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The Winding Path of Australian Climate Policy

Legal Planet

On a per capita basis, Australia’s carbon emissions are even higher than the United States. As in the US, Australia’s climate policy was long a victim of a lengthy period of divided government and political upheaval. Little wonder that scholars in 2018 described Australian climate policy has a “festival of misadventure.

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Germany’s Role in Climate Policy

Legal Planet

The Federal Cabinet adopts its first climate target, a 25-30% cut in carbon emissions by 2005 under 1987 levels. Note: the estimates of 1990 emissions that I found are not entirely consistent, with one estimate closer to 1.2 Climate law makes emission targets legally binding 2019. trillion tons.]

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A Clean Transportation Plan that Ontario Needs: 7 Key Elements

Enviromental Defense

As part of Environmental Defences mission to inform voters about crucial environmental issues, weve put together a list of seven things that we believe all political parties should put in their election platforms to strengthen clean transportation options in Ontario. Ontarios provincial election is on February 27.

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Guest Contributor Sharaban Tahura Zaman: COP26 outcome on Carbon Markets: Takeaways for the Global South

Legal Planet

The Decision text of COP26 completed the Rulebook by resolving sticky issues on fundamental norms related to carbon emission markets under Article 6 of the Paris Agreement (PA). The Rulebook sets out the functioning of international carbon markets to support global cooperation on ambitious emission reductions.

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Arctic Futures: White Shield or Blue Economy

Legal Planet

Even if such interventions can be demonstrated to be scientifically valid, practical and political questions of delivery weigh heavy. This vision of a space of exception from politics as usual is a legacy of the cold-war era. A blue Arctic is of such importance to China that in 2018 the country declared itself a ‘near Arctic state.’

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Land-use, climate change, and policy – Opportunities to act locally while thinking globally

HumanNature

Unfortunately, the topic of climate change has been heavily politicized and used to draw yet another line in the sand between what are portrayed as ideologically divergent and mutually-exclusive political views. World urbanization prospects: The 2018 revision, online edition. Carbon emissions from land use and land-cover change.

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Opinion: Unrest underlines need to reform Kazakhstan’s energy sector

A Greener Life

These protests, triggered by an issue in Kazakhstan’s energy sector, have rapidly expanded to cities all over the country and have broadened to include political demands and tense standoffs between protesters and the police. In 2018, journalists reported that 92.1% of residents in Kenkiyak experienced unhealthy living conditions.