Circle of Blue

SEPTEMBER 28, 2022

Water-related crises around the world have shown that current systems of governance and economic organization are unsuited for a world altered by global warming. Climate change and deforestation are reshaping the monsoon season, causing ice on the Tibetan plateau to melt , and affecting freshwater supplies to more than one billion people.

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Legal Planet

OCTOBER 5, 2023

In case you missed it: there’s some good news about Amazon deforestation continuing to plunge. Jason Gray and I spoke recently about why tropical deforestation is down in Brazil, Colombia, and Indonesia. That’s good news because deforestation of tropical forests is a huge source of greenhouse gas emissions.

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Clean Energy Law

DECEMBER 14, 2023

The Private Members Bill, if passed, would establish the UK’s first law mandating business due diligence on human rights and the environment. By Paul A. Davies , Michael D. The Bill aims to level the playing field among businesses, provide clarity on legal obligations, and enable a greater level of access to justice.

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Legal Planet

MARCH 15, 2022

Tropical deforestation is estimated to cause more climate warming emissions than the global transportation sector , and deforestation rates have increased despite the COVID-19 pandemic. These partnerships are critical for conserving important forested regions of our world.

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Clean Energy Law

JANUARY 17, 2024

Background The Singaporean government introduced the ICC Framework in November 2022, in tandem with the progressive increase in carbon tax rate under the Carbon Pricing (Amendment) Act 2022 from the current S$5 per tonne of emissions to S$25 per tonne in 2024 and 2025, and S$45 per tonne in 2026 and beyond.

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Legal Planet

MARCH 2, 2022

In his new role as Project Director of the Governors’ Climate and Forests Task Force , Jason will help direct a major sub-national coalition focused on reducing tropical deforestation and advancing inclusive, equitable, low-emissions development at jurisdiction scale. The Emmett Institute is co-sponsoring the meeting. Jason received his J.D.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

JANUARY 30, 2024

Getting this right is important, both for California and to ensure the LCFS remains a workable model for other states and the federal government. Moreover, absent reform, the LCFS is not a replicable model for other states or the federal government.

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Legal Planet

JULY 29, 2021

UCLA Professor of Law William Boyd. William Boyd is Professor of Law and Michael J. Klein Chair in Law at UCLA Law, with a joint appointment as Professor at the UCLA Institute of the Environment and Sustainability ; Alex Wang is Professor of Law at UCLA Law. UCLA Professor of Law Alex Wang.

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Law Columbia

MARCH 28, 2022

Brazil (on deforestation and human rights) (ADPF 760) and PSB et al. The PPCDAm represents a package of measures and financial directives by the Federal Government to combat deforestation and degradation in the Amazon. Two climate litigation cases are included on the docket on March 30th: PSB et al.

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Legal Planet

OCTOBER 31, 2022

These experiences were framed within the Manaus Action Plan , a GCF Task Force-wide call to action initiated earlier this year for additional financing and support to implement jurisdictional approaches throughout the 39 member governments of the GCF Task Force to tackle the climate, poverty, and biodiversity crises.

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Environmental Science

SEPTEMBER 7, 2018

What is Environmental Law? Humanity has been aware of its environment far longer than there have been laws to protect environments. However, the term “environmental law” does not just cover government legislation. These are not “laws” per se but act as such within a regulatory framework. Sponsored Content.

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Law Columbia

DECEMBER 21, 2021

Brazil , the Institute of Amazonian Studies (IEA) calls upon the Brazilian Federal Government to take appropriate measures to comply with the federal law that instituted the National Policy on Climate Change ( NPCC ) and thus enforce compliance with the Plan to Prevent and Combat Deforestation in the Legal Amazon – PPCDAm.

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Circle of Blue

NOVEMBER 16, 2022

The government of Manitoba, Canada , releases a new water strategy that focuses on reducing demand. The Water and Climate Leaders, a group of UN officials, private sector representatives, and current and former government ministers, called for countries to integrate their climate and water plans. 56 Percent. On the Radar.

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Law Columbia

APRIL 22, 2021

According to the “Rights of Nature” doctrine, an ecosystem is entitled to legal personhood status and as such, has the right to defend itself in a court of law against harms, including environmental degradation caused by a specific development project or even by climate change. What countries have declared rights of nature?

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Union of Concerned Scientists

JUNE 6, 2023

Deforestation and forest fragmentation are making it harder for species to move in response to climate chnage. Other research shows that deforestation and fragmentation has left 62% of tropical forests without enough connectivity to facilitate species shifts. Photo: T.R. American crocodile, Florida Everglades.

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Legal Planet

DECEMBER 12, 2023

By subsidizing such practices, governments can foster genuine food security independent of industrial inputs. Some critics argue against regenerative practices, citing lower productivity of these farms and the increased amount of farmland they can require, which could lead to deforestation, a driver of climate change.

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Law Columbia

DECEMBER 1, 2021

On October 26, 2021, Observatório do Clima (OC), a network of 71 civil society organizations, filed a class action at the federal court of Amazonas against the Environmental Ministry and Brazilian government ( Laboratório do Observatório do Clima v. Omissions from the Brazilian government on climate policy. o C global warming scenario.

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Legal Planet

JANUARY 17, 2024

Panel discussions centered around implementing innovative financing mechanisms, leveraging carbon markets for Indigenous empowerment, and executing jurisdiction-scale programs to combat deforestation while supporting sustainable livelihoods.

