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South Korea and Climate Change

Legal Planet

As of 2016, half of its total emissions are from the power sector, with 20% from industry and 15% from transportation, and. The EIA reports that: “Fossil fuel sources accounted for about 69% of South Korea’s electricity generation in 2019, and the share of nuclear power accounted for 25%.

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Subnational Climate Action in the UK

Legal Planet

In sharp contrast with their American counterparts, British conservatives remain firmly behind the Paris Agreement and supportive of cap-and-trade. Scotland set a 2020 goal of 100% renewable energy electricity generation. This covers electricity, heating, transportation, etc., Here’s what’s happening across Great Britain.

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Just 25 mega-cities produce 52% of the world’s urban greenhouse gas emissions

Frontiers

In 2015, 170 countries worldwide adopted the Paris Agreement, with the goal limiting the average global temperature increase to 1.5°C. Following the agreement, many countries and cities proposed targets for greenhouse gas mitigation. For 30 cities, there was a clear emission decrease between 2012 and 2016.

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Climate leadership is now in Asia

Edouard Stenger

China’s coal consumption declined over three consecutive years (2013 to 2016), and a continued slow decline is expected. As if this was not enough, the two Asian giants are also progressing on another part of the energy transition: electric vehicles. Recently India has unveiled working on having only electric cars on the roads by 2030.

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Guest blog post: Japanese Court Upholds Mistakes in post-disaster Energy Policy in Yokosuka Climate Case Decisions

Law Columbia

This led to a considerable decrease in Japan’s overall electricity supply, leading to concerns about potential outages. By 2016, when the EIA for the proposed construction of the disputed power plants was initiated, the local environmental impacts caused by the former power plants had largely disappeared.

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Milieudefensie v Shell: 3 Takeaways and Challenges on the Appeal’s Court Decision

Law Columbia

electricity, steam or heat) for business activities. Shell is well on track to meet its own (rather ambitious) targets for reducing Scope 1 and 2 emissions by 50% below 2016 levels by 2030. To keep the objectives of the Paris Agreement within reach, CO2 emissions need to be drastically reduced.

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Energy news as COP23 is taking place in Germany

Edouard Stenger

In 2016, the world added 138.5 The IEA estimates that $231 billion were invested globally in efficiency solutions in 2016, a nine percent increase over the previous year. Electric vehicles (EVs) are booming but won’t be enough to solve the many problems our cities and communities are plagued with. This can not continue.