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How Does Applied Microeconomic Research Accelerate Climate Change Adaptation?

Environmental and Urban Economics

We face a serious climate change adaptation challenge. They are wrong to doubt the ability of our society to continue to flourish in the face of climate change. Climate Change Adaptation Will Offer a Sharp Test of the Claims of Behavioral Economics ," The Economists' Voice , De Gruyter, vol. Rhode, 2012.

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New York Supreme Court Dismisses Challenge to Local Law 97

SPR Law

The decision provides clarity to the NYC real estate community that Local Law 97 is valid, enforceable, and constitutional. On October 30, 2023, the New York Supreme Court, New York County dismissed a significant legal challenge to New York City’s building emissions law, Local Law 97 of 2019.

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MAS Launches Singapore-Asia Taxonomy

Clean Energy Law

Details of the Taxonomy The Taxonomy introduces a “traffic light” system to categorise activities across the eight focus sectors: Green transition category — activities contributing substantially to climate change mitigation by: operating at near-zero emissions; or are on a 1.5ºC–aligned pathway.

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54th Earth Day: A Wake Up Call to the Planet on the Important Role of Lawyers and Bar Associations in Addressing the Earth’s Most Pressing Environmental Challenges

Acoel

Will we have made the necessary changes to reduce the adverse impacts from climate change? In this article I address some of the things that lawyers have been doing in one of these areas – climate change. The Law Society of England and Wales (LSEW) enacted a similar climate change resolution in October 2021.

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New Proposed Local Law 97 Regulations Include Penalty Mitigation, Electrification, and Enforcement Provisions

SPR Law

On September 12, 2023, the New York City Department of Buildings (DOB) issued proposed regulations to implement Local Law 97 of 2019 (LL97). LL97 requires most large buildings in NYC to meet increasingly stringent greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions limits starting in 2024.

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NYC Department of Buildings Releases Proposed Local Law 97 Regulations

SPR Law

On October 6, 2022, the New York City Department of Buildings (DOB) issued proposed regulations to implement Local Law 97 of 2019 (LL97). LL97 requires most large buildings in NYC to meet increasingly stringent greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions limits starting in 2024.