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‘La Acción de Cumplimiento’ as a Legal Mechanism to Implement Colombian Climate Change Laws

Law Columbia

In this blog post, we will briefly explain (i) the background of climate change laws in Colombia, (ii) the nature and reach of the ‘ Acción de Cumplimiento ,’ and (iii) the two judgments and their implications for climate action in Colombia. Decree 298 of 2016 on the National Climate Change System.

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Economic theory and climate policy

Environment, Law, and History

A recent issue of Nature Climate Change carried an article by Jonas Meckling & Bentley B. Allan, " The evolution of ideas in global climate policy". The abstract: From carbon pricing to green industrial policy, economic ideas have shaped climate policy.

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STATEMENT: Big Oil’s testimony on emissions reduction misses the big picture 

Enviromental Defense

Statement by Emilia Belliveau, Energy Transition Program Manager Ottawa | Traditional, unceded territory of the Algonquin Anishinaabeg People – At today’s Parliamentary Standing Committee on Environment and Sustainable Development (ENVI), Members of Parliament grilled the fossil fuel industry about their climate pollution.

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Climate Villains Called to Testify on Parliament Hill: 5 Things we Learned from MPs questioning Big Oil

Enviromental Defense

Executives from Suncor, Enbridge, Cenovus, Shell, and Imperial Oil were questioned by MPs on the Environment and Sustainable Development Committee. We were there in Ottawa to watch the meeting and call out Big Oil’s Climate Villains on their greenwashing. Jun 6, 2024. Together, we can make a difference!

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Analysis: What challenges face Chile’s new ‘environmentalist’ government?

A Greener Life

The president-elect, who is currently finishing his second term as a congressman, made environmental and climate change issues central to his campaign. For Marcelo Mena, himself a former Minister for the Environment (2017–2018), “water scarcity must be tackled through inter-sectoral coordination.

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COPs as Three-Ring Circus

Legal Planet

It’s pretty clear that neither the innermost nor outermost circle has yet achieved much concrete advance in dealing with climate change. The Paris Agreement is organized around NDCs: statements of what each nation plans to do to contribute to resolving climate change. Then things move on. But it’s not nothing either.

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COP23 Moves the Oceans from the Blue Zone to the Green Zone

Vermont Law

November 11, 2017. The one day in a climate change conference where the oceans become the center of discussion. Sustainable Development Goal 14. Conserve and Sustainably Use the Oceans, Seas and Marine Resources for Sustainable Development. . By Val Fajardo, 3L Student at Vermont Law School.

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