Legal Planet
DECEMBER 19, 2023
I attended the climate conference as part of the UCLA Law delegation. To me, environmental law and climate policy are about people, protecting people, and advocating alongside those disproportionately affected by climate change. candidate (‘24) at UCLA Law. Indeed, it was a first. Meleana Chun-Moy is a J.D. Download as PDF
Legal Planet
MAY 5, 2022
The geography is extremely diverse, featuring high mountains, deserts, and rainforest. Its location between two oceans, as well as its latitude and topography significantly increase Mexico’s exposure to extreme hydro meteorological events.” Because of its geography, Mexico is vulnerable to climate impacts.
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Legal Planet
OCTOBER 11, 2021
“In 1492, Columbus sailed the ocean blue.” For instance, destruction of rainforest in South America is partly driven by global demand for soybeans, a good deal of which comes from China. In fourteen hundred and ninety two, Columbus sailed the ocean blue. That’s what we learned in my grade school. Download as PDF.
Law Columbia
APRIL 21, 2023
Photo: Guss B on Unsplash Earth Day is an opportunity to celebrate the awe-inspiring wonders on this planet — a place full of biodiversity hotspots, from lush rainforests to scenic mountain ranges, home to rich, endemic species. Blue carbon is carbon captured by ocean and coastal ecosystems. The seaweed may then be harvested (e.g.,
Law Columbia
AUGUST 8, 2023
The law would mesh with corporate climate disclosure regulations elsewhere, particularly in Europe, and would therefore represent a significant step toward assuring the accuracy, trustworthiness, and transparency of corporate climate performance reporting. 4] The new corporate climate disclosure bills may well continue that tradition.
Legal Planet
JULY 5, 2023
Wildfire in Canada , smoke in NYC , heat domes in Texas , massive heat in the Atlantic ocean are just some of this month’s news. A 2022 Rainforest Action Network repor t found that “fossil fuel financing from the world’s 60 largest banks has reached USD $4.6 The leading edge of that disruption is already here.
Vermont Law
MARCH 9, 2015
Junk can be found everywhere—from the bellies of animals and the tissues of our own bodies to the world’s vast oceans. . The first step toward keeping trash from entering the ocean is to reduce the amount created on land and repurpose what we chuck into trash bins. invented by Cesar Harada—could one day scour the ocean for trash.
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