Legal Planet

JULY 5, 2023

A 2022 Rainforest Action Network repor t found that “fossil fuel financing from the world’s 60 largest banks has reached USD $4.6 trillion in the six years since the adoption of the Paris Agreement, with $742 billion in fossil fuel financing in 2021 alone.” trillion or 6.8 percent of GDP in 2020 and are expected to increase to 7.4

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Law Columbia

DECEMBER 1, 2021

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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Law Columbia

JUNE 16, 2021

The Amazon rainforest, the country’s not-so-secret weapon to mitigate climate change, features prominently in the litigation. The majority of the cases have been filed by the Amazon Task Force (ATF), established in 2018 by federal public prosecutors to unite the offices working to combat illegal deforestation in Amazonia.

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HumanNature

MARCH 16, 2021

Guest Post By Nathan Han, 2020-2021 Sustainability Leadership Fellow and Ph.D. million acres of primary rainforest and shrubland rich with biodiversity, and until recently relied on a combination of routine patrolling, Google Earth, and reports from a network of community-based organizations.

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Law Columbia

OCTOBER 12, 2021

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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Greenbuilding Law

MARCH 3, 2024

And when the pleading describes that “as of 2021, the JBS Group’s estimated annual greenhouse gases were more than those of the entire country of Ireland” which ignores that one state attorney general is seeking to inject herself in the purchasing decisions of all American consumers buying the food produced by the company’s U.S.

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Law Columbia

FEBRUARY 11, 2022

With the largest rainforest in the world, the largest freshwater reserves on the planet and the most significant amount of arable land where food is produced, the importance of Latin America and the Caribbean in the fight against climate change is undeniable. By Maria Antonia Tigre, Florencia Ortúzar, Javier Dávalos.

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A Greener Life

JANUARY 20, 2023

Across its islands, Indonesia has the third-largest area of primary rainforest in the world. In 2021, the country produced 610 million tons of coal, half of which was exported, at a value of US$29.6 In 2021, the country produced 610 million tons of coal, half of which was exported, at a value of US$29.6

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A Greener Life

NOVEMBER 8, 2021

World leaders on Monday last week hailed a major breakthrough when, on the first official day of COP26 , a deal was agreed to stop deforestation by 2030. trillion of global assets – including Aviva, Schroders and Axa – will also commit to eliminating investment in activities linked to deforestation. Enabling deforestation.

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Circle of Blue

SEPTEMBER 23, 2021

The BBC reports that data from Thames Water showed that so far, raw sewage has been released into the upper Thames for 50,000 hours in 2021. Climate experts say deforestation in the Amazon rainforest and the Cerrado savanna are key drivers of Brazil’s changing climate patterns. ON THE RADAR.

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A Greener Life

APRIL 9, 2023

The Ayoreo people live in the forests of the Gran Chaco in Paraguay, where protected land has been drastically deforested in recent decades. The Bank of America, meanwhile, underwrote a US$285 million bond for Frigorifico Concepción in 2021. Now, another Indigenous group in South America faces a similar threat. million and US$4.5

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Corp Watch

JANUARY 3, 2024

Lakota People's Law Project | January 13, 2021 We stand arm in arm with our fellow global citizens who abstain from its lengthy list of products. Canada: No Water to Waste Council of Canadians | 2021 Blue Triton, formerly Nestlé, would have enough groundwater to fill as many as 14  billion  plastic bottles. 

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Corp Watch

JANUARY 3, 2024

Lakota People's Law Project | January 13, 2021 We stand arm in arm with our fellow global citizens who abstain from its lengthy list of products. Canada: No Water to Waste Council of Canadians | 2021 Blue Triton, formerly Nestlé, would have enough groundwater to fill as many as 14  billion  plastic bottles. 

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Corp Watch

JANUARY 3, 2024

Lakota People's Law Project | January 13, 2021 We stand arm in arm with our fellow global citizens who abstain from its lengthy list of products. Canada: No Water to Waste Council of Canadians | 2021 Blue Triton, formerly Nestlé, would have enough groundwater to fill as many as 14  billion  plastic bottles. 

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Circle of Blue

DECEMBER 1, 2021

An Indigenous patrol force protects Guyana’s Amazon Rainforest. The SRDC plays a large role in protecting the Amazon River and the rainforest that surrounds it in Guyana. The post The Stream, December 1, 2021: New Testing Rule In U.S. IN RECENT WATER NEWS. In Case You Missed It: .

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Corp Watch

MARCH 1, 2024

JBS has featured at the top of the list of companies linked to environmental destruction in the Amazon rainforest. Multiple reports from NGOs like Amnesty and Greenpeace have repeatedly linked JBS to farmers and ranchers who have been engaged in widespread deforestation. regarding the lack of safety measures for its workers.

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Corp Watch

MARCH 1, 2024

JBS has featured at the top of the list of companies linked to environmental destruction in the Amazon rainforest. Multiple reports from NGOs like Amnesty and Greenpeace have repeatedly linked JBS to farmers and ranchers who have been engaged in widespread deforestation. regarding the lack of safety measures for its workers.

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HumanNature

DECEMBER 31, 2024

Methane is a potent greenhouse gas, with a global warming potential of approximately 28 times greater than carbon dioxide over a 100-year time horizon (IPCC, 2021). Deforestation not only threatens biodiversity and disrupts ecosystems but can also increase carbon losses and reduce the capacity for carbon sequestration (Macedo et al.,

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ESA

JANUARY 10, 2022

Please join ESA in sharing lessons learned from the 2021 United Nations Conference of the Parties Meeting (also known as COP26) in Glasgow, Scotland, and actions we can take going forward as a professional society Jan. Lovejoy III, an ecologist who dedicated his career to preserving the Amazon rainforest, dies at 80 – The Washington Post.

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