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Singapore Publishes Eligibility List Under the International Carbon Credit Framework

Clean Energy Law

The Eligibility List followed the signing of an inaugural Article 6 implementation agreement with Papua New Guinea on carbon credits cooperation. Accordingly, each respective agreement will outline the structure and procedures for producing and transferring carbon credits in accordance with Article 6 of the Paris Agreement.

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Unrelenting Heat Requires Accountability and Action

Union of Concerned Scientists

C above preindustrial levels, the limit that island nations and allies fought for so hard in the Paris Agreement. (It C limit in the Paris Agreement refers to the long-term average temperature, rather than the temperature in any one year.) It is important to note that the 1.5°

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A new climate litigation claim in Brazil raises the pressure for increased climate action and protection of the Amazon rainforest

Law Columbia

On October 26, 2021, Observatório do Clima (OC), a network of 71 civil society organizations, filed a class action at the federal court of Amazonas against the Environmental Ministry and Brazilian government ( Laboratório do Observatório do Clima v. By Maria Antonia Tigre. Environmental Ministry and Brazil ). by 2020 against a 2010 baseline.

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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. Source: IPCC ( 2021 ) Figure 9.25.

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Analysis: New coal mines add question mark to India’s climate commitments

A Greener Life

At COP28 , on 9 December, India’s environment and climate change minister Bhupender Yadav affirmed the country’s “trust and confidence” in the Paris Agreement , whilst highlighting the country’s achievements in emissions reduction. However, a closer look at how India measures its forests has revealed a host of issues.

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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

On October 8, 2021, at the HRC’s 48 th session, forty-three nations adopted resolution 48/13 , recognizing the right to a safe, clean, healthy, and sustainable environment as a human right. On October 12, 2021, the CRC published its decision in Sacchi et al. dated September 22, 2021). Argentina et al. In Future Generations v.

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Emergency?

Legal Planet

According to the Center for International Environmental Law as of April 2023, the World Bank “has financed and incentivized up to $165 billion in fossil fuel investments since the Paris Agreement was signed [in 2015].” trillion or 6.8 percent of GDP in 2020 and are expected to increase to 7.4