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Earth system tipping events now seem inevitable – what does this mean for climate governance?

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SEPTEMBER 23, 2024

Existing global environmental governance institutions – even those designed to address climate change – are ill-equipped for such challenges. Their impacts are distant in time and space from their causes. Their effects are practically irreversible.

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Navigating the Intersection of Climate Change and the Law of the Sea: Exploring the ITLOS Advisory Opinion’s Substantive Content

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. Assuming the ITLOS will assert jurisdiction, this post’s objective is twofold.

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Climate Litigation and Children’s Rights: Unpacking the CRC’s New General Comment

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SEPTEMBER 7, 2023

26 (GC26) on children’s rights and the environment with a special focus on climate change. Still, the decision holds significant implications for safeguarding children’s rights within the climate change context and set a foundation for future climate-related cases centered on children.

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Big Plastic’s arguments against federal plastics regulations crumple in court

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MARCH 17, 2023

It’s called the Precautionary Principle and it’s widely accepted in environmental law in Canada and well beyond. She pointed out that Big Plastic’s interpretation of the Precautionary Principle would make it meaningless. But it’s not, either. They say that federal regulation of plastics is merely political.

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An Update on the Evolving Legal Landscape for Ocean-Based Carbon Dioxide Removal: Key Outcomes of the October 2023 Meeting of the Parties to the London Convention and Protocol

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OCTOBER 20, 2023

This is consistent with the precautionary principle that underlies much international environmental law. There is, however, an alternative reading of the precautionary principle that could justify pursuing ocean CDR despite the risks it presents.

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The Rights of Nature — Can an Ecosystem Bear Legal Rights?

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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Principles of International Law and the Adoption of a Market-Based Mechanism for Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Shipping: New Sabin Center White Paper

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FEBRUARY 16, 2021

And other principles of international law will work to ensure that any measure is sensitive the different contributions parties have made to climate change, views any uncertainties through the lens of the precautionary principle, and respects fundamental rights of all.

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Media Advisory: This Earth Day Weekend, Ontarians Across the Province are Gathering and Demanding More Protection for the Environment

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APRIL 18, 2024

Contact: dresdencared@gmail.com Dundas Beers + Blooms 2024 Monday, April 22 at 7:00 pm SHED Brewing, 65 Hatt Street, Dundas, ON An evening with author and natural garden advocate Lorraine Johnson on Earth Day, Monday April 22, as we talk about the intersections of climate change and biodiversity.

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The New Environmental and Human Rights Treaty in Latin America and the Caribbean You Should Know About

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JUNE 3, 2021

Parties to the agreement agree to be guided by 11 principles, including the principles of non-regression and progressive realization, the preventative principle, the precautionary principle, and the principle of intergenerational equity.

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What’s at Stake in the ICJ Hearings

Legal Planet

DECEMBER 2, 2024

A new chapter of global climate accountability has hopefully begun, as the International Court of Justice (ICJ) prepares to issue an advisory opinion on the Obligations of States in respect of Climate Change. Hearings for that opinion began today with over 100 countries and other parties presenting over two weeks. L to R: Ms.

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Florida Governor DeSantis’ Head-In-The Sand Climate Change Policies

Legal Planet

MAY 19, 2024

(credit: PBI Actuarial Consultants) Florida Governor Ron DeSantis, in coordination with an equally myopic and partisan Florida Legislature, has approved new state legislation ( HB 1645 ) that eliminates the term “climate change” from numerous existing Florida statutes that former Republican Governor Charlie Crist signed into law in 2008.

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Media Advisory: This Earth Day Weekend, Ontarians Across the Province are Gathering and Demanding More Protection for the Environment

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APRIL 18, 2024

Contact: dresdencared@gmail.com Dundas Beers + Blooms 2024 Monday, April 22 at 7:00 pm SHED Brewing, 65 Hatt Street, Dundas, ON An evening with author and natural garden advocate Lorraine Johnson on Earth Day, Monday April 22, as we talk about the intersections of climate change and biodiversity.

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Guest commentary: A ground-breaking judgment in Germany

Law Columbia

MAY 10, 2021

The judgment, in German, and an unofficial English translation, along with other documents, are available on the Sabin Center’s Non-US Climate Litigation Database, here.) Germany’s Federal Climate Change Act requires a 55% gradual reduction of German GHGs by 2030 and a reduction of 80-95% by 2050, compared to 1990. Background.

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Guest Commentary: Czech Republic-Poland’s dispute over the Turów mine

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AUGUST 11, 2022

Czech Republic v Poland may be the first of many transboundary disputes between EU Member States, including on the effects of climate change and climate policy, especially since there are large differences in the perception of climate change among EU Member States.

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Cost-Benefit Analysis and Deep Uncertainty

Legal Planet

SEPTEMBER 22, 2022

This issue is especially important in the context of climate change, given the potential for tipping points to produce disastrous outcomes. It embodies techniques for analyzing possible harmful outcomes when the probability of those outcomes can be quantified with reasonable confidence.

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SEPTEMBER 7, 2018

Climate change : The process by which the climate changes due to “forcings”. The biggest issues of the age include climate change and resource depletion, an issue that will affect coming generations as previous generations add to the depletion and environmental damage.

