Union of Concerned Scientists

NOVEMBER 16, 2023

Under the 2015 Paris Agreement, the United States voluntarily pledged to reduce its global warming emissions at least 50 percent below their 2005 levels by the end of this decade and reach net-zero emissions no later than 2050. EN: What does your report recommend that the federal and state governments do going forward?

Carbon Emissions 331

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Environmental Europe

JULY 12, 2017

What is needed to make the Paris Agreement a success? But if there is no system to ensure that they are monitored and evaluated, the agreement will have very shaky legs. In the paper we argue that there are, in principle, two different axes to think about governing or organizing monitoring and evaluation activities.

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Law Columbia

MARCH 29, 2023

Part of the discussion on the need for an advisory opinion on climate change focuses on the possibility to interpret the obligations in the Paris Agreement and the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC). The rules governing written proceedings are quite flexible.

Climate Change 145

Climate Change Paris Agreement Law 2023 145

Physics World

OCTOBER 29, 2021

But the United Nations has just said that the latest commitments of the 192 parties of the 2015 Paris agreement will equate to a 16% rise in global greenhouse-gas emissions in 2030 compared to 2010. “What is needed is a proper commitment to genuinely get to net zero and that has to be through government legislation.

Paris Agreement 124

Paris Agreement Fossil Fuels Climate Change Greenhouse 124

Union of Concerned Scientists

APRIL 27, 2023

For coal-fired power, the economic case has been bleak for a long time now, which has brought US coal-fired generation down to less than half of its 2010 level. Modeling has shown that coal power should be phased out entirely by 2030 if the United States is going to live up to its Paris Agreement targets to limit global warming to 1.5

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Fossil Fuels Electricity 2014 Climate Change 290

Legal Planet

NOVEMBER 29, 2022

Article 8 of the Paris Agreement explicitly recognizes the importance of averting, minimizing and addressing loss and damage associated with the adverse effects of climate change. The new arrangements ought to complement the sources, funds, processes and initiatives under and outside of the Convention and the Paris Agreement.

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Arnold Porter

FEBRUARY 1, 2022

Over the last several years, many investors, regulators and other stakeholders have increasingly sought environmental, social and governance (ESG) disclosures from public companies. In 2010, the SEC published interpretive guidance (2010 Guidance) for public companies regarding disclosure requirements relating to climate change matters.[[N:Securities

2022 96

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A Greener Life

JUNE 24, 2022

In 2008, the year before I turned 30, the UK government introduced the world’s first legally binding climate change legislation the Climate Change Act. I had to wait 37 years of my life until the world finally agreed to a global climate deal with the Paris Agreement in 2015. This has since changed many times.

Fossil Fuels 98

Fossil Fuels Climate Change Paris Agreement Atmosphere 98

Breezometer

JUNE 7, 2022

According to the report , average net annual human-caused GHG emissions were at their highest levels in human history between 2010 and 2019, with urban areas responsible for an increasing proportion of the emissions. The rate of emissions growth year on year slowed between 2010-2019 in comparison to the previous decade.

Climate Change 98

Climate Change 2030 2019 2010 98

Law Columbia

NOVEMBER 22, 2022

In July 2022, Indonesians at the frontline of climate change filed a claim before the National Human Rights Commission seeking recognition that climate change is a matter of human rights and calling on the Indonesian government to take stronger action. Indonesia , as well as recent developments of the case. The human rights complaint.

Climate Change 79

Climate Change Government Fossil Fuels Deforestation 79

Law Columbia

OCTOBER 20, 2023

Given this, over the last century, a large body of international law has been developed to govern ocean-based activities. But none of the relevant international agreements were designed with ocean CDR in mind. In fact, when the agreements were first adopted, the possibility of ocean CDR was not even being discussed.

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Precautionary Principle Carbon Dioxide Ocean Radiation 58

Law Columbia

DECEMBER 1, 2021

On October 26, 2021, Observatório do Clima (OC), a network of 71 civil society organizations, filed a class action at the federal court of Amazonas against the Environmental Ministry and Brazilian government ( Laboratório do Observatório do Clima v. Omissions from the Brazilian government on climate policy. o C global warming scenario.

