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Using Clouds to Fight Climate Change

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But if they are thin and transparent, they reflect very little sunlight and instead trap a lot of the heat radiating from the Earth, resulting in a net warming effect. 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

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The Evolving Legal Landscape for Ocean-Based Carbon Dioxide Removal

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to 2 o C in line with the goals of the Paris Agreement. For example, in 2019, the parties to the LP agreed to allow the provisional application of a 2009 amendment allowing the export of carbon dioxide for sub-seabed storage (more on that here ). There is growing consensus that a variety of CDR approaches will be required.

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What Happens If EPA Revokes the Endangerment Finding?

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C limit the global community committed to in the Paris Agreement, adopted in 2015. In 2009, EPA issued its endangerment finding. It calls on the Administrator to “establish a system, with an appropriate deadline, to update the 2009 endangerment finding.” A commitment to the fossil fuel industry is.