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Everything you need to know about COP28, the United Nations Climate Change Conference

Enviromental Defense

COP is far from just a showy conference – it is an important forum that has created agreements and momentum which over the past three decades have measurably reduced the severity of climate change. Before the Paris Agreement was signed in 2015, the world was on track for a catastrophic four degrees of warming. Who attends COP?

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‘La Acción de Cumplimiento’ as a Legal Mechanism to Implement Colombian Climate Change Laws

Law Columbia

Law 1844 of 2017 on the Paris Agreement. The framework binds Colombia to international agreements, including the UNFCCC (Law 164 of 1994), the Kyoto Protocol (Law 629 of 2000) and the Paris Agreement (Law 1844 of 2017). Law 1523 of 2012 on risk management. Decree 298 of 2016 on the National Climate Change System.

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COPs as Three-Ring Circus

Legal Planet

The middle ring is the space of informal, improvised action by diverse actors, including national governments, international organizations, private business and industry, and environmental and other civil-society groups. The Kyoto and Paris agreements are each separate treaties adopted under the FCCC.

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Sounding Green vs Being Green: How to finance sustainability?

HumanNature

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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Indonesia’s pipeline of coal plants undermines pledge to only build renewables

A Greener Life

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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MAS Launches Singapore-Asia Taxonomy

Clean Energy Law

The relevant CFPP owner has a Paris Agreement-aligned transition plan. This effort will allow financial institutions and market participants to use a shared set of definitions, enhancing the availability of taxonomy-aligned financing and supporting sustainable development in CGT-affiliated markets.

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Analysis: What’s at stake for India and South Asia at COP26?

A Greener Life

In just over a month, the most important climate talks since the Paris Agreement was signed will decide the fate of global climate action. Five years down the line, countries were scheduled to return to the forum and finalise a rulebook on how to implement the Paris Agreement. By Lou Del Bello. On the agenda at COP26.