Legal Planet

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

Beginning in 2015, journalists began to uncover mounting evidence of Defendants’ campaign of deception,” the complaint says. “In And the answer was a lot, a long time ago. The timeline is laid out in California’s complaint , filed in San Francisco Superior Court.

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A Greener Life

SEPTEMBER 23, 2021

As the risks of sea-level rise, stronger tropical storms and seawater intrusion grow due to climate change , Indonesia is ramping up efforts to protect mangrove ecosystems across the archipelago as part of both its COVID-19 recovery efforts and climate change commitments. Photo credit: Andry Denisah / Alamy. By Nithin Coca.

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Washington Nature

FEBRUARY 15, 2022

By identifying “hot spots” where disasters are more likely to occur in the coming years, communities will be better able to develop strong hazard resilience plans, which can reduce the impacts of flooding, wildfires, droughts, and rising sea levels in Washington state. Stillaguamish Valley flooding near Stanwood, November 2015.

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Legal Planet

OCTOBER 29, 2021

This isn’t merely theoretical; the Under 2 Coalition was created, as I understand it, after a series of meetings between subnationals leading up to and around COPs and was launched at the Paris COP in 2015. (My That network of subnationals cooperating on climate change now includes areas accounting for 50% of global GDP.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

NOVEMBER 11, 2022

There’s much on the agenda at this year’s summit, including negotiations on what measures countries are willing to take to cut emissions in line with the Paris Agreement—a commitment they made at COP21 back in 2015. My UCS colleagues and I are here because global climate policy must be informed by and aligned with the latest science.

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Legal Planet

NOVEMBER 29, 2022

During the initial negotiations of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (Convention), AOSIS proposed to set up an “International Climate Fund” to finance adaptation, and an “International Insurance Pool” as a separate entity to provide financial insurance specifically against sea level rise.

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A Greener Life

OCTOBER 28, 2021

Global warming is leading to sea-level rise on an unprecedented scale, according to IPCC scientists. Between 2006 and 2016 sea levels globally rose 2.5 At the same time, the seas are warmer than they used to be, which can lead to more tropical storms and a higher risk of coastal flooding. metres by 2100. (In

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A Greener Life

AUGUST 13, 2021

Some of those predicted changes are already happening such as continued sea level rise which is now irreversible over a time span of hundreds to thousands of years. degrees C threshold in the next decades which countries had agreed as the desirable target in 2015’s Paris Agreement.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

JANUARY 20, 2023

Research produced by the Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS) has shown that rising temperatures, sea level rise , and ocean acidification have all been made worse by fossil fuel companies’ activities and products. The company’s own research estimated that to prevent the average temperature from rising beyond 2 degrees Centigrade (3.6

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Law Columbia

NOVEMBER 7, 2022

The issue of funding for loss and damage was first raised by the Alliance of Small Island States in the early 1990s, when the group proposed that the financial burden of sea level rise in low-lying and small island developing countries be borne by the world’s most industrialized nations. and other developed nations. In the U.S.,

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Ocean Conservancy

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

The global average sea surface temperature hit an all-time record high in July and these unprecedented ocean temperatures show that the ocean is heating up more rapidly than experts previously realized—posing a greater risk for sea-level rise, extreme weather and the loss of marine ecosystems.

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Circle of Blue

JULY 20, 2022

Although total pollution incidents declined, the EA wrote that trends had not improved since 2015 and compliance with permits to discharge wastewater had worsened since 2020. The report also found that rising sea levels have impacted many low-lying areas, including the Kakadu wetlands, a World Heritage site and sacred Aboriginal land.

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Academy of Natural Sciences

APRIL 26, 2021

© GIDEON MENDEL, Vilian Sousa da Silva,Taquari District, Rio Branco, Brazil, March 2015 C-print. and India (2014), Brazil and Bangladesh (2015) and France (2016 and 2018). Courtesy of the artist. Programming. Haiti (2008), Pakistan (2010), Australia and Thailand (2011), Nigeria (2012), Germany and The Philippines (2013),?England?and

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Acoel

OCTOBER 25, 2021

Indigenous peoples are experiencing rising sea levels, relocating villages, declining salmon runs and failing wild rice fields. Posted on October 25, 2021 by Jeanette Wolfley.

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National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition (NSAC)

NOVEMBER 19, 2024

We examined projects funded between 2015 and 2021 through the Organic Research and Extension Initiative (OREI) and the ORG. Similarly, Clemson University received funding to develop salt-tolerant rice cultivars for organic farms affected by rising sea levels.

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Ocean Conservancy

NOVEMBER 30, 2022

Representatives from civil society, non-governmental organizations and the private sector gathered alongside governmental representatives to influence decisions and advance contributions toward the goals of the Paris Agreement of 2015. I was joined by Ocean Conservancy colleagues working to advance ocean-climate action. degrees Celsius.

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PA Environment Daily

AUGUST 5, 2021

The land was purchased by Natural Lands in August, 2015, and held until DRWC formed a separate nonprofit land trust, DRWC Land Conservancy, as required by project funders. The pier and water area also afford us the opportunity to innovate and create a buffer for coastal resiliency as we plan for rising sea levels and future storms.

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Vermont Law

JUNE 21, 2023

Now, almost a decade after AR5 and nine years closer to 2030 (a pivotal year determined by the 2015 Paris Climate Agreement), the old consensus seems to remain but solutions are handicapped. This is a real problem. The awareness has increased for sure (which is a good thing).

