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Union of Concerned Scientists
MARCH 24, 2023
Heat-trapping emissions are continuing to rise while the gap between what is needed to keep Paris Agreement goals in reach and adapt to ongoing climate impacts is ever-widening. Such an advisory opinion would be a major step forward in understanding how to use the courts to promote climate justice and human rights.
Union of Concerned Scientists
JUNE 6, 2022
Deadly heatwaves, extreme drought, food and water shortages, catastrophic flooding, rapidly intensifying tropical storms, raging wildfires—around the world, climate change is exacerbating extreme conditions and their harsh toll on people and ecosystems. The fearsome toll of climate impacts is already clear, leading U.N.
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Law Columbia
APRIL 24, 2023
Despite the ongoing debate on whether ITLOS has jurisdiction to issue an advisory opinion on climate change, if the Tribunal asserts jurisdiction (on jurisdiction, see here and here) , there is still much to uncover. However, ITLOS is not responsible for implementing the UNFCCC or the Paris Agreement.
Union of Concerned Scientists
NOVEMBER 11, 2022
I’ve just arrived in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt, for the 27 th Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change—the UN’s annual global climate conference, aka COP27. My UCS colleagues and I are here because global climate policy must be informed by and aligned with the latest science.
Legal Planet
NOVEMBER 29, 2022
The 27 th Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP27) in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt, ended last Sunday, November 20, 1.5 Climate change related harms that are not avoided by adaptation are referred to as loss and damage. She writes here in her personal capacity. .
A Greener Life
DECEMBER 6, 2023
degrees C target that world leaders agreed upon in the Paris Agreement of 2015. The organisation labelled it as a ‘deafening cacophony’ of broken climate records. WMO Secretary-General Peterri Taalas laid the facts bare, stating: “Greenhouse gas levels are record high. Sea level rise is record high.
Legal Planet
MARCH 10, 2022
Most of that discussion was at a very general level. The Paris agreement calls for capping warming as near as possible to 1.5° These findings both emphasize the urgency of reducing emissions and the likelihood that we will have to deal with serious climate impacts beyond what we’ve already seen. C in the near?
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