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Sea level in the IPCC 6th assessment report (AR6)

Real Climate

This is a pretty clear illustration of how sea level starts to rise slowly; but in the long run, sea-level rise caused by fossil-fuel burning and deforestation in our generation could literally go off the chart and inundate many coastal cities and wipe entire island nations off the map. But first things first. Observed Past Rise.

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The Rights of Nature — Can an Ecosystem Bear Legal Rights?

Law Columbia

In 2018, a group of young plaintiffs filed a special constitutional claim called tutela alleging that their fundamental rights to a healthy environment, life, health, food, and water were threatened by climate change and the government’s failure to reduce deforestation in the Amazon. Colombia : Future Generations v.

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Environmental Law: Government and Public Policy Towards the Environment

Environmental Science

Precautionary Principle : Often a hot topic and subject to furious debate, this international standard promotes the concept through The Rio Declaration that to protect an environment, a precautionary approach must be applied according to their capability. It became effective in 1975 and in 2018 has over 180 signatories.

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February 2020 Updates to the Climate Case Charts

Law Columbia

452044/2018 (N.Y. Supreme Court of Mexico Rejected Ethanol Fuel Content Hike, Citing Precautionary Principle and Right to a Healthy Environment. In reaching this conclusion, the Court cited the right to consultation in environmental matters as well as the precautionary principle. Exxon Mobil Corp. ,

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