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Guest Commentary: An Unexpected Success for Czech Climate Litigation

Law Columbia

According to the applicants, the unlawful interference consisted of executive inaction in the area of climate protection, respectively by not taking mitigation and adaptation measures according to the obligations under the Paris Agreement. 2022 Prague Municipal Court Decision.

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Donald Trump v. The Environment: learning from past attempts to dismantle environmental policy

Environmental Europe

A week after the Paris Agreement entered into force, the United States have elected Donald J. America’s environmental agenda will be guided by true specialists in conservation, not those with radical political agendas. 2] Examples of such principled opposition include calling for the respect for property rights (v.

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Guest commentary: A ground-breaking judgment in Germany

Law Columbia

In adopting the temperature targets of the Paris Agreement the German legislature exercised its mandate and prerogative. This threshold can “in principle” be converted into a global carbon budget, which, in turn, can be allocated to States. The GCC notes that adaptation can provide additional protection (under ¶164/5). (As

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Environmental Law: Government and Public Policy Towards the Environment

Environmental Science

As water and water runoff does not respect political boundaries, international laws on conservation and use are common and applied, especially where there is shared use and responsibility or competing claims to it. Laws here apply to surface water such as rivers, lakes and oceans, floodwater and ice meltwater, groundwater and the water table.

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October 2019 Updates to the Climate Case Charts

Law Columbia

The complaint alleged that Gallaudet “had earned plaudits for advancing the agency’s priorities in ocean and atmospheric sciences without succumbing to political interference with climate research.” Navy Rear Admiral Tim Gallaudet as acting administrator of NOAA. Democracy Forward Foundation v. 1:19-cv-02751 (D.D.C., filed Sept.

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February 2020 Updates to the Climate Case Charts

Law Columbia

The majority said it “reluctantly” concluded that “the plaintiffs’ case must be made to the political branches or to the electorate at large” and “[t]hat the other branches may have abdicated their responsibility to remediate the problem does not confer on Article III courts, no matter how well-intentioned, the ability to step into their shoes.”

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