Rainforest 40

Rainforest Deforestation Paris Agreement 2005 40

HumanNature

APRIL 10, 2023

Many scientists, including the US National Academies of Science, Engineering, and Medicine, have endorsed additional research into these and other climate intervention techniques due to concerns that current pledges are not sufficient to meet the Paris Agreement’s 1.5 °C 2010, November 2). C temperature target. Schäfer, S.,

Climate Change 52

Climate Change Paris Agreement Atmosphere Cooling 52

A Greener Life

NOVEMBER 30, 2023

Dubai, United Arab Emirates (UAE), site of the COP28 conference at the end of the month, where government representatives from all UN countries will discuss global efforts to limit climate change and adapt to its effects. degrees, but data suggests emissions have instead increased instead by 16% since 2010.

Fossil Fuels 52

Fossil Fuels 2025 Climate Change Paris Agreement 52

Union of Concerned Scientists

NOVEMBER 20, 2023

The UN NDC Synthesis Report , which finds that if countries implement their current emission reduction pledges, or nationally determined contributions (NDCs) under the Paris Agreement, global emissions will increase approximately 8.8% above 2010 levels, instead of the sharp downward trajectory we need.

Fossil Fuels 317

Fossil Fuels Paris Agreement Climate Change 2030 317

Arnold Porter

JULY 16, 2021

Over the last several years the market has seen the increase of environmental, social and governance (ESG) disclosures by public companies occur in fits and starts in reaction to pressures from a variety of constituents, including some of the largest institutional investors.

Climate Change 52

Climate Change 2021 2020 Government 52

Greenbuilding Law

AUGUST 1, 2021

Businesses cannot ignore or refuse to think about the environmental, social and governance (ESG) space; it is not going away. For example, we have worked with companies for more than a decade reacting to the SEC’s 2010 climate guidance that identifies disclosure obligations. If the organization wants the very best employees (.

Paris Agreement 52

Paris Agreement Law 2002 2004 52

Enviromental Defense

APRIL 19, 2022

Coal power generation must be reduced to 80 per cent below 2010 levels by 2030 and be phased out before 2040 in order to meet targets set out by the Paris Agreement. . The federal government has committed to ban thermal coal exports by 2030.

Earth Day 52

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A Greener Life

OCTOBER 21, 2021

For almost three decades, world governments have met nearly every year to forge a global response to the climate emergency. Why do we need a Cop – don’t we already have the Paris agreement? target, the lower of the two Paris goals. There are also question marks over the commitment of the new Japanese government.

Paris Agreement 98

Paris Agreement Fossil Fuels Carbon Dioxide 2030 98

Columbia Climate Law

MAY 8, 2020

The court rejected the argument that a more recently enacted statute governing rate structure conflicted with and preempted the 1980 statute. argued that the agreements and related arrangements conflicted with and were an obstacle to U.S. s decision not to participate in the Paris Agreement.

2020 40

2020 Endangered Species Act Climate Change Greenhouse 40

Law Columbia

FEBRUARY 10, 2020

Divided Ninth Circuit Said Juliana Plaintiffs Lacked Standing to Press Constitutional Climate Claims Against Federal Government. Ninth Circuit Heard Oral Argument in California Local Government Cases; Fossil Fuel Companies Said Juliana Decision Supported Their Position. Environmental Council of Sacramento v. County of Sacramento , No.

2020 40

2020 Climate Change Fossil Fuels Greenhouse 40

Law Columbia

NOVEMBER 7, 2017

The court said its August 2017 decision rejecting challenges under the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) and Natural Gas Act to DOE’s authorization of LNG exports at another Texas facility largely governed the resolution of the instant cases. The court addressed three narrow issues that remained in one or more of the cases.

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Legal Planet

FEBRUARY 19, 2024

Republican victories in the 2010 off-year election ended any chance of legislation. He personally intervened to help negotiate the Paris Agreement. He also packed the federal judiciary, including the Supreme Court, with conservative opponents of government regulation. And he withdraw from the Paris Agreement.

Climate Change 246

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Vermont Law

DECEMBER 19, 2016

If you still have a glimmer of hope that the federal government will continue to play a meaningful role and remain engaged in carbon reduction efforts under the Trump Administration, consider this: Mr. Ebell is employed at the Competitive Enterprise Institute (CEI) in Washington, D.C.

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