Union of Concerned Scientists
NOVEMBER 20, 2023
The pledge is a voluntary agreement to reduce global methane emissions by 30 percent below 2020 levels by 2030; however, methane levels keep going up and we are woefully off track for meeting this goal. Methane gas has devastating effects on the climate system and its extraction and combustion generate numerous harms to human health.
Legal Planet
NOVEMBER 4, 2021
Current national climate pledges fall well-short of the Paris Agreement goal to keep global average temperature increase this century well below 2°C and to pursue efforts to limit temperature increase to 1.5°C As a reminder, China has made five key climate announcements since late 2020. C above pre-industrial levels.
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Union of Concerned Scientists
NOVEMBER 6, 2023
As I prepare to attend the UN’s 28 th annual Conference of the Parties (COP28 ), I’ve been thinking a lot about the connection between the UN climate talks and litigation, especially in light of the stark reality that parties to the 2015 Paris Agreement are falling short on key milestones leading up to the next month’s meeting.
Vermont Law
NOVEMBER 26, 2019
As we head into 2020, the upcoming presidential election in the United States looms large. The Secretary General’s warning is not hyperbole: this is the last COP assembly before 2020, when the 2015 Paris agreement takes effect, and without robust commitments coming out of this COP, experts anticipate that.
Enviromental Defense
NOVEMBER 6, 2024
When countries signed the Paris Agreement back in 2015, they agreed to centre equity in how we tackle the climate crisis. In short, developed countries committed to providing $100 billion to vulnerable countries every year between 2020 and 2025. This is what is known as climate finance. This is a matter of justice, not charity.
Legal Planet
APRIL 13, 2023
The most emblematic decision came from the Federal Supreme Court, the highest Court in the Brazilian legal system, which ruled in July 2022 that the Paris Agreement is a human rights treaty. The Brazilian court became the world’s first to give this status to the Paris Agreement, setting an important precedent for Brazil and the world.
Vermont Law
NOVEMBER 17, 2016
International aviation emissions are not explicitly addressed under the Paris Agreement, but their successful regulation nevertheless relies on the same elements of transparency and global stocktake as in Articles 13 and 14 of the Agreement. In this way, ICAO could bolster NDCs from the parties to the Paris Agreement.
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