Union of Concerned Scientists

JANUARY 30, 2024

The current rules require a 20 percent reduction in the CI of transportation fuels by 2030, which the proposed amendments would change to 30 percent in 2030 and 90 percent in 2045. CARB has also proposed an auto-acceleration mechanism, which could see the 2030 stringency rise to 34.5

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Legal Planet

MAY 5, 2022

Mexico’s climate commitment for 2030 under the Paris Agreement calls for cutting emissions 22%, cutting black carbon by half, and achieving net-zero deforestation. Unfortunately, there are doubts about how much progress Mexico will make in cutting emissions.

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New Scientist

NOVEMBER 16, 2022

Brazil’s incoming president Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva vowed to reverse the environmentally damaging policies of his predecessor in a speech at the UN climate meeting

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Legal Planet

JULY 25, 2023

The latter policy requires a 40% reduction of methane emissions across all sectors by 2030. Next time: ending deforestation. Here’s Part 1 , Part 2 , and Part 3 ). These include the Landfill Methane Regulation , SLCP Reduction Strategy , 2022 Scoping Plan , and SB 1383. The rest of the world is starting to catch up.

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NRDC

APRIL 4, 2024

Canada, as a signatory to the Glasgow Leaders’ Declaration on Forests and Land Use, must halt and reverse deforestation and land degradation by 2030.

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Legal Planet

OCTOBER 5, 2023

In case you missed it: there’s some good news about Amazon deforestation continuing to plunge. Jason Gray and I spoke recently about why tropical deforestation is down in Brazil, Colombia, and Indonesia. That’s good news because deforestation of tropical forests is a huge source of greenhouse gas emissions.

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Clean Energy Law

JANUARY 17, 2024

It is worth noting that the Eligibility List excludes renewable energy projects (with a few exceptions) and Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation (REDD/REDD+) projects or programmes in High Forest cover, Low Deforestation (HFLD) countries.

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NRDC

MARCH 15, 2024

Canada, as a signatory to the Glasgow Leaders’ Declaration on Forests and Land Use, must halt and reverse deforestation and land degradation by 2030.

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NRDC

JUNE 17, 2024

Halting deforestation and forest degradation by 2030, a key climate target, requires a framework to drive truly global accountability and support.

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Circle of Blue

NOVEMBER 8, 2021

That deadline is eight years earlier than the original goal of 2030. For example, restoring trees along deforested riverbanks can shade the ecosystem and cool the river during extreme heat. At the UN climate conference last week, Colombian officials said they would declare 30 percent of the country as protected land by next year.

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Law Columbia

JUNE 16, 2021

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. Illegal deforestation in traditional land. Illegal deforestation in traditional land.

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A Greener Life

APRIL 11, 2022

They added that due to the increase in climate-friendly policies and laws we have seen enhanced energy efficiency, reduced deforestation rates and accelerated the deployment of renewable energy. The report Climate Change 2022: Mitigation of climate change looked at a variety of pathways for increased climate actions.

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A Greener Life

MARCH 25, 2022

Similarly, none of the plans assessed includes specific measures to promote healthy and sustainable diets. .

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Breezometer

JUNE 7, 2022

Based on current national GHG emissions commitments for 2030, global temperatures will likely exceed 1.5°C To limit warming to 2°C we must rapidly accelerate climate change mitigation measures and reduce GHG emissions by 27% by 2030 and 63% by 2050. We Urgently Need to Curb Rising Global Temperatures. F) of warming in the 21st century.

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Law Columbia

APRIL 22, 2021

In 2018, a group of young plaintiffs filed a special constitutional claim called tutela alleging that their fundamental rights to a healthy environment, life, health, food, and water were threatened by climate change and the government’s failure to reduce deforestation in the Amazon. Province of Entre Ríos, et al. