Enviromental Defense

APRIL 28, 2023

The joint statement from the recent G7 environment and energy ministers’ conference in Japan suggests there is ambition for action in some areas – on climate-related finance and investments and on eliminating toxic chemicals, for example – but less on eliminating fossil fuel subsidies and very little on eliminating plastic pollution.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

MARCH 12, 2024

However, as we replace fossil fuels with clean electricity for heating and transportation to meet our climate goals, these peak demands will increasingly shift to the winter in many parts of the country. Decarbonizing the power sector also plays a critical long-term role by replacing fossil fuels in other sectors.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

NOVEMBER 7, 2022

The world is already experiencing mounting dangerous climate extremes , the last eight years have been the hottest on record, and the current trajectory of heat-trapping emissions is wildly off-course from where it needs to be to meet the goals of the Paris Agreement.

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Capaccio

JANUARY 11, 2024

The 2023 United Nations Conference of the Parties (COP28) marked the first Global Stock take to assess progress toward the Paris Agreement since its ratification in 2015 at COP21. COP28 is the first time that a final COP agreement has called upon countries to reduce their fossil fuel usage in some way.

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Enviromental Defense

NOVEMBER 22, 2023

COP28 must deliver on energy and equity, and the Government of Canada must do its part: The litmus test for whether COP28 is successful or not will be whether countries agree to a plan for an equitable phase out fossil oil and gas production. Fossil fuels are causing the climate crisis. That’s impacted other nations.

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Frontiers

NOVEMBER 22, 2023

It must be the meeting when we start really showing credible pathways to phase out fossil fuels.” As Lars Peter Riishøjgaard , director of the Global Greenhouse Gas Watch, said: “We are not treating this as a scientific problem, which is what the text of the Paris Agreement actually says that we should.”

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Ocean Conservancy

NOVEMBER 30, 2022

Representatives from civil society, non-governmental organizations and the private sector gathered alongside governmental representatives to influence decisions and advance contributions toward the goals of the Paris Agreement of 2015. I was joined by Ocean Conservancy colleagues working to advance ocean-climate action.

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Law Columbia

MAY 8, 2024

Lawyers, bar associations, and law societies have an important but not fully recognized role to play in achieving the net zero goal in the Paris Agreement. In late 2023, LSEW committed “to being net zero by 2030” in its operations. In the U.S., As time passes, other jurisdictions will likely adopt similar guidance for lawyers.

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A Greener Life

NOVEMBER 2, 2021

The money will not be available before 2023, and the total amount has not even yet been guaranteed as some of it still has to be pledged by nations to bring the tally up to $100 bn. Then there is the ongoing controversy in the UK of new fossil fuel projects. Controversies. degrees C target. Climate maths. If only a 1.5

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Legal Planet

APRIL 7, 2024

Multiple relentless heat waves occurred in 2023 , with much of the globe experiencing 20 more “heatwave days” than in the previous three decades. target set by the Paris Agreement – and an astonishing 0.17 I hope we can collectively reckon with another terrifyingly awesome atmospheric event: the hottest year.

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Ocean Conservancy

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

Rising temperatures are disrupting ecosystems around the world, with 2023 witnessing some of the most extreme weather events to date, including the hottest day and month ever recorded and drastically reduced Antarctic ice. Responding to the climate crisis is undeniably urgent.

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A Greener Life

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

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. To boost domestic supply rather than be reliant on coal, India has aggressively expanded its coal mines.

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Enviromental Defense

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

Dubai, United Arab Emirates – Between November 30 and December 12, 2023, Environmental Defence experts will join leaders, experts and advocates from around the world in UAE for this year’s session of the global climate negotiations, COP28. 2023 is a Global Stocktake year. In Canada: Allen Braude, abraude@environmentaldefence.ca

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Clean Energy Law

DECEMBER 12, 2023

Green , James Bee , and Kevin Mak On 3 December 2023, the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) unveiled the Singapore-Asia Taxonomy for Sustainable Finance (Taxonomy) at the United Nations COP28 climate conference in Dubai. beyond those that have already been signed by December 2023). Davies , Farhana Sharmeen , Michael D.

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Enviromental Defense

NOVEMBER 22, 2023

As one of the world’s top funders of fossil fuels, taking over HSBC’s Canadian operations, at a time when its parent company was already taking concrete action to lower its financed emissions, is a significant step backwards on climate. RBC doesn’t, and that’s why I’m calling on Minister Freeland to kill the deal.”

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Enviromental Defense

JANUARY 21, 2022

Coal is the dirtiest fossil fuel. Ontario has successfully phased out coal-powered electricity, and Alberta will be off coal by 2023 – seven years ahead of schedule. . degree goal of the Paris Agreement. Add your name to demand that the federal government ban the export of thermal coal by 2023. .

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HumanNature

MARCH 11, 2024

Guest Post by Vedanshi Nevatia , 2023-2024 Sustainability Leadership Fellow, and Ph. As per the World Investment Report 2023, much of the growth in international investment in renewable energy, which has nearly tripled since the adoption of the Paris Agreement in 2015, was concentrated in developed countries.

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Law Columbia

JANUARY 4, 2023

To achieve the long-term temperature goals of the Paris Agreement, countries need to rapidly reduce their reliance on fossil fuels and scale up the use of cleaner alternatives. The Sabin Center will hold a webinar presenting the findings of the report on January 31, 2023 (link to register will be available shortly).

