Climate Change Fossil Fuels Politics Sustainable Development 
Legal Planet
SEPTEMBER 18, 2023
The Climate Overshoot Commission recently completed its work, releasing its report at the United Nations last Thursday, September 14. General Assembly and a collection of high-level climate and environment events, including the Sustainable Development Goals Summit , 18-19 Sept, and the Climate Ambition Summit , 20 Sept.
Global Green
NOVEMBER 24, 2020
Michael Moore’s last movie, Planet of the Humans , questions the reliability, affordability and sustainability of renewable energy. The thought-provoking film also highlights the renewables’ dependence on fossil fuels. How green are renewables? This seems to back up Moore’s movie detractors.
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Edouard Stenger
JUNE 4, 2024
Systemic changes are paramount if we are to collectively survive the 21st century and prevent a Mad Max future. This is some political, social and economic conundrum, and it has to be solved fast. In parallel, how can we stop subsidizing fossil fuels to the tune of 7,000 billion USD a year ?
Legal Planet
DECEMBER 17, 2021
It is often hard to make sense of what happens at the annual climate meetings, and easy to get cynical. For two or three weeks, climate politics gets intense worldwide news coverage. It’s pretty clear that neither the innermost nor outermost circle has yet achieved much concrete advance in dealing with climate change.
Frontiers
APRIL 24, 2023
In the case of climate change, there is unequal access to the knowledge, technology, and finances that would help to combat it. Keeping with the topic of climate change, one part of the inequality is evident and it’s the discussion about carbon debt. In other words, most people are lowering their carbon emissions.
Union of Concerned Scientists
SEPTEMBER 18, 2023
On September 20, the UN Secretary-General António Guterres is hosting a Climate Ambition Summit seeking to galvanize greater climate action from world leaders. Coming on the heels of the powerful ‘ March to End Fossil Fuels’ last weekend, this summit continues the pressure on governments to meet the urgency of the moment.
Energy and Climate Law
FEBRUARY 6, 2020
In a nutshell, the European Commission acknowledges that the transition towards a climate-neutral economy will have economic and social impacts, especially on regions that rely on fossil fuels extraction and treatment (e.g. refineries) or on highly carbon-intensive industries (such as cement plants or smelters).
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