Enviromental Defense

DECEMBER 2, 2024

When you account for inflation, the new target of $300 billion barely exceeds the previous global commitment that was set in 2009, despite increasing climate damages and the growing urgency of climate action. Mitigating climate change by ending pollution from oil and gas is the only way to reduce these damages.

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Circle of Blue

SEPTEMBER 15, 2021

Water was overlooked in past global climate talks. Advocates are focusing on the Glasgow meeting to highlight water’s indispensable climate role. Demonstrators took to the streets at the 2009 global climate convention in Copenhagen. Some have taken to calling the UN’s 26th climate convention the “adaptation convention.”.

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Legal Planet

OCTOBER 23, 2023

If you compare California with the country as a whole, however, it does seem clear that our climate policies have had a real impact on emissions. California has done well in terms of total emission reductions – about a 10% reduction from 2009 to 2019. decrease was due to other states enacting their own climate policy, so the U.S.

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Real Climate

DECEMBER 17, 2023

C (Benestad, 2009). 70) Moreover, the recent 5th National (US) Climate Assessment , NCA5, concludes in a similar vein that [HighResMIP with resolutions between 20 and 50 km from CMIP6] simulations support the conclusion of a global decrease in tropical cyclone frequency together with an increase in intensity with warming. Blunden, T.

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Environmental and Urban Economics

JULY 11, 2021

John Cochrane has posted an important blog post about adapting to climate change. I have working on the costs of climate change for 15 years now going back to my 2005 Death Toll paper. I am a microeconomist and I said to Marty; "Many of us know that we do not know what risks climate change will pose.

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Energy and Climate Law

DECEMBER 8, 2020

This ruling was released in the context of a surge in climate litigation cases in France and all over world. For France, the “Affaire du Siècle” case was filed in the Administrative Court of Paris in May 2019 by four NGOs against the government for its failure to act on climate change.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

DECEMBER 10, 2023

The fossil fuel industry is the problem, not the solution Despite their well-funded campaigns to convince us otherwise, here are five reasons why we need to be skeptical about fossil fuel industry engagement in global climate policy. Let’s start with the obvious: the burning of fossil fuels is the main driver of climate change.

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Inside Climate News

OCTOBER 28, 2024

By Humberto Basilio In 2009, South American deserts stretching from Peru’s parched coast to the wilds of Patagonia became a playground for the global off-road racing elite. A group of scientists looking for new ways to conduct studies that don’t harm the deserts of South America turned to motorized paragliding.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

SEPTEMBER 23, 2024

2: Increasing international climate finance This year, at COP29, nations will also have to agree on the quantum of international climate finance that richer nations will provide post-2025 to help lower-income nations cut their heat-trapping emissions and adapt to climate change. Article 2.1(c)

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Circle of Blue

SEPTEMBER 27, 2021

In 2020, farmers and livestock operations used 187 billion gallons of water, double the amount in 2009. They irrigate 570,000 acres, or roughly 100,000 acres more than in 2009, according to state figures. In 2020, farmers and livestock operations used 187 billion gallons of water, double the amount in 2009.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

Trading in disinformation In its climate lobbying report, ExxonMobil deemed 52 associations “aligned” for acknowledging the risks of climate change, publicly backing the Paris Agreement goal of limiting average global warming to well below 2 degrees Celsius and taking steps to reduce carbon emissions.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

NOVEMBER 16, 2023

trillion in avoided climate change-related damages. EN: UCS’s analysis looks at various ways the United States could meet its climate targets. The United States needs to accelerate this momentum and ramp up renewables to much higher levels to meet climate goals. What are the main solutions? Your thoughts?

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PA Environment Daily

FEBRUARY 20, 2025

Climate change is expected to bring more intense and frequent rainfall events to the region, which will likely exacerbate untreated sewage discharged into waterways. Founded in 2009, T hree Rivers Waterkeeper is a proud member of the global Waterkeeper Alliance. . -- Elevated E. coli on nearly every sampling event.

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Inhabitant

OCTOBER 7, 2021

A new report released by the Global Coral Reef Monitoring Network found that up to 14% of the world's coral reefs have been depleted due to climate change between the years 2009 and 2018. In the period under review, mass coral bleaching events were experienced due to warming waters.

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Legal Planet

AUGUST 22, 2024

To address these dual needs, UC Berkeley Law’s Center for Law, Energy and the Environment (CLEE) and the UCLA Law Emmett Institute on Climate Change and the Environment are today releasing the new report Fueling & Financing: Addressing the Urgent Challenges Facing Electric Heavy-Duty Vehicle Deployment.

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Legal Planet

JUNE 21, 2023

It was the site for one of the most iconic climate policy photos. In the run-up to the Copenhagen climate negotiations in 2009, President Mohamed Nasheed held a cabinet meeting in scuba gear 20 feet underwater to show what awaited the low-lying island nation of the Maldives if serious action were not taken to reduce greenhouse gases.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

AUGUST 8, 2024

It may all be part of a larger struggle of birds competing for dwindling habitat in the face of development, climate change, pesticides, industrial agriculture, and pollution. She talked about how crews kept repositioning common murre decoys on Matinicus Rock until the first egg in more than a century was laid on that island in 2009.

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Enviromental Defense

NOVEMBER 6, 2024

A big part of that comes down to wealthy countries needing to provide financing to countries in the Global South to both take climate action as well as respond to climate disasters. This is what is known as climate finance. Back in 2009, countries set a finance goal of $100 billion.