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Guest Commentary: An Unexpected Success for Czech Climate Litigation

Law Columbia

OCTOBER 18, 2022

The court ruled that the failure to set specific mitigation measures to slow climate change, in accordance with the state’s obligations under European and international law, is unlawful and infringes the plaintiffs’ right to a favorable environment. Background to the claim. R ), which was created in 2019 to bring this case.

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Australian Federal Court dismisses the novel duty of care previously found in Sharma: what does it mean for future climate litigation in Australia?

Law Columbia

MARCH 21, 2022

However, despite allowing the Minister’s appeal, the Court rejected the Minister’s argument that the primary judge made findings based on evidence of climate change that were unfounded. The decision has significant implications for future climate litigation claims in Australia.

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What policies lead to greenhouse gas emissions declines?

Legal Planet

JANUARY 8, 2025

In a series of posts (beginning here , and ending here ) last month, I outlined an approach to climate policy that emphasizes the role of subsidies in building political support and technological progress for climate policy.

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There are Piles of Coal in America’s Christmas Stocking

Legal Planet

DECEMBER 23, 2024

Its a much dirtier fuel than natural gas, let alone renewables, in terms of climate change and air pollution. Reduced use of coal is good news for the American public as a whole though not for coal miners. Many people in Appalachia blamed Obama for the decline of coal, an idea Trump was happy to exploit.

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Dissecting the Attacks on the Endangerment Finding

Legal Planet

MARCH 17, 2025

According to Trump’s EPA, the Endangerment Finding creatively added multiple leaps, arguing that the combined six gases contribute some mysterious amount above zero to climate change and that climate change creates some mysterious amount of endangerment above zero to public health.

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October 2019 Updates to the Climate Case Charts

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OCTOBER 7, 2019

Each month, Arnold & Porter and the Sabin Center for Climate Change Law collect and summarize developments in climate-related litigation, which we also add to our U.S. climate litigation charts. HERE ARE THE ADDITIONS TO THE CLIMATE CASE CHART SINCE UPDATE # 126. and non-U.S. Supreme Court. 17-1258 (D.C.

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February 2020 Updates to the Climate Case Charts

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FEBRUARY 10, 2020

Each month, Arnold & Porter and the Sabin Center for Climate Change Law collect and summarize developments in climate-related litigation, which we also add to our U.S. climate litigation charts. HERE ARE THE ADDITIONS TO THE CLIMATE CASE CHART SINCE UPDATE #130: FEATURED CASE. and non-U.S.

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EPA Jumps the Shark

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MARCH 13, 2025

We are driving a dagger through the heart of climate-change religion and ushering in Americas Golden Age, or so said EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin, who used to be considered a fairly rational person. And scientists haven’t ignored the arguments made by climate deniers — they’ve tested and rejected each of them. .”

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Donald Trump v. The Environment: learning from past attempts to dismantle environmental policy

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NOVEMBER 14, 2016

Trump as their 45th President – a man who famously described climate change as “ created by and for the Chinese in order to make U.S. Critically, while he is most vocal against climate change he is no strong supporter of environmental policy in general. manufacturing non-competitive.” And finally, George W.

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Earth system tipping events now seem inevitable – what does this mean for climate governance?

Navigating the Intersection of Climate Change and the Law of the Sea: Exploring the ITLOS Advisory Opinion’s Substantive Content

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Climate Litigation and Children’s Rights: Unpacking the CRC’s New General Comment

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Big Plastic’s arguments against federal plastics regulations crumple in court

An Update on the Evolving Legal Landscape for Ocean-Based Carbon Dioxide Removal: Key Outcomes of the October 2023 Meeting of the Parties to the London Convention and Protocol

The Rights of Nature — Can an Ecosystem Bear Legal Rights?

Principles of International Law and the Adoption of a Market-Based Mechanism for Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Shipping: New Sabin Center White Paper

Media Advisory: This Earth Day Weekend, Ontarians Across the Province are Gathering and Demanding More Protection for the Environment

The New Environmental and Human Rights Treaty in Latin America and the Caribbean You Should Know About

What’s at Stake in the ICJ Hearings

Florida Governor DeSantis’ Head-In-The Sand Climate Change Policies

Media Advisory: This Earth Day Weekend, Ontarians Across the Province are Gathering and Demanding More Protection for the Environment

Guest commentary: A ground-breaking judgment in Germany

Guest Commentary: Czech Republic-Poland’s dispute over the Turów mine

Cost-Benefit Analysis and Deep Uncertainty

Environmental Law: Government and Public Policy Towards the Environment

Guest Commentary: An Unexpected Success for Czech Climate Litigation

Australian Federal Court dismisses the novel duty of care previously found in Sharma: what does it mean for future climate litigation in Australia?

What policies lead to greenhouse gas emissions declines?

There are Piles of Coal in America’s Christmas Stocking

Dissecting the Attacks on the Endangerment Finding

October 2019 Updates to the Climate Case Charts

February 2020 Updates to the Climate Case Charts

EPA Jumps the Shark

Donald Trump v. The Environment: learning from past attempts to dismantle environmental policy

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