Enviromental Defense

JANUARY 25, 2023

This time, Alberta came out guns blazing against the term ‘just transition’ after the Federal government announced progress on its just transition strategy for workers affected by the transition to the low-carbon economy. billion deal with the government to keep coal in the ground. There is a real risk of an unjust transition.

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Nanotech

JANUARY 12, 2022

In December 2021, the German Environment Agency (UBA) published a document entitled Risk Governance of Advanced Materials: Considerations from the joint perspective of the German Higher Federal Authorities BAuA, BfR and UBA. A material that could pose a concern regarding additional sustainability aspects.

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The Applied Ecologist

AUGUST 9, 2023

This month, The Applied Ecologist is amplifying the voice of early career ecologists from around the world working in the field of applied ecology to help inspire the next generation. In this post, Wayne Stanley Rice from the Asia Research Institute at the National University of Singapore shares his story below. How would you describe yourself?

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Clean Energy Law

MARCH 15, 2024

Regulated Entities shall focus on “governance,” “strategy,” “impact, risk and opportunity management,” and “indicators and objectives” throughout their analysis and reporting processes. This involves assessing both the impact of their activities on the environment and the risks and impact environmental factors may have on their business.

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Circle of Blue

MARCH 20, 2023

Part pep rally, part trade show, part performance review, the UN Water Conference is pitched by its co-hosts, the governments of the Netherlands and Tajikistan, as an opportunity for the world to recommit to ambitious goals of safely managed water and sanitation for all people and ecosystems.

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Manning Law

NOVEMBER 20, 2020

Yesterday, the Canadian Government introduced legislation, the Canadian Net-Zero Emissions Accountability Act , to achieve Canada’s goal of net-zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050. The Act will do the following: Legally bind the Government to a process to achieve net-zero emissions by 2050.

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Dario Piselli

SEPTEMBER 10, 2022

In May of this year, Routledge finally published Partnerships for Sustainability in Contemporary Global Governance: Pathways to Effectiveness, a co-edited volume which represents the main research output of the time I spent as a researcher for the Centre for International Environmental Studies (CIES) in Geneva, Switzerland.

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Vermont Law

OCTOBER 6, 2014

By focusing on sustainable development, model forests attempt to mediate the coexistence of humans and nature. However, good governance of natural resources demands public participation. Private interests argued that sustainability should focus on the economic benefits the project would bring to the Island, while minimizing the.

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Law Columbia

NOVEMBER 12, 2023

For example, Law 1931 of 2018 establishes clear rules that govern public and private entities’ actions regarding climate change, as well as the cooperation between national, regional and local authorities in implementing climate change adaptation measures and GHG emissions’ mitigation action.

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Enviromental Defense

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

When will government stand up with action for Indigenous rights in this country?” The Standing Committee on Environment and Sustainable Development (ENVI) interrogated Brad Corson, the Imperial Oil CEO, Laurie Pushor, the AER CEO, and representatives from numerous downstream Indigenous nations in the spring of this year.

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Circle of Blue

MARCH 28, 2023

Local governments are essential for adapting to the extremes of a warming planet. This year is the midpoint for these Sustainable Development Goals, or SDGs. McCandless is associate vice president at the International Institute for Sustainable Development, a research organization.

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Dario Piselli

FEBRUARY 28, 2020

The article, which will eventually be part of a Special Issue harnessing the first decade of Earth System Governance (ESG) scholarship on issues of access and allocation, reviews Continue reading "New publication discusses interface of resource inequality and global economic governance".

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Law Columbia

MAY 30, 2023

Isabel has a BA in Communications from Ateneo de Manila University (Philippines) and a MA in International Affairs from The New School (New York). We are thrilled to welcome Isabel to our team! The post Staff News: Isabel Tañedo Joins the Sabin Center as Assistant Director of Operations appeared first on Climate Law Blog.

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Frontiers

SEPTEMBER 28, 2023

The team behind the blog has had engaging discussions with each of the women, discovering how their work contributes to the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (UN SDGs). Each blog post also reveals the personal journeys of the women, including their key learnings, major challenges, and useful tips for future generations.

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Environmental News Bits

NOVEMBER 11, 2021

Read the full story from the International Institute for Sustainable Development.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

DECEMBER 12, 2022

All wind energy stakeholders, including states, the federal government, companies, suppliers, and consumers, can fuel the responsible, sustainable development of a circular wind energy industry. Some strategies include: Ensure an ethical, sustainable supply of balsa wood.

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Frontiers

JULY 7, 2023

million collective views, scientists explored topics and advanced fields, including work towards sustainable oceans – one of the sustainable development goals, strategies for the conservation of marine megafauna , research on how the oceans may provide food for humans, and insights into how oceans change. With more than 1.2

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Environmental Science

SEPTEMBER 7, 2018

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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Circle of Blue

APRIL 20, 2022

Wildlife Federation and University of Victoria Environmental Law Centre filed a brief claiming money for habitat restoration instead was used for ordinary government functions. The federal government announced this week it will allocate $67 million to flood relief for those affected. 67 MILLION.

