Law Columbia

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

In this case, environmental and human rights organizations, including Greenpeace and Oxfam (“the plaintiffs”), had taken legal action against the Government of Spain, alleging inadequate action on climate change. However, the Supreme Court found that the Spanish Government had complied with the Paris Agreement and the EU legislation.

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Law Columbia

APRIL 10, 2024

Switzerland , the Grand Chamber established that climate change is “one of the most pressing issues of our times” and poses a threat to human rights. Notably, the Court responded to (and preempted) criticism as to the undemocratic role of courts in relation to climate change (paras. 410-414 and 449-451).

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Law Columbia

MAY 29, 2024

Its clarification that all anthropogenic greenhouse gas (GHGs) emissions, from any source, constitute marine pollution has potentially far-reaching consequences. This is most pronounced in the references to the Paris Agreement. a) of the Paris Agreement and the corresponding timeline for emission pathways in Art.

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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.

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Law Columbia

NOVEMBER 12, 2023

Colombia accounts for 0.4 % of the global greenhouse gas emissions (“GHG”). In this blog post, we will briefly explain (i) the background of climate change laws in Colombia, (ii) the nature and reach of the ‘ Acción de Cumplimiento ,’ and (iii) the two judgments and their implications for climate action in Colombia.

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Law Columbia

MAY 1, 2024

A key and underrated aspect of the recent triad of climate rulings of the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) is that the ECtHR has brought to the fore the role of trade-related greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions in states’ carbon footprints.

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Law Columbia

MAY 24, 2024

For many, this problem is writ large in the climate context. On one view, this might seem to set the stage for the exacerbation of a fragmented international legal response, ‘undermining the foundations of future cooperation combating climate change’.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

JANUARY 30, 2023

They’re also hoping to circumnavigate efforts to hold them accountable for their contribution to climate change. ExxonMobil’s reduction pledges do not take Scope 3 emissions into account, and the company’s leadership takes issue with the Greenhouse Gas Protocol’s approach to measuring emissions, as described below.

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Legal Planet

DECEMBER 19, 2023

Until recently, few could have anticipated that methane, a GHG not even mentioned in the Paris Agreement, would be central to COP28’s most headline-grabbing announcements. Jurisdictions announced new methane regulations COPs are usually the place where governments announce their recent environmental laws and regulations.

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Enviromental Defense

APRIL 25, 2024

Canada promised to cut its greenhouse gas emissions after the 2016 Paris Agreement. It was part of the global agreement where 195 countries all agreed to reduce their emissions, and Canada has set this promise into law. Why financial regulation? The government sets regulations to keep Canadians safe.

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Enviromental Defense

JULY 18, 2023

Canada finally has an all-star team ready to tackle the biggest gap in Canada’s climate plans: regulations that align Canada’s financial system with climate action. Canada’s financial system is under-regulated on climate change. Every policymaker should help advance climate-aligned finance.

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Capaccio

JANUARY 11, 2024

The 2023 United Nations Conference of the Parties (COP28) marked the first Global Stock take to assess progress toward the Paris Agreement since its ratification in 2015 at COP21. However, the document still provides insight into the direction of the climate action landscape of the coming decade. What’s Next?

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Enviromental Defense

NOVEMBER 2, 2022

The recent announcement from GFANZ that strips a requirement for financial institutions to commit to UN-backed criteria clearly illustrates that the current system of self-regulation is failing. A worsening climate crisis exposes our financial system to unacceptable levels of systemic risk. Empower regulators to tackle greenwashing.

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Law Columbia

JANUARY 5, 2023

Governments are, it seems, beginning to listen to the growing chorus of scientists who have warned that deploying CDR is essential to avoid catastrophic climate change. Many governments are beginning to include at least some form of CDR in their portfolio of climate policies and international commitments.

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Enviromental Defense

DECEMBER 15, 2021

That’s because the Canadian agency that is supposed to inform public and private sector decision-making on energy development and climate action continues to provide scenarios that are both unrealistic and pessimistic, and are lacking critical information, such as Canada’s expected greenhouse gas emissions (GHGs).

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Legal Planet

DECEMBER 7, 2023

We’ve reached the midpoint of the annual, two-week international climate conference known as COP (for “conference of parties”), so it’s a good time to reflect on what’s gone down in Dubai. Having been to more than a handful of these conferences going back to Copenhagen in 2009, I am struck by a few dynamics that seem different this year.

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Law Columbia

JULY 1, 2022

While the United States Supreme Court yesterday delivered a major setback to the EPA’s ability to regulate greenhouse gas emissions in West Virginia. EPA , courts in other countries this week have issued decisions that demonstrate that courts worldwide remain an important forum for the potential advancement of climate rights.

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Vermont Law

NOVEMBER 29, 2015

If all politics are local, but greenhouse gases find their way into the atmosphere’s international space, how can the global community act collectively on climate change? At COP21 in December, the current 196 UNFCCC parties will decide if they can sign on to this new paradigm of international climate change regulation.

