Legal Planet

AUGUST 26, 2021

The Supreme Court interpreted the statute to place an absolute priority on preserving endangered species, regardless of the impact on the economy or other government goals. In an opinion by Justice Stevens, the Court held that the threat of sea level rise gave a state government standing to bring the suit. Michigan v.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

JUNE 6, 2023

Efforts to restore natural flows of freshwater into the Florida Everglades are helping to slow the incursion of mangroves into this important freshwater ecosystem as sea levels rise. The new MPA will be managed by the Nation and Indigenous guardians will be recognized by the federal government as having park ranger authority.

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Legal Planet

APRIL 20, 2023

In scenario analysis, financial institutions and their regulators assess risk by modeling various possible economic scenarios (representing combinations of policy and technology outcomes, for example) and how their assets would perform under those scenarios.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

APRIL 24, 2023

States and local governments are suing for damages So why are states and local governments suing the fossil fuel industry now? From rising sea levels and increased flooding to more frequent, severe, and widespread wildfires, the effects of climate change are being felt across the United States.

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Legal Planet

OCTOBER 10, 2022

SB 1145 requires CARB to create and maintain an online dashboard providing the public with information about the state’s progress on meeting its climate change goals, increasing government accountability. A Few Notable Vetoes. Conclusion.

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Ocean Conservancy

SEPTEMBER 8, 2023

While this has moderated atmospheric and land temperatures to some degree, the ocean can’t keep this up, and its ability to regulate the climate becomes compromised as we continue to burn fossil fuels. Warmer water also expands and raises sea levels as well as holds less oxygen.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

DECEMBER 19, 2022

As we said previously , “Fiona caught Puerto Rico’s government utterly unprepared, leaving the population unprotected. Issues related to the power grid (turned inoperable after María) and the government handling of its “recovery” led to confusion, chaos, and more suffering for Puerto Ricans.

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A Greener Life

NOVEMBER 29, 2022

The results, published in Nature magazine, provide a much clearer, evidence-based picture, which is likely to change government policy in the US and beyond. It captures the changes in mortality rates that are going to happen… the changes in crop yields… the changes in sea level rise, and the damages that will cost…”.

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Law Columbia

MARCH 29, 2024

The California Air Resources Board (CARB) is still awaiting funding to craft the regulations needed to implement the laws, though it has indicated it will begin the process soon. However, the existence of federal regulations on the same subject as a state law does not mean that state law is necessarily preempted. See, e.g. , Rice v.

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Legal Planet

NOVEMBER 11, 2021

It used to be a fairly niche component of courses about regulated utilities and at some schools in courses on oil and gas law. As we begin to see programs pushing property owners away from coasts threatened by sea level rise, those efforts will be challenged as “takings” of property. Energy law is a prime example.

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Academy of Natural Sciences

JULY 30, 2021

As extreme storms become more ubiquitous, Philadelphia is among numerous cities grappling with flooding issues against the backdrop of aging infrastructure, rising sea levels and more extreme precipitation events. chance of happening in any given year, respectively. Flooding on the Schuylkill River from Hurricane Irene, 2011.

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Legal Planet

JUNE 4, 2021

its district, appellate , and supreme courts decided in favor of Urgenda, an upstart environmental organization, ordering the government to more aggressively reduce greenhouse gas emissions. In the face of disappointing legislation and regulation, activists have increasingly turned to courts in the last fifteen years.

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Capaccio

APRIL 22, 2024

Physical risks include weather events and longer-term climate conditions, like sea level rise, that could directly impact business operations. The SEC defines transition risks as those resulting from regulatory, technological, or market changes; for example, costs resulting from climate-related regulations would need to be disclosed.

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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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Union of Concerned Scientists

JUNE 2, 2022

For example, the SEC rule’s disclosure regime is based on one created by the Task Force on Climate-Related Financial Disclosures (TCFD) , an international initiative that grew out of a council of government finance officials known as the G20. Stronger steering by regulators and policymakers has the potential to close this gap.”.

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Law Columbia

APRIL 24, 2023

For example, issues of statehood and loss of territory due to sea level rise would arguably fall outside the Tribunal’s competence and could be addressed in the ICJ advisory request on climate change. The question is divided into two parts. This will be one of the main questions addressed in the advisory opinion.

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Capaccio

DECEMBER 8, 2022

As the EPA commits itself to environmental justice, the agency has taken its regulations under review. The EPA is proposing stronger regulations to the Risk Management Plan (RMP) program to protect environmental justice communities and against climate change Risk Management Program (RMP). . Prevention Program .

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Capaccio

DECEMBER 8, 2022

As the EPA commits itself to environmental justice, the agency has taken its regulations under review. The EPA is proposing stronger regulations to the Risk Management Plan (RMP) program to protect environmental justice communities and against climate change Risk Management Program (RMP). . Prevention Program .

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Capaccio

JULY 25, 2023

IFRS S1 requires disclosure in four main areas: Governance – Companies are required to disclose information regarding management’s role in overseeing and responding to sustainability-related risks and opportunities, as well as how management considers these factors when making decisions.

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Frontiers

MARCH 24, 2023

Yes, there are ecological factors at play, but human governance, or lack of governance, creates a stage for degradation. Elinor Ostrom, Nobel Prize winner in Economic Sciences, has written about the diversity of community-based governance approaches that can effectively govern water resources in particular.

