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The global conversation about solar geoengineering just changed at the UN Environment Assembly. Here’s how.

Legal Planet

As we wrote in part 1 , a Swiss-led proposal to the UN Environment Assembly (UNEA) to establish an expert group on solar radiation management (SRM) proved divisive and was eventually withdrawn. Who’s afraid of the big bad governance? Fourth, not everyone currently wants governance. But it wasn’t to be. Business as usual?

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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).