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Brazil Advances in Climate Change Litigation

Legal Planet

Climate litigation is gaining momentum in Brazil as a tool to protect the Amazon rainforest from illegal deforestation. Deforestation in the Amazon decreased significantly (by over 70%) during Lula’s last two terms, while it jumped (about 60%) under President Bolsonaro.

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Governors’ Climate and Forests Task Force Kicks Off Annual Meeting in Heart of the Amazon Basin

Legal Planet

Tropical deforestation is estimated to cause more climate warming emissions than the global transportation sector , and deforestation rates have increased despite the COVID-19 pandemic.

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HotSpots H2O: Polluted Rivers, Scarce Water, Sinking Capital: Report Warns of Dire Water Threats Facing Indonesia

Circle of Blue

Jakarta, Indonesia in 2019. The report’s other recommendations include limiting groundwater extraction and reducing deforestation. The root of these diverse challenges is, at least in part, political and institutional. Carl Ganter / Circle of Blue.

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Opinion: Food systems transformation critical to reducing emissions

A Greener Life

The devastating war in Ukraine has understandably distracted media and political attention from climate change and related issues. This is slightly more than the combined emissions from global transport and residential energy use in 2019 and is equivalent to at least 20% of the cut needed by 2050 to prevent catastrophic climate change.

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Temperatures keep on rising globally. When will we act ?

Edouard Stenger

Last month smashed through the previous temperature record for the month of June – which was in 2019 – by a substantial margin, Copernicus said. What lacks is the political leadership and courage. What lacks is the political leadership and courage. Unfortunately, political courage has never reelected anyone.

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Environmental activism in Latin America

Our Environment

It is also important to realise that politics and governments have a lot of control on the land they govern. For example, the rate of deforestation in indigenous territories has increased to 71% since the Brazilian president Jair Bolsanro was elected [4]. Unfortunately guarding their land comes at extreme costs.

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Major developments for global climate litigation: the Human Rights Council recognizes the right to a healthy environment and the Committee on the Rights of the Child publishes its decision in an international youth climate case

Law Columbia

While the resolution is not legally binding, it represents a significant political statement that could shape global standards. was brought by 16 children and youth against five States (Argentina, Brazil, France, Germany, and Turkey) in 2019. On October 12, 2021, the CRC published its decision in Sacchi et al. In Future Generations v.