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Greenbuilding Law

MARCH 3, 2024

For readers who may not have heeded our warnings and even clients we have offered counsel and advice to before they make environmental marketing claims or disclosures required by governments (e.g., Make no mistake, the New York State government is coming for your cheeseburger with this greenwashing case.

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A Greener Life

MARCH 25, 2022

The co-author of a new report explains how most governments are overlooking a principal route to cutting emissions. It gives governments and other actors a toolkit to drive such food systems reform. . Changing the way we produce and consume food could reduce global greenhouse gas emissions by 10.3 billion tonnes a year. By Patty Fong.

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Circle of Blue

AUGUST 10, 2021

Everyone north of the Dry River was urged by the government to evacuate, though political distrust and an intimate connection with their homes made such a move difficult. The destruction that remains months after the first eruption is evidence, residents say, of government failure. . Many remained as long as they could.

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Legal Planet

JULY 18, 2023

Here’s a statement from the Center for International Environmental Law: Despite occupying center stage in the “net-zero” climate plans trumpeted by the United States and Canada at the Leaders’ Summit on Climate, government spending programs, and bills pending before Congress and Parliament, carbon capture is not a climate solution.

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Vermont Law

AUGUST 13, 2020

This is the idea that courts must apply Constitutional Law in addressing cases that involve environmental violations especially when they threaten human life or health in some way or another. The Colombian youth plaintiffs argued before the Constitutional Court that record rapid deforestation in the Amazon occurred between 2015 and 2016.

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Law Columbia

NOVEMBER 22, 2022

In July 2022, Indonesians at the frontline of climate change filed a claim before the National Human Rights Commission seeking recognition that climate change is a matter of human rights and calling on the Indonesian government to take stronger action. Indonesia , as well as recent developments of the case. The human rights complaint.

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A Greener Life

AUGUST 27, 2021

The federal government’s announcement in May to raise the red flag [indicating a tariff increase] has increased demand from rural producers,” says Kleber Rissardi, partner-owner of solar energy company Esco Iguassu. The Cerrado and the Amazon currently suffer from high rates of deforestation , worrying rural producers.

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Vermont Law

APRIL 13, 2020

stem from land cover change, such as deforestation, afforestation/reforestation, and wood harvesting. come from deforestation. Deforestation raises the albedo. The proposed program could survive potential legal challenges if it is implemented as either mandatory or voluntary by the federal, or a state, government.

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Circle of Blue

APRIL 14, 2022

A bare-chested old man lies in the emergency room of a government hospital in northeast Nigeria. The government has even tried to retrain some herders to work as ranchers, but there is little known about the progress of this initiative. We want the government to help us. A floundering government response. We grew up here.

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Corp Watch

JANUARY 3, 2024

Lakota People's Law Project | January 13, 2021 We stand arm in arm with our fellow global citizens who abstain from its lengthy list of products. According to AB Chile, a food industry association, more than 1,500 items, or 20 percent of all products sold in Chile, have been reformulated in response to the law.

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Corp Watch

JANUARY 3, 2024

Lakota People's Law Project | January 13, 2021 We stand arm in arm with our fellow global citizens who abstain from its lengthy list of products. According to AB Chile, a food industry association, more than 1,500 items, or 20 percent of all products sold in Chile, have been reformulated in response to the law.

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A Greener Life

NOVEMBER 18, 2021

Although coal represents less than 5% of Brazil’s energy mix, the federal government plans to invest 20 billion reais (US$3.7 The Bolsonaro government’s new coal plans face barriers to funding and worsen the country’s already worn-out image at COP26. billion) in the world’s most polluting energy source.

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HumanNature

NOVEMBER 5, 2021

The river, as with its inhabitants, are directly harmed by illegal mining, deforestation, and other extractive and harmful activities. Despite current inaction, constitutional law in Colombia now recognizes the Atrato River as a living entity with rights. 2) Develop a plan of action for decontamination.

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A Greener Life

APRIL 11, 2022

They added that due to the increase in climate-friendly policies and laws we have seen enhanced energy efficiency, reduced deforestation rates and accelerated the deployment of renewable energy. However, governments need to provide clear signals in order to direct capital where it is most needed.

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Manning Law

JUNE 8, 2020

From beach clean-ups to mass tree-planting to marches, individuals, communities and governments have come out to stand shoulder-to-shoulder for our planet. 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. But we need to make this happen in a way that lasts.

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Vermont Law

JULY 31, 2023

Candidate, 2024, Pace University Elisabeth Haub School of Law July 31, 2023 The social cost of carbon (SCC) has been the basis for policies such as tax credits for carbon capture technology and zero-emissions credits. Additionally, the war in Afghanistan caused mass deforestation, and U.S. In total, the “War on Terror” released 1.2

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A Greener Life

APRIL 1, 2022

“This is a holistic picture of the current state of knowledge about these different techniques and what we need to do before we can make a decision about whether to deploy them,” says Romany Webb, an author of both reports and an expert in environmental law at Columbia Law School in New York. But then so do the benefits,” says Rau.

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Our Environment

MAY 21, 2021

As a result, greedy businesses, financers and governments all across the globe have been exploiting the valuable resources these million-year-old forests hold. It is also important to realise that politics and governments have a lot of control on the land they govern.

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Environmental Progress

MAY 21, 2020

MS: What do you say when governments ask what we should do? You could go to the government and say we need to to to the producers and somewhere the viruses. Any organization will say it needs more resources but we get good support from the US government. Governments need to act. Peter Daszak, President, Eco-Health.

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