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South Korea and Climate Change

Legal Planet

Renewables are relatively small, at only 6%, but growing rapidly, having doubled from 2010 to 2019. In 2021, South Korea set a target under the Paris Agreement of a 40% cut from 2018 levels by 2030. 50% coal, 26% gas, and 25% nuclear. Actual generation is tilted a bit more toward fossil fuels and nuclear.

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‘The Opportunity Is Now’: Water Advocates View Upcoming UN Climate Conference as Moment of Relevance

Circle of Blue

It’s also an essential consideration as countries plan to reduce greenhouse gas emissions in line with the goals of the Paris agreement. In the Paris agreement rich countries said they would contribute $100 billion annually. Money promised, however, does not always translate into money delivered.

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Brazil Advances in Climate Change Litigation

Legal Planet

Lula, who served as President of Brazil from 2003 to 2010 (and is the first President in the country to return for a third term), is known for supporting policies to protect the environment and disenfranchised social groups. Accordingly, any Brazilian law or decree contradicting the Paris Agreement may be invalidated.

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Net Zero/Not Zero

Real Climate

C requires rapid, deep and sustained reductions in global greenhouse gas emissions, including reducing global carbon dioxide emissions by 45 per cent by 2030 relative to the 2010 level and to net zero around mid-century, as well as deep reductions in other greenhouse gases; Glasgow Pact final text, section 17.

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How Post-War Justice Strategies Can Be Applied to the Climate Crisis  

Union of Concerned Scientists

In 2010, for example, we knew that at least 20 countries had the highest emissions and the least climate vulnerability at the national level—an inequality that has only been exacerbated since. The UNFCC Paris Agreement , for example, proposed that the global community would work together to limit the Earth’s temperature warming by 1.5°C

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Public Pressure on ExxonMobil Works. Little Else Does.

Union of Concerned Scientists

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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Progress Possible at COP 28 Despite Fossil Fuel Industry Deception

Union of Concerned Scientists

These companies talk out of both sides of their mouths when it comes to climate polic y—many claiming to support the Paris agreement, while simultaneously funding business groups to lobby against policies to implement and enforce national commitments. Between 2010 and 2018, Chevron is analyzed to have dedicated only 0.2%