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Legal Planet

DECEMBER 18, 2023

This group of nearly all the world’s nations says that it: [R]ecognizes the need for deep, rapid and sustained reductions in greenhouse gas emissions in line with 1.5 °C Non-CO2 greenhouse gases. In a fourth significant subsection, section 28 highlights the role of greenhouse gases other than carbon dioxide.

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Legal Planet

MAY 9, 2022

As of 2021, 30 emissions trading systems were in force globally, covering 16 – 17 % of global greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. – Emissions trading as part of a portfolio of climate policies. Carbon markets are at a crossroads. Lessons from California’s Cap-and-Trade Program. Implications for China.

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Enviromental Defense

JULY 26, 2023

New federal regulations, the Clean Fuel Regulations, have come into force that require oil refiners to reduce their greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. These regulations are intended to encourage refiners to innovate and invest their own funds into cleaner fuels, technologies and processes.

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Arnold Porter

MARCH 15, 2023

Grey counsels a wide array of clients on regulatory, policy, and compliance matters related to climate change, including the federal Renewable Fuel Standard, California's Low Carbon Fuel Standard, the Clean Air Act, and other state and international initiatives on transportation sector greenhouse gas emissions.

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Law Columbia

DECEMBER 22, 2022

As noted at the end of last year, 2021 was significant for climate litigation, with several decisions worldwide providing a fresh look at stakeholder responsibility for climate change. A landmark decision recognizing the impacts of climate change on human rights. In September this year, the U.N.

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PA Environment Daily

JUNE 7, 2023

Carbon Emissions Emissions goals were set in response to urgent developments in climate science indicating that for the world to meet the 1.5°C C carbon budget set forth in the 2015 Paris Agreement, countries must reduce CO2 emissions in the entire [existing] built environment by 50-65% by 2030 and reach zero carbon by 2040.

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Enviromental Defense

DECEMBER 2, 2022

For decades, the industry worked hard to deny climate change, and then to delay climate action. But, despite some regulations being proposed, including an oil and gas emissions cap, this industry has been very successful at convincing government officials of a dangerous lie. Plain and simple. Canadian gas is not “clean.”.

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Enviromental Defense

FEBRUARY 14, 2023

We are in the midst of a climate crisis – that much is certain. Gone are the days where the existence of human-caused climate change could be debated. What’s more, the Minister of Environment and Climate Change Steven Guilbeault even committed to have this policy in place by the end of 2023. degrees Celsius.

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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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Energy and Climate Law

JUNE 26, 2020

The trio wants to submit an Nationally Determined Contribution (NDC) update to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) in 2020, in line with EU obligations under the Paris agreement. However, this shall only be done `after a thorough impact assessment´( p.18

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PA Environment Daily

DECEMBER 9, 2021

While the agreed-upon Glasgow Climate Pact achieved some significant objectives, pledges fell 1 degree C short of securing a habitable future world. degree C of warming by 2100 as opposed to the Paris Agreement aspiration of 1.5 And we remain sandwiched between China and India as the second leading greenhouse gas producer.

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Manning Law

APRIL 4, 2021

In 2018, Parliament enacted the Greenhouse Gas Pollution Pricing Act , S.C. Parliament passed the GGPPA based on an international consensus that greenhouse gas emissions contribute to global climate change. Climate Change Is Real. 186 (“ GGPPA ”). It poses a grave threat to the future of humanity.

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Environmental Europe

JULY 1, 2020

The EU is facing a key challenge in climate and energy governance. It has agreed to address climate change under the Paris Agreement , and put forward increasingly ambitious policy targets for 2020, 2030 and 2050. However, it is increasingly struggling to fulfil them. If the Commission detects “ambition gaps” (i.e.,

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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.

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Vermont Law

SEPTEMBER 7, 2016

The past two years have yielded unprecedented executive and regulatory engagement in the climate change discussion. international climate change agreement. the Paris Agreement) that will require periodic, rigorous accounting and management of total national emissions. the Paris Agreement.

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Enviromental Defense

MARCH 24, 2023

Canada has an opportunity and a responsibility to take a leading role in the global clean energy transition and it starts with the upcoming Energy Futures report from the Canada Energy Regulator (CER). If you haven’t heard of the CER, you are not alone. What we need to see in the Energy Futures report?

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Smith Enviorment

JANUARY 30, 2019

Back to North Carolina developments in late 2018: Executive Order on Climate Change and Clean Energy: On October 29, 2018, N.C. Governor Roy Cooper issued an executive order on climate change and clean energy. Increase the number of zero-emission vehicles in the state to 80,000. (For The order creates a new N.C.

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Enviromental Defense

SEPTEMBER 29, 2021

Some companies may also carry substantial reputational, regulatory and legal risks after years of significantly contributing to greenhouse gas emissions, blocking climate policy and misleading the public about the harm caused by their products. Public Sector Pension Investment Board (PSP Investments) – $204.5 billion AUM.

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A Greener Life

AUGUST 2, 2023

In its pledge to the Paris Agreement on climate change, known as a nationally determined contribution (NDC), Argentina committed to limiting its net emissions in 2030 to 349 million tonnes of CO2 equivalent. The transition away from fossil fuels has, however, been an elusive goal for Argentina to date.

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