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2021-2022 California Environmental Legislation: What’s Been Enacted?

Legal Planet

SB 6 and AB 2011 enable residential development in zones where office, retail, or parking are a principally permitted use. Land Use and Building Decarbonization. The Governor signed notable new laws designed to address the housing affordability crisis, with GHG reduction co-benefits. A Few Notable Vetoes.

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Conflict & Climate Change: The Real Triple C

Vermont Law

Climate change causes sea-level rise, natural resource scarcity, and natural disasters. Southern Sudan started experiencing drought as a result of sea level temperature rise in the Indian Ocean. After the drought, the Syrian conflict arose in 2011. The conflict in . that arose from climate change.

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How Forecasts of Opportunity Help Communities Prepare for Climate Disasters

HumanNature

On longer timescales, the ocean connects global patterns through ocean circulation and sea level pressure. Certain atmospheric and oceanic conditions can lead to more predictable states of the climate system resulting in more accurate forecasts, known as forecasts of opportunity. 2011): 150-157.

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ITLOS and the importance of (getting) external rules (right) in interpreting UNCLOS

Law Columbia

In the context of marine pollution from GHG emissions from vessels, ITLOS referred to the IMO adopted amendments to Annex VI to MARPOL in 2011 and 2021 with a view to reducing GHG emissions from ships. They must be established through the competent international organization (i.e.

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No Word on Climate from Presidential Candidates Stumping in New Hampshire Amid Record Global Heat

Union of Concerned Scientists

Some of the highest risks can be found in the candidates’ home states: the ocean off of Florida has hit 98 degrees— hot tub temp s! In 2011 I invited Reagan-era economist Art Laffer to speak to a hall filled exclusively with New Hampshire Republicans, both leaders and rank and file conservatives.

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Using Attribution Science to Evaluate the Effects of Oil and Gas Emissions on Endangered and Threatened Species

Law Columbia

Bernhardt’s reasoning was that it would be impossible to establish the requisite causal link between GHG emissions, global climate change, and specific localized effects on species and their habitat due to the “complex and independent processes active in the atmosphere and the ocean acting on GHGs.” 2011) ; Regehr et al.

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Federal Water Tap, January 13: National Climate Adaptation Plan Updated

Circle of Blue

National adaptation plans, based on national priorities, were incorporated into the UN climate process in 2011. Most of that heat is going into the ocean, where temperatures in the upper reaches also set a record. Most of that heat is going into the ocean, where temperatures in the upper reaches also set a record.

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