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PA Environment Daily

JUNE 7, 2023

C carbon budget set forth in the 2015 Paris Agreement, countries must reduce CO2 emissions in the entire [existing] built environment by 50-65% by 2030 and reach zero carbon by 2040. Posted: June 7, 2023] PA Environment Digest The built environment accounts for approximately 37% of global CO2 emissions and 39% of all U.

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Law Columbia

MAY 8, 2024

However, unlike the energy sector, where renewable energy sources, reduced consumption and increased energy efficiency offer clear alternatives to today’s heavy reliance on fossil fuels, decarbonizing the industrial sector presents a more complex challenge. The most comprehensive is the proposed Net Zero Industry Act (NZIA).

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Union of Concerned Scientists

MARCH 17, 2023

C mark, because of decades of inaction on the part of policymakers and decades of deception and obstruction on the part of fossil fuel companies. To secure the livable future that children around the world deserve, we must double down, ratchet up pressure on governments, and break the power of the fossil fuel industry.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

NOVEMBER 20, 2023

Lest one thinks this disconnect is a failure of the global climate architecture, the failure lies much closer to home—in the domestic politics in the US and many other countries that continue to favor the interests of the rich and powerful , and fossil fuel companies, at the expense of the health and safety of everyone else and the planet.

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A Greener Life

NOVEMBER 30, 2023

A tradition developed in previous COPs is to have a day dedicated to issues of key importance, and 4 December 2023 has been allocated to the discussion of climate finance. Fossil fuels alone – coal, oil and gas – account for over 75% of global greenhouse gas emissions.

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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.” The biggest US bank investors in fossil fuels? “At

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Union of Concerned Scientists

JULY 17, 2023

Right in the middle of Danger Season , we are going through a period of unprecedented global extreme temperatures driven by fossil-fueled climate change. It is very likely that 2023 will be among the hottest years ever, if not the hottest year ever recorded. Unprecedented changes This June was the hottest June on record.

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Enviromental Defense

NOVEMBER 12, 2024

OTTAWA/TRADITIONAL, UNCEDED TERRITORY OF THE ALGONQUIN ANISHNAABEG PEOPLE — Ecojustice and Environmental Defence have uncovered that greenhouse gas emissions from Canada’s exported oil, gas, and coal ballooned to record levels in 2023. Since 2012, Canada’s annual exported emissions have increased a whopping 378 million tonnes.

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Ocean Conservancy

APRIL 29, 2022

The GGGI made three major commitments : to procure new GGGI member governments ; to add more than half a million data records for the GGGI Data Portal; and to secure significant financial investment by 2023. © Felipe Victoria(Ocean Conservancy).

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Manning Law

DECEMBER 14, 2023

Although criticized for half measures and loopholes, blamed in part on the influence of petrostates, the agreement reached at the conference should be welcomed as a significant step in the move away from fossil fuels. But it notes Parties are off track when it comes to meeting their Paris Agreement goals.

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A Greener Life

MARCH 19, 2023

“We are pushing the Chinese company to complete its financial closure by 31 December 2023, and start construction at the earliest so that it can be completed by 2025,” Shah Jahan Mirza, managing director of the Pakistan government-owned Private Power and Infrastructure Board told me. Pakistan’s energy sector is dominated by fossil fuels.

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A Greener Life

NOVEMBER 21, 2024

During Trump’s first term, the US became the first nation in the world to announce its withdrawal from the Paris Agreement (a decision reversed by Joe Biden in 2021). Trump’s second victory is very likely to increase fossil fuel production, and he has also pledged to “rescind all unspent funds under the Inflation Reduction Act ’’.

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Law Columbia

AUGUST 28, 2024

Montana (2023) , which is currently under consideration by the Montana Supreme Court , recognizing a “constitutional right to a clean and healthful environment”. The Government also argued that the Order created obstacles to meeting India’s commitments under the Paris Agreement.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

DECEMBER 14, 2023

Food and farming was on the menu at COP28 The surprising final agreement that emerged from all-night overtime negotiations is extraordinary for its long-overdue focus on transitioning away from fossil fuels. But otherwise, the final COP28 agreement didn’t include any binding commitments on food or farming.

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Enviromental Defense

DECEMBER 20, 2022

C) of the Paris Agreement has significant implications for how the global financial system works and will be a centrepiece of the coming years. The first priority following the 2015 Paris Agreement was to clean up public financing, so Article 2.1(C) C) of the Paris Agreement. Article 2.1(C)

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Legal Planet

DECEMBER 17, 2021

This official inner circle is now doing the business of the three separate international treaties in force for climate change: the 1992 Framework Convention on Climate Change (FCCC), the 1992 Kyoto Protocol (Yes, it still exists and is in force, although the United States is not a party), and the 2015 Paris Agreement.

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Enviromental Defense

JULY 5, 2024

There’s a direct line of culpability between fossil fuel corporations and climate change – it’s why so many oil and gas CEOs have topped our list of Climate Villains. But they aren’t the only powerful players who shoulder responsibility for keeping us hooked on fossil fuels, the largest source of greenhouse gas emissions.

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A Greener Life

DECEMBER 6, 2023

In its provisional State of the Global Climate report, they confirmed, that not only is 2023 on track to be the warmest year on record by a large margin, but they also expect we will reach 1.4 Even though there’s a month left of 2023, VMO feels confident enough to make the call that will leave us only 0.1 degrees C of breaching the 1.5

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Law Columbia

AUGUST 31, 2023

Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM), provide policymakers, industry participants, and the public with tools to chart a pathway to prepare the offshore oil and gas industry for a Paris Agreement–compatible phase-out of fossil fuel extraction. must remain unextracted to keep within a 1.5 °C C carbon budget.”

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