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Enviromental Defense

NOVEMBER 10, 2023

This includes developing funding mechanisms to shift government dollars towards climate action. Accountability: The process forces governments to report back on their progress against their “Nationally Determined Contributions”, which are their domestic plans to reduce emissions. Who attends COP? Catchy, right?

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Legal Planet

SEPTEMBER 18, 2023

General Assembly and a collection of high-level climate and environment events, including the Sustainable Development Goals Summit , 18-19 Sept, and the Climate Ambition Summit , 20 Sept. There have been dozens of international commissions.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

JUNE 13, 2022

Overly focusing on technological innovation will miss the basic changes needed to drive the clean energy transition at scale and at pace today, including required breakthroughs on collaboration, collective action, communication, governance, and business model reforms. The actual barriers to progress. Thinking beyond carbon.

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Circle of Blue

MAY 28, 2021

Australia’s government should have conducted a more thorough analysis of the impacts of water withdrawals for the controversial Carmichael coal mine, a court rules. The African Development Bank approves a new water policy that will shape the bank’s lending. YOUR GLOBAL RUNDOWN. Sea Snot’ Clogs Turkey’s Sea of Marmara Shores.

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Frontiers

AUGUST 3, 2023

Research Topics: Legacies of land use in cities 10 articles | 132,000 views Understanding the cultural, political and ethical dimensions of urban nature Trends in urban agriculture 10 articles | 131,000 views Using innovative systems to discover which urban agricultural practices are productive, ecologically sustainable, and economically profitable (..)

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Enviromental Defense

APRIL 17, 2023

This week’s hearings are welcome but are only a fraction of the action the federal government must take. For over forty-five years, the Alberta and federal governments have turned a blind eye to the environmental racism happening in the tar sands, allowing disasters like Imperial’s recent leak to take place.

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Enviromental Defense

DECEMBER 14, 2023

We stand in solidarity with the impacted nations in calling on the federal government and the government of Alberta to put a stop to the destruction in the tar sands and hold oil companies accountable for cleaning up their toxic waste. million litres of toxic tailings spilling into the environment.

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PA Environment Daily

APRIL 3, 2023

In the last decade, dozens of reports on equitable and sustainable development have been published by regional leaders, each of which envision, measure, and track success in different ways. To date, the Equity and Environment working groups have crafted over 60 regional targets across ten of the 17 UN Sustainable Development Goals.

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HumanNature

MARCH 11, 2024

Student in the Department of Economics at Colorado State University As the urgent need to take tough action towards climate mitigation and sustainability gathers pressure, for most major power-holders today, including the markets, institutions, government agencies, media and countries, environmentalism has perhaps become the biggest fashion fad.

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Enviromental Defense

NOVEMBER 14, 2022

Canada notably signed on to COP24’s Just Transition Silesa Declaration and COP26’s Just Transition Declaration , yet in April 2022 the Commissioner on the Environment and Sustainable Development in the Office of the Auditor General found that “The federal government was not prepared to support a just transition to a low-carbon economy”.

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A Greener Life

SEPTEMBER 2, 2021

Despite green rhetoric from the government, the situation is not likely to improve soon. Indonesia’s government looks at coal as the cheapest energy source, but ignores the fact that continuing to build these coal plants – and in particular mine-mouth plants – clashes with the country’s commitments under the Paris Agreement.

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Enviromental Defense

MARCH 23, 2023

The legislation establishes a new duty for the government to uphold the principles of environmental justice, intergenerational equity, and non-regression. It also requires the federal government to consider the cumulative impacts of toxics, and their effects on vulnerable populations.

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Enviromental Defense

NOVEMBER 4, 2022

All event proceeds will go to support the work of Environmental Defence Canada in mobilizing government, industry and communities for ambitious climate action. For more information or to request an interview, please contact: Paula Gray, Environmental Defence, pgray@environmentaldefence.ca.

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PA Environment Daily

JULY 5, 2022

The appreciation of these benefits is matched by a growing need for outdoor recreation as a sector (and the industry that underlies it) to be represented within government to grow and fully prosper.

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Frontiers

MARCH 24, 2023

In this blog post, we will discuss accessibility to clean water and sanitation as part of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goal 6 through the lens of Rachel’s research expertise and perspectives on sustainable agriculture and climate change. However, I do not believe it is too late to address these large issues.

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Legal Planet

OCTOBER 5, 2023

Instead, it is how are we—the collective we—going to incentivize, recognize, and support large-scale investments to protect forests, reduce and avoid emissions due to land-use change, and do so in a way that supports long-term sustainable development efforts of governments and communities.

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Enviromental Defense

DECEMBER 8, 2022

Federal government releases new policy aimed at ending international public financing for fossil fuels, next step is ending domestic financing . The Government of Canada estimates that this policy will redirect $2.5 We applaud the Government of Canada for showing much-needed climate leadership today.

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Circle of Blue

JUNE 14, 2023

This is why those living in Winnipeg’s Point Douglas neighborhood continue to advocate for government action and protection against the industrial corridors which have turned their homes and wild ecosystems into “a toxic soup.”

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