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Vermont Law

MAY 2, 2023

Now, almost a decade after AR5 and nine years closer to 2030 (a pivotal year determined by the 2015 Paris Climate Agreement), the old consensus seems to remain but solutions are handicapped. This is a real problem. The awareness has increased for sure (which is a good thing).

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Circle of Blue

JUNE 2, 2021

The first of these shortage tiers — at 1,075 feet above sea level — is expected to be breached next year. Mead is currently at 1,073 feet, but for shortage determinations, it is the projected level in the following January that matters. million acre-feet of ICS in Mead today. About half belongs to Met.

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Legal Planet

DECEMBER 19, 2022

Even before adoption of the 1992 Framework Convention, the Alliance of Small Island States (AOSIS) had proposed an “International Insurance Pool” to pay vulnerable countries based on observed sea level rise. In the 2015 Paris Agreement , Article 8 acknowledged the importance of L&D and the accompanying decision 1/CP.21

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Union of Concerned Scientists

APRIL 4, 2024

UCS led the way with these source attribution studies that establish a direct causal link between emissions attributable to fossil fuel producing entities and: Roughly 40% of the increase in global mean surface temperature between 1880 and 2010, with more than 35% of this increase occurring in the past 50 years, well after fossil fuel companies understood (..)

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Edouard Stenger

JULY 27, 2018

The book predicted the threat of rising sea levels and the need to reform fresh-water management strategies to combat droughts. Verdict: I really enjoyed reading Reinventing Fire as it is full of examples and data and figures. – Driven by Demand: How Energy Gets Its Power (2015).

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Law Columbia

APRIL 12, 2023

Having in mind this link between the oceans and climate change, it would be natural for the United Nations Conventions on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS) to provide a clear picture of States’ obligations to protect and preserve the marine environment in the context of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and climate change. cit., §§ 40-41).

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Smith Enviorment

JANUARY 30, 2019

Executive Order 80 supports the 2015 Paris Agreement and sets several goals for the state to meet by 2025: Reduce state greenhouse gas emissions by 40% from 2005 levels. Back to North Carolina developments in late 2018: Executive Order on Climate Change and Clean Energy: On October 29, 2018, N.C.

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Vermont Law

FEBRUARY 6, 2017

was projected to cost $250 million; however, when it ultimately opened in 2015, the final cost totaled over $1 billion. rising sea-levels. between 2014 and 2015, which complicate how seawater desalination. McDonald, Conservation for Cities. , (2015). [2]. In 2004, the. Desalination Plant. population growth.

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Vermont Law

APRIL 20, 2014

metric tons), but it is already considering ways to reinforce coastline against climate-change-induced sea level rise and looking into alternatives for their agricultural sectors that will be sustainable as the climate changes. Sea level is rising and islands are disappearing. For example, Bangladesh only contributed 0.4

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Union of Concerned Scientists

NOVEMBER 30, 2023

Eight years after the 2015 COP that produced the Paris Agreement , in which the world’s nations agreed to stick to a strict schedule to cut global warming emissions, I’m balancing my hope that humanity can come together to commit to even more ambitious goals. . #1:

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Law Columbia

JANUARY 10, 2019

4th 204 (2015) (invalidating EIR because agency determination that project’s emissions were consistent with statewide emission reduction goals and therefore insignificant was not supported by a reasoned explanation based on substantial evidence); Friends of Oroville v. 4th 369 (2015) ; Ballona Wetlands Land Trust v. 4th 455 (2d.

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A Greener Life

DECEMBER 6, 2023

degrees C target that world leaders agreed upon in the Paris Agreement of 2015. WMO Secretary-General Peterri Taalas laid the facts bare, stating: “Greenhouse gas levels are record high. Sea level rise is record high. Antarctic sea ice record low.” degrees C of breaching the 1.5 degrees C is bad enough.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

JUNE 2, 2022

These advances in attribution science, along with evidence of past and ongoing involvement in climate deception campaigns, are informing a rising tide of litigation seeking to hold fossil fuel companies accountable for climate damages and fraud.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

NOVEMBER 20, 2023

The needs are immense and crushing for low-income nations already reeling from billions of dollars of damages from extreme floods, drought, sea level rise and other climate impacts, as well as a human toll that is incalculable. The role of science in addressing loss and damage is vital, as my colleague Delta Merner notes.

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Frontiers

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

C limit of the 2015 Paris Agreement, this needs to happen as soon as possible. Sea-level rise for decades after net zero is an example we must plan for, but there may be others that require further analysis. To keep within the 1.5°C By urgently cutting emissions we can prevent future risks.”

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Law Columbia

JULY 6, 2017

The court rejected the argument that claims against the original and 2012 versions of the LCFS were moot, noting that these earlier versions affected how credits were calculated under the 2015 version.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

APRIL 29, 2024

There is, in fact, substantial scientific evidence that there’s a strong link between global warming and heat waves and coastal flooding from sea-level rise,” I said. And since 2015, they have claimed that their company supports the goals of the Paris climate agreement, which was brokered that year.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

MAY 16, 2023

found that the companies—down to 88 due to mergers—were responsible for about 55 percent of ocean acidification between 1880 and 2015. Ekwurzel was joined by Heede, then-UCS climate scientist Peter Frumhoff , and four other scientists. Licker et al.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

APRIL 1, 2024

Few companies did so, however, posing great risk to investors and the economy: A 2015 Union of Concerned Scientists report on the threat to oil refineries from rising sea levels found that investors and taxpayers will likely bear the costs of future disasters if companies fail to disclose and manage these risks.

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