green

NOVEMBER 24, 2020

Ultimately, the message conveyed by Moore is renewable technology is not enough to save our planet from climate change and the only way forward is for the human race to slow down. Sadly, as reported in this study , the amount of greenhouse gases (GHGs) released by 267 artificial (i.e. How green are renewables?

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A Greener Life

AUGUST 13, 2021

Just months be fore the crucial UN climate summit, COP26 kicks off in Glasgow, UK in November the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) has issued one of its starkest reports stating that governments have taken too long to take action and we are now paying the price. Unprecedented.

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Acoel

DECEMBER 23, 2022

Industrial food systems are responsible for one-third of greenhouse gas emissions and are a key driver of deforestation and biodiversity loss , threatening more than 85 percent of the 28,000 species at risk of extinction. Posted on December 23, 2022 by Smita Narula. Image by Charles Echer from Pixabay.

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Law Columbia

APRIL 22, 2021

How would such a legal system work, and could giving rights to nature help in the legal battle against climate change? Climate litigation using the rights of nature. The complaint also alleges that climate change is one of the threats faced by the river. A few case studies offer some insight. State of Colorado.

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A Greener Life

SEPTEMBER 23, 2022

Milk, in turn, has high greenhouse gas emissions because of the methane produced by cows’ digestive systems. Sometimes it is left out of statistics, or reported separately as LULUCF – Land Use, Land Use Change, and Forestry. It’s this loss of forests that drives up the climate footprint of cocoa. So what are we talking about?

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Law Columbia

DECEMBER 1, 2021

Brazil’s National Policy on Climate Change ( NPCC and subsequent regulation ) was adopted in 2009 based on Brazil’s international commitments with the UNFCCC. According to the petitioner, as a signatory to the Paris Agreement Brazil has committed to various duties to mitigate climate change. o C global warming scenario.

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Environment, Law, and History

JANUARY 12, 2022

A recent post by Dan Farber at Legal Planet discussed the issue of when climate awareness began to enter American law. In "The Origins of Climate Awareness in the Legal Academy" , Farber writes: The earliest clear references to climate change that turned up in my search. were in 1978 articles about nuclear energy.

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ESA

NOVEMBER 4, 2021

Methane is a greenhouse gas that has more heat-trapping power than CO2, although it also clears out of the atmosphere much faster than does CO2. The deforestation accord is especially encouraging because it has so many side benefits. A remarkable project! Much of the news regarding COP26 is about major agreements or lack thereof.

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Vermont Law

JULY 31, 2023

This model can represent a domestic or global scenario of climate damage, but many in the United States favor domestic views only. should account for global damages from climate change in its SCC modeling based on how their emissions exacerbate that global harm. The question is whether the U.S. The short answer is yes, the U.S.

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Frontiers

JANUARY 18, 2023

Yet climate change and human environmental impacts threaten our long-term food security. This variation on the iconic US advertising slogan from the beef industry may sound funny, but it’s no joke that the current agriculture system is a major source of greenhouse gas emissions and environmental pollution.

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A Greener Life

APRIL 19, 2023

By Claire Hemlett An increasing number of food brands are turning to climate labels to boost sales. In the face of research that meat and milk are high in greenhouse gas emissions , companies are angling for new ways to reach eco-conscious consumers. Photo credit: Sentient Media. percent per bottle by 2024. Whole Foods stores.

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A Greener Life

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

By Rejimon Kuttappan Along with a major expansion of renewable energy, India is also pushing for big increases in its coal production, casting doubt on its climate commitments. On the same day at COP28, the Indian government submitted its third “National Communication” to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC).

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Acoel

JANUARY 18, 2022

When the history of the global shift toward a clean energy economy and a sustainable future gets written decades from now, it may well be that the COP26 Climate Change Conference will be seen as a watershed moment. Posted on January 18, 2022 by Daniel C.

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Acoel

APRIL 14, 2023

My role on the Climate Crisis Commission recently took me to UN Headquarters in New York City for the March 2023 UN Water Conference , the first UN-convened event focused on freshwater resources since 1947. Changes in climate are influencing precipitation in ways that are shifting the distribution of water around the world.

