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’.
Union of Concerned Scientists
DECEMBER 10, 2023
The fossil fuel industry is the problem, not the solution Despite their well-funded campaigns to convince us otherwise, here are five reasons why we need to be skeptical about fossil fuel industry engagement in global climate policy. Let’s start with the obvious: the burning of fossil fuels is the main driver of climate change.
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Legal Planet
FEBRUARY 16, 2023
No serious person is advocating for any large-scale deployment of solar geoengineering or substituting it for other urgent climate change mitigations, so the shorthand use of “opponent” or “supporter” is itself misleading and pushes voices to extremes. Anyone can float a balloon. Critics believe it is the path to catastrophe.”
A Greener Life
JUNE 24, 2022
In the 1960s climate change was not really a significant concern, not even amongst environmentalists – this was despite the fact that the Swedish scientist Svante Arrhenius in 1896 was the first to claim that emissions from fossil fuels might eventually result in enhanced global warming. This has since changed many times.
Union of Concerned Scientists
MARCH 23, 2023
NO x also contributes to the formation of ozone (or “smog”), another toxic pollutant. And CO 2 emissions are a primary driver of global climate change, which is exacerbating the type of extreme weather that killed 474 people and caused $165 billion in damages in the United States last year alone. micrometers or less.
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.
Union of Concerned Scientists
APRIL 27, 2023
And to zoom out a bit, burning fossil fuels is the primary contributor to global climate change, which is driving and exacerbating the once-rare extreme weather events that are impacting people across every part of the country—and across the world. Coal is the most destructive fossil fuel in terms of its climate impact.
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