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Ocean Conservancy

MARCH 2, 2022

When thinking about what you can do, it might be helpful to ask three questions: 1) What should the government be doing? We need bold plans and execution at all levels of government to combat climate change. Do you live in a coastal community at risk from sea level rise? In the U.S., 2) What can corporations do?

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Ocean Conservancy

MAY 20, 2021

The significance of the ocean to humanity cannot be overstated, whether it is regulating Earth’s climate, providing food to billions or helping society transition to renewable, fossil fuel-free energy. © Daniel Sebastian Padilla Ochoa/Ocean Conservancy. Solutions to these challenges are on the horizon.

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Law Columbia

OCTOBER 25, 2017

First, new research has traced to just 90 fossil fuel firms the following percentages of anthropogenic carbon dioxide and methane emissions, global mean surface temperature (GMST), and global sea level rise (GSL): From 1880 to 2010: GHGs: 57% GMST: 42–50% GSL: 26–32%. From 1980 to 2010: GHGs: 43% GMST: 29–35% GSL: 11–14%.

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Law Columbia

APRIL 12, 2023

Having in mind this link between the oceans and climate change, it would be natural for the United Nations Conventions on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS) to provide a clear picture of States’ obligations to protect and preserve the marine environment in the context of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and climate change.

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Smith Enviorment

JANUARY 30, 2019

Those two pieces of legislation had already begun to reduce the state’s greenhouse gas emissions by transitioning more base power generation from coal to natural gas (which produces lower levels of greenhouse gas emissions, although not emission-free) and greatly increased development of solar and wind generation facilities.

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Law Columbia

SEPTEMBER 28, 2022

On September 23, 2022, the United Nations Human Rights Committee (UNHRC) delivered a landmark decision in Daniel Billy and others v Australia (Torres Strait Islanders Petition) finding that the Australian Government is violating its human rights obligations to the indigenous Torres Strait Islanders through climate change inaction.

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Vermont Law

OCTOBER 3, 2016

If there is one thing the fossil fuel industry, the government, and climate change activists might agree on it is this: in the end it all comes down to money. By Max Krieger. If there is one thing the fossil fuel industry, the government, and climate change activists might agree on it is this: in the end it all comes down to money.

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HumanNature

NOVEMBER 29, 2022

The conference has been held annually since 1992 and governments use it to agree on actions to limit global temperature increases associated with climate change. This year, Caribbean leaders will use the conference to collectively advocate for loss and damage compensation for the impacts of climate change.

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Clean Energy Law

FEBRUARY 9, 2024

Regulators and water managers had a busy 2023 as they grappled with persistently low groundwater levels, planned for additional water storage and conveyance, and continued to advance water conservation initiatives. Potential adoption of the regulation is slated for consideration in 2024.

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Vermont Law

DECEMBER 19, 2018

In a case of David versus Goliath, 21 young plaintiffs have sued the federal government in federal district court in Oregon over its lack of meaningful effort in responding to the perils presented by climate change. They allege that the government has violated their rights to life, liberty, and property. New York v. Exxon Mobil.

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Law Columbia

MAY 19, 2023

Two executive orders, Executive Orders (EOs) 13990 and 14008 , both issued within a week of President Biden’s inauguration, call for a whole-of-government and science-based approach to tackling the current and expected impacts of climate change on the U.S and its economy, infrastructure, and markets.

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Law Columbia

OCTOBER 17, 2013

In other words, rather than just considering the greenhouse gas emissions from individual projects, environmental impact statements are now regularly considering how a proposed project will be affected by anticipated sea level rise, increased storm surges, more intense heat waves, and the like. Background.

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Circle of Blue

JULY 14, 2021

Human development on floodplains, coupled with inadequate regulation, is increasing the threat of floods in India. However with the passage of time, these floodplains have become victims of illegal as well as planned legal invasion from the governments across the country.” – Jayshree Vencatesan of Care Earth Trust, Chennai.

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Law Columbia

MARCH 14, 2024

Plaintiffs will likely assert a variety of claims, and invoke an overlapping array of constitutional principles, that challenge both the authority of states to regulate GHG emissions and the proportionality and propriety of the Climate Superfund bills. Chevron relied on the existing scope of federal GHG regulations.

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Law and Environment

AUGUST 17, 2023

As more advisory services, investment companies, and public companies have publicized their Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) goals, the U.S. In March 2022, the SEC proposed amendments to Regulations S-X that would both enhance and standardize public companies’ climate-related disclosures (“Climate-Related Disclosures”).

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Law Columbia

JULY 6, 2017

Circuit concluded that EPA had acted arbitrarily and capriciously in determining that the four elements of the regulations that had been stayed met these requirements. Environmental Groups Challenged Delay in Enforcement of Landfill Methane Regulations. 16-1-01001-5 (Wash. verdict June 7, 2017; sentencing June 23, 2017).

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Legal Planet

SEPTEMBER 27, 2021

A significant proportion of the student body receives Pell Grants from the federal government (38%), reserved for low-income students. And on top of that, the UC Berkeley site in Richmond is likely vulnerable to impacts from sea level rise from climate change.

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