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Real Climate

APRIL 6, 2023

The summary for policymakers of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) sixth synthesis report was released on March 20th (available online as a PDF ). There is a recording of the IPCC Press Conference – Climate Change 2023: Synthesis Report for those who are interested in watching an awkward release of the report.

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A Greener Life

APRIL 1, 2022

Two reports published in the US look seriously at the practicalities and responsibilities of altering the ocean to tackle the climate crisis. It’s now widely acknowledged that to avoid catastrophic climate change we’ll need to physically remove CO2 from the atmosphere.

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Circle of Blue

APRIL 14, 2022

How climate change and human activity are driving violence between farming and pastoralist communities. Climate change and human activity are driving desertification, a form of land degradation which leads to vegetation loss and fewer water sources. . They are the ones that are feeling the impact of climate change.”.

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Edouard Stenger

OCTOBER 29, 2018

Earlier this month, the scientists of the International Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) published a report on limiting global warming to 1.5C. A 2C warming is the upper limit we should not reach as beyond that Mankind and life on Earth would face a very real risk of runaway climate change. We need to do a whole lot more.

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Inside Climate News

MARCH 7, 2022

By Georgina Gustin The world’s largest rainforest is losing its ability to bounce back from droughts and fires, pushing it farther toward a threshold where it could transform into arid savannah, releasing dangerous amounts of greenhouse gases in the process.

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A Greener Life

JANUARY 13, 2023

A quick reminder of what net zero is: it’s the balance point at which a country, business or organisation absorbs as much greenhouse gases as it produces. At that point, the net effect on the climate is zero. Deforestation is an ongoing problem, so it is unlikely that Madagascar will be carbon negative for long.

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Manning Law

JUNE 8, 2020

As ecosystems and biodiversity fall to cities, agriculture, infrastructure, climate change and pollution, nature’s ability to provide food, oxygen, clean water and climate regulation plummets. Meanwhile, the climate emergency has not gone away. This directly impacts human health and wealth.

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Edouard Stenger

MARCH 20, 2017

There are still reasons to cheer in our fight against climate change. According to the respected International Energy Agency’s new report, global greenhouse gases emissions from energy remained flat in 2016 while the global economy grew by 3.1 Deforestation is one. But are there other factors for this ?

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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.

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HumanNature

FEBRUARY 23, 2021

And while there are many reasons people choose not to eat meat – from personal to ethical to medical and beyond – one I have heard a lot is that we as individuals might mitigate climate change by removing meat from our diets. These examples and others call into question the sustainability of eating beef.

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Circle of Blue

AUGUST 16, 2021

This week, Circle of Blue looks at a major new climate report, which finds that a warming planet is accelerating the water cycle. The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, a group of the world’s leading climate scientists, has released its sixth assessment report. The report, while grim, does offer hope.

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Edouard Stenger

JUNE 13, 2023

Reduce methane emissions Methane essentially comes from the decay of vegetation, animals’ digestion and the exploitation of fossil fuels, methane is a greenhouse gas with a massive footprint, 80+ times more potent than carbon dioxide in the first 20 years. Cutting this would help limit global warming by a huge half a degree.

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HumanNature

OCTOBER 29, 2021

Before I make such a controversial claim, let’s get some facts straight… There is far too much carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases in the atmosphere. Carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases are already causing severe climate change, and the worst is yet to come. C global average temperature increase.

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Environmental Science

SEPTEMBER 7, 2018

For example, the ongoing debate over the impact of certain pesticides in agriculture , greenhouse gas emissions are often a battle between the science and industry's attempts to muddy the science and government lobbying to roll back legislation (2). Typically used in conjunction with “greenhouse gas” but some emissions are not GHGs.

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Environmental Science

JULY 22, 2018

But since it became clear that human actions are damaging the environment and changing the climate, it has become much more prominent nationally and internationally with most government departments in most countries having responsibilities to mitigate or prepare for climate change scenario. Greenhouse Gases.

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