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We are not reaching 1.5ºC earlier than previously thought

Real Climate

In 2018, the IPCC Special Report on 1.5C On their own, our greenhouse gas emissions would have caused a much higher warming, were it not for the masking effect of aerosol pollution. Similarly, the 1.5ºC goal in the Paris Agreement is not a betting game of where we will end up with maximum temperatures. Chapter 2, Table 2.SM.12,

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

Real Climate

The IPCC has introduced a new high-end risk scenario, stating that a global rise “approaching 2 m by 2100 and 5 m by 2150 under a very high greenhouse gas emissions scenario cannot be ruled out due to deep uncertainty in ice sheet processes.”. During the most recent period analyzed, 2006-2018, it’s been rising at a rate of 3.7

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Brazil Advances in Climate Change Litigation

Legal Planet

A new wave of cases differs from traditional environmental lawsuits by highlighting the connections between preserving the Amazon and the climate, the grave risk of greenhouse gas emissions caused by deforestation, and the critical role of the forest as a major global carbon sink. The timing of these climate disputes is not accidental.

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Progress Possible at COP 28 Despite Fossil Fuel Industry Deception

Union of Concerned Scientists

Success at COP28 is likely to be measured by the inclusion of strong fossil fuel phaseout language, free from loopholes, in the final agreement. Global net anthropogenic greenhouse gas emissions 1990–2019. Between 2010 and 2018, Chevron is analyzed to have dedicated only 0.2%

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Late 2018 — Bits and Pieces

Smith Enviorment

Back to North Carolina developments in late 2018: Executive Order on Climate Change and Clean Energy: On October 29, 2018, N.C. 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. (For

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Finding Light in Dark Places: Specific Obligations for Climate Change and Ocean Acidification Mitigation

Law Columbia

When ITLOS asserted the relevance of UNCLOS as an independent source of climate change-related obligations, including land-based emission sources, it put a spotlight on commitments that are, in some ways, more concrete than those found in the UNFCCC or the Paris Agreement.

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Climate pledges are nowhere near where they need to be ?

A Greener Life

The analysis showed that the promised action would only reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 9% this decade, far short of the global goal to cut emissions by nearly half by 2030. During the UN climate talks in Paris in 2015 and the adoption of the Paris Agreement, it was agreed that emissions should not exceed 1.5