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Enviromental Defense

AUGUST 20, 2024

If federal officials had followed the law, a Recovery Strategy would have been in place since 2009. ABOUT ECOJUSTICE ( ecojustice.ca ): Ecojustice uses the power of the law to defend nature, combat climate change, and fight for a healthy environment.

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Real Climate

APRIL 2, 2021

2009 ), a quiescent period of volcanic eruptions ( Mann et al. 2021 ), and changes in the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation (AMOC). Wu, "Tropical Cyclones and Climate Change Assessment: Part II: Projected Response to Anthropogenic Warming", Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society , vol. 778-781, 2009.

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Edouard Stenger

JULY 27, 2018

The author was an engineering professor at Cambridge and the Chief Scientific Adviser to the UK Department of Energy and Climate Change and was knighted by the Queen for his work. Verdict: Sustainable Energy does show its age a bit, as some things have changed in the last ten years.… Reinventing Fire (2011).

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A Greener Life

JANUARY 5, 2024

Denmarks incoming king Crown Prince Frederik attending the Nordic Climate Solutions in 2009. He has participated in expeditions, forums and events on climate, and has represented Denmark as a promoter of renewable energy. Photo credit: Johannes Jansson / norden.org, CC BY 2.5 dk via Wikimedia.

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HumanNature

FEBRUARY 7, 2022

Candidate in the Department of Fish, Wildlife and Conservation Biology and the Graduate Degree Program in Ecology at Colorado State University Polar bears have become the global bellwether of climate change: a symbol for an impending catastrophe that will forever change the natural world as we know it.

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A Greener Life

OCTOBER 20, 2021

As the world is nearing the crucial UN climate summit COP26 , climate coverage is yet again on the up. During the three major UN climate summits in the past 12 years, Copenhagen in 2009, Paris in 2015 and now Glasgow in 2021 climate coverage and interest in the issue has accelerated in the run-up to the event.

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PA Environment Daily

FEBRUARY 23, 2023

The new one, released in January, points to new challenges from climate change, “forever chemicals” and the proliferation of mega warehouses. Between 2009 and 2021, daily withdrawals of water in the state decreased by 33%, mostly because of coal-fired power plants closing. The plan also highlights a new set of challenges.

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Edouard Stenger

SEPTEMBER 19, 2017

For my first article since hurricanes Harvey and Katrina, I could have written another article on how not solving climate change would cost us trillions of dollars. Local air pollution (and global climate change) ; 4. To conclude: Solving climate change has to be done if Mankind is to survive.

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Enviromental Defense

NOVEMBER 8, 2024

COP29 is the deadline for the adoption of a new collective quantified goal (NCQG), to ensure wealthy countries are supporting developing nations to reduce emissions and address climate impacts. At least $1 trillion per year is required to meet the immediate climate needs of developing countries.

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PA Environment Daily

OCTOBER 26, 2023

She also held a Graduate Policy Intern position in the Governor’s Office of Policy and Planning in 2009 and an Undergraduate Policy Intern position in the Department of Public Welfare in 2006. Click Here for more details.

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Ocean Conservancy

OCTOBER 23, 2024

She is passionate about helping fisheries manage their way through climate change and furthering ocean conservation efforts. The black cod population that spans the coasts of the United States and Canada is currently healthy, but as the climate and ocean conditions change, their long-term future is uncertain.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

APRIL 16, 2024

New demands for electricity and the need to reduce climate-changing emissions are driving new grid planning efforts. UCS began pushing for strong planning with new rules as early as 2009. The obstacles to new technology and more effective investments need to be addressed.

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HumanNature

APRIL 10, 2023

But this simplified pathway misses a key step in cloud formation–and one that could help us combat climate change. The Paris Agreement is an international treaty adopted at the United Nations Climate Change Conference in 2015, with the goal of limiting global warming to 1.5 °C 2009, February 19). 2010, November 2).

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Law Columbia

SEPTEMBER 7, 2023

26 (GC26) on children’s rights and the environment with a special focus on climate change. Still, the decision holds significant implications for safeguarding children’s rights within the climate change context and set a foundation for future climate-related cases centered on children.

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A Greener Life

DECEMBER 17, 2021

Climate privilege is the luxury of being unconcerned about climate change. For some people, the climate crisis is life and death. Climate privilege overlaps with other forms of privilege, just as vulnerability to climate change overlaps with other forms of marginalisation. By Jeremy Williams.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

JUNE 24, 2024

US Food and Drug Administration regulation of tobacco products, enacted in 2009, mandates graphic health warnings on cigarette products and advertisements—but the tobacco industry has delayed implementation through a prolonged legal battle. A recent appeals court ruling affirmed that the warnings are “factual and uncontroversial.”

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A Greener Life

NOVEMBER 24, 2021

It’s been a popular refrain in the run-up to the Glasgow climate talks: this is the last chance to prevent catastrophic climate change. Science tells us that climate change is non-linear and subject to tipping points that we can’t reverse, so a sense of urgency is vital. By Jeremy Williams.

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Washington Nature

JUNE 8, 2021

by Pascale Chamberland, Masters of Public Administration Candidate 2021, University of Washington Evans School of Public Policy & Governance From a massive social media campaign to plant 20 million trees to businesses planting a tree for each product sold, people seem eager to fight climate change using natural climate solutions (NCS).

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Union of Concerned Scientists

DECEMBER 20, 2022

The US Energy Information Administration is forecasting the wholesale price of gas to reach its highest level since the winter of 2009-2010 in inflation-adjusted terms. Methane is also a fast-acting greenhouse gas in terms of its impact on the climate. There’s a better way forward.

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