A Greener Life

MARCH 25, 2022

The devastating war in Ukraine has understandably distracted media and political attention from climate change and related issues. But for those who did manage to absorb the findings of the latest publication from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), the news was grim. . billion tonnes a year.

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A Greener Life

SEPTEMBER 6, 2023

The rate of deforestation has since slowed, but it is still of major concern. Timber smuggling is another major cause of deforestation in the region. Khan says this is partly due to deforestation, adding: “This is a significant increase, and if this trend continues until the end of 2100, there is a fear of a further 3C increase.

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Frontiers

APRIL 20, 2022

New high-resolution map shows fires caused one third of global forest loss between 2001 and 2019. knoblochi ’s extinction seems to have been climate change, hunting by archaic humans may also have played a role. Climate crisis is making endangered mountain gorillas more thirsty. Article link: [link].

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A Greener Life

AUGUST 27, 2021

Worldwide, the cost of utility scale solar fell 82% between 2010 and 2019, according to the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA), driven down by cheaper manufacturing costs in China, which accounts for around 72% of global production. “Since 2019, our electricity bill has gone up a lot because of the tariff hike.

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Law Columbia

OCTOBER 12, 2021

The last few days saw two major developments in international rights-based climate litigation, with the adoption of a new resolution by the United Nations Human Rights Council (HRC) and a long-awaited decision on a climate case by the Committee on the Rights of the Child (CRC). Recent Developments on rights-based climate litigation.

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A Greener Life

MARCH 24, 2023

President Gustavo Petro, who has been in power since August last year, has pledged to lead an ambitious green agenda focused on reduced deforestation , a transition away from fossil fuels and protection of water resources. By 2026 it wants to reforest an area of 750,000 hectares.

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A Greener Life

NOVEMBER 18, 2021

billion in energy projects in Brazil between 2005 and 2019, according to data from Boston University’s Global Policy Development Center. But this landscape is set to change. In addition, Chinese companies have already invested US$36.5 However, of that, only 4% – about US$1.5 billion – was in coal. Coal sector apprehensive.

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Edouard Stenger

JULY 11, 2023

According to Reuters : Last month was the hottest June globally on record, with abnormally high temperatures recorded on both land and sea, the European Union’s Copernicus Climate Change Service said on Thursday. Globally, June was just over 0.5C Unfortunately, political courage has never reelected anyone.

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Our Environment

MAY 21, 2021

Impacts of climate change on the Amazon rainforest. The Amazon rainforest relies on the deposition of dust from the Sahara esert, which will be affected by climate change [14]. Brazil’s Amazon: Deforestation ‘surges to 12-year high’ Retrieved from [link]. Oehlert, A. Gaston, C. Shukman, D.

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Manning Law

JUNE 8, 2020

As ecosystems and biodiversity fall to cities, agriculture, infrastructure, climate change and pollution, nature’s ability to provide food, oxygen, clean water and climate regulation plummets. Meanwhile, the climate emergency has not gone away. Countries cannot close their borders to climate change or biodiversity loss.

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A Greener Life

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

By Rejimon Kuttappan Along with a major expansion of renewable energy, India is also pushing for big increases in its coal production, casting doubt on its climate commitments. On the same day at COP28, the Indian government submitted its third “National Communication” to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC).

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Vermont Law

DECEMBER 10, 2019

United Nations General Debate – New York, September 24, 2019. Furthermore, the mass-burning of the Amazon rainforest is emitting incredible amounts of carbon, multiplying the effect of deforestation by. effectively implement[ing] the Paris Agreement on Climate Change.”. President Bolsonaro at opening of the 74.

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A Greener Life

JANUARY 27, 2023

In the Doomdooma Forest Division, Chetry said that during a study in 2019-20, “we could not sight a single gibbon in eight reserve forests out of the 20 reserve forests in the division”. He added: “Detrimental impact of canopy cover loss on gibbon population has been observed in Borajan of Bherjan-Borajan-Padumani Wildlife Sanctuary in Assam.

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A Greener Life

JANUARY 19, 2025

By Anders Lorenzen A report produced by World Weather Attribution (WWA) and Climate Central finds that 2024 was quite a year for extreme weather events fuelled by climate change. WWA studied 16 floods; out of those, 15 had been driven by climate change-amplified rainfall. Image credit: WWA.

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Law Columbia

NOVEMBER 9, 2021

After an extra year’s delay and a summer of climate change-induced disasters , the 26 th Conference of the Parties to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP26) entered its second week on Monday. More than 100 countries p ledged to end and reverse deforestation by 2030. by Korey Silverman-Roati.

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Circle of Blue

APRIL 14, 2022

How climate change and human activity are driving violence between farming and pastoralist communities. Climate change and human activity are driving desertification, a form of land degradation which leads to vegetation loss and fewer water sources. . By Kunle Adebajo and Murtala Abdullahi, CCIJ — April 14, 2022.

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Global Green

NOVEMBER 24, 2020

Ultimately, the message conveyed by Moore is renewable technology is not enough to save our planet from climate change and the only way forward is for the human race to slow down. Individuals and non-governmental organisations (NGOs) jointly brought a legal challenge against the Directive RED II in 2019. Hydropower.

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HumanNature

JANUARY 26, 2024

Threat is a bold word- but maybe not bold enough You may have encountered information regarding how global climate change may be impacting coastlines via sea level rise, or maybe you have heard individuals link the increasing severity of wildfires to increasing atmospheric temperatures. Now comes the bummer.

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Environmental Progress

AUGUST 8, 2020

Kasprak misinterprets my inclusion of the fact that fires have declined 25% around the world since 2003 as my somehow challenging the severity of climate change, but I wasn’t, and indeed had made clear that it was a list of “some facts few people know” and not about climate change. The question is how.

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ESA

OCTOBER 24, 2022

Ahead of the United Nations Climate Change Conference of Parties, or COP27, in Sharm El-Sheikh, Egypt in November 2022, ESA seeks ecological experts to include in a media advisory highlighting our members’ expertise in climate change and biodiversity. Scientific Community.

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Environmental Progress

FEBRUARY 28, 2021

Testimony before the House Agriculture Committee for a Hearing on “Climate Change and the U.S. Technological change and agricultural modernization will significantly outweigh climate change in the U.S. Globally, the rate of reforestation is catching up to a slowing rate of deforestation. [11]

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HumanNature

DECEMBER 31, 2024

Student in the Department of Animal Sciences and CSU AgNext at Colorado State University The role of cattle in climate change has been an important topic for decades, sparking debate among scientists, producers, policymakers, and consumers. Guest Post by Ashley Schilling Hazlett , 2024-2025 Sustainability Leadership Fellow and Ph.D.

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Circle of Blue

DECEMBER 8, 2021

Climate Change Brings Water Risks. Is Michigan Ready for Climate Change? Climate Change Grips Trout Streams Across the Nation: 2 Comments / November 2, 2021 Across the country, anglers have watched as droughts, floods, and high temperatures batter the rivers they depend on. Climate Change Brings Water Risks.

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Vermont Law

NOVEMBER 26, 2019

Plaintiffs aim to hold the federal government accountable for worsening the dangers of climate change through increased reliance on fossil fuels and for breach of its fiduciary obligation to protect the atmosphere and oceans under the public trust doctrine. The case, however, may not even get to trial. Win or lose, Juliana.

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Law Columbia

FEBRUARY 10, 2020

Each month, Arnold & Porter and the Sabin Center for Climate Change Law collect and summarize developments in climate-related litigation, which we also add to our U.S. climate litigation charts. HERE ARE THE ADDITIONS TO THE CLIMATE CASE CHART SINCE UPDATE #130: FEATURED CASE. and non-U.S.

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Law Columbia

MARCH 19, 2025

coal, gas, and oil) without considering how to contribute to a global economic transition toward more climate-friendly sources of power (such as solar, wind, hydro, geothermal, and nuclear). 9] On appeal, quantification of a reduction target was nullified, but the overall holding of a fiduciary duty to consider climate risks was affirmed. [10]

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PA Environment Daily

SEPTEMBER 8, 2023

Fish and Wildlife Service’s 2019 denial of Endangered Species Act protection for the eastern hellbender salamander was arbitrary and unlawful. By Waterkeeper Alliance In response to a lawsuit filed by five conservation groups, a federal judge [ ruled on September 6 ] that the U.S. District Judge Lewis J. Photo: Dr.

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ESA

NOVEMBER 8, 2021

In this issue: Global Climate Talks Commence in Glasgow. Countries pledge to combat deforestation, cut methane emissions, transition away from coal and more. House Releases New Reconciliation Bill Text, Includes Funding for Climate Science. Global Climate Talks Commence in Glasgow. Michael Bennet in 2019 ( S.

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ESA

MARCH 14, 2022

Climate Adaptation: Both the House Science Committee and the House Select Committee on the Climate Crisis held committee hearings focused on climate adaptation. The House Science Committee hearing focused on the federal government’s vulnerability to climate change and the status of federal climate adaptation and programs.

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ESA

NOVEMBER 22, 2021

Legislators provide $200 million to NOAA for weather, coasts, oceans and climate research, $100 million for NOAA competitive climate research grants and provides $100 million to NOAA for development and dissemination of climate science information products and services. degrees Celsius. Biden EPA move to repeal Trump WOTUS rule.

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HumanNature

DECEMBER 1, 2021

Candidate in the Department of Ecosystem Science and Sustainability and the Graduate Degree Program in Ecology at Colorado State University As negotiations stalemated in previous years, activists (and youth) protest for climate action (Source: Sarah Whipple, 2018). On November 1, 2021, the United States (U.S.) It’s simple: Will we act?

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Law Columbia

NOVEMBER 21, 2022

Under President Bolsonaro, Amazon deforestation soared to its highest rate since 2008. Likewise, President Bolsonaro, who was not ashamed of trying to game the system, pursued anti-environmental and climate policies in the international arena. The New York Times called his participation at this COP “exuberant.”

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Law Columbia

JULY 2, 2021

Each month, Arnold & Porter and the Sabin Center for Climate Change Law collect and summarize developments in climate-related litigation, which we also add to our U.S. climate litigation charts. HERE ARE THE ADDITIONS TO THE CLIMATE CASE CHART SINCE UPDATE # 147. By Margaret Barry and Korey Silverman-Roati.

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ESA

APRIL 19, 2021

The task force will also work to improve and increase adaptation and resilience to the impacts of climate change, address current and historic environmental injustice, protect public health and conserve Department-managed lands, according to the order. Mallory has vowed to address environmental justice and climate change in this role.

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