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Mexico y el Cambio Climático

Legal Planet

Mexico’s climate commitment for 2030 under the Paris Agreement calls for cutting emissions 22%, cutting black carbon by half, and achieving net-zero deforestation. AMLO has come under criticism for his commitment to fossil fuel production and refining in Mexico.

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Analysis: New coal mines add question mark to India’s climate commitments

A Greener Life

At COP28 , on 9 December, India’s environment and climate change minister Bhupender Yadav affirmed the country’s “trust and confidence” in the Paris Agreement , whilst highlighting the country’s achievements in emissions reduction. Fossil fuels remain necessary”, Jairaj says.

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COPs as Three-Ring Circus

Legal Planet

This official inner circle is now doing the business of the three separate international treaties in force for climate change: the 1992 Framework Convention on Climate Change (FCCC), the 1992 Kyoto Protocol (Yes, it still exists and is in force, although the United States is not a party), and the 2015 Paris Agreement.

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A new climate litigation claim in Brazil raises the pressure for increased climate action and protection of the Amazon rainforest

Law Columbia

The claim is grounded on the constitutionally recognized right to a healthy environment; fundamental rights such as the right to life, dignity, health, food, and housing; along with several recognized principles of international environmental law and international climate change commitments. by 2020 against a 2010 baseline.

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Guest Commentary: Indonesian Human Rights Commission’s first human rights complaint on the impacts of climate change

Law Columbia

From 2000 to 2015, Indonesia lost an average of 498,000 hectares of forest annually, making it the world’s second-largest driver of deforestation after Brazil. C, for example, by continuing to approve new fossil fuel projects. The human rights complaint.

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Emergency?

Legal Planet

A 2022 Rainforest Action Network repor t found that “fossil fuel financing from the world’s 60 largest banks has reached USD $4.6 trillion in the six years since the adoption of the Paris Agreement, with $742 billion in fossil fuel financing in 2021 alone.” The biggest US bank investors in fossil fuels? “At

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It is the time for nature: World Environment Day 2020

Manning Law

Now is not the time to set aside environmental laws and norms in the name of recovery, as we have seen done in some places. These funds should be aligned with pro-nature growth in line with the Sustainable Development Goals, the Paris Agreement and the upcoming global framework on biodiversity.

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