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The COP28 Halftime Report

Legal Planet

I’m attending along with a delegation of UCLA Law students and colleagues here to follow a range of issues, from methane regulation to China’s global role to regenerative agricultural practices. Second, and by contrast an area of significant continued disagreement, concerns the Global Stocktake.

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Analysis: Green jobs take off in China

A Greener Life

Even the landmark 2015 Paris Agreement had only a small impact on employment. The market heats up: ESG and green finance take off As policy and regulation improved, the green job market heated up and ESG became a hot topic within businesses. The rise of ESG is changing that. of the total) published ESG reports in 2020.

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The Fuss about Methane

Legal Planet

Several new regulations controlling methane emissions have been adopted recently, including two new rules for the US oil and gas sector announced last week. There’s a new informal international agreement to limit methane emissions, and a still-unresolved effort to put a charge on methane emissions into the forthcoming reconciliation bill.

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Environmental Law: Government and Public Policy Towards the Environment

Environmental Science

Environmental law, or sometimes known as environmental and natural resources law, is a term used to explain regulations, statutes, local, national and international legislation, and treaties designed to protect the environment from damage and to explain the legal consequences of such damage towards governments or private entities or individuals (1).

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The Trump War on Science: Daring blindness, Denying climate change, Destroying the EPA and other daily disasters

Science Blogs

Trump regulators trigger pollution fight. Trump's alarming environmental rollback: what's been scrapped so far. Groups see climate science review as chance to undercut regulation. Why Trump Pulling Out of the Paris Agreement Led to a Stronger Global Climate Change Plan. 2017.06.20. 2017.06.20. 2017.06.20.