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Countries failed to agree first steps on solar geoengineering at the UN. What went wrong?

Legal Planet

While climate scientists focus on refining model simulations, very few countries appear to see geoengineering as primarily a question of narrowly scientific or even purely climatic feasibility. And the window within which effective governance could be established is closing.

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

Law Columbia

The Sabin Center co-hosted a consultation on the rights of children and climate change to inform GC26 with Terre des Hommes and Child Rights Connect in February 2022. Climate change litigation was a central subject of the consultation, significantly influencing the content and structure of the General Comment. Argentina et al. ).

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October 2019 Updates to the Climate Case Charts

Law Columbia

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. Jewell , No. 16-CV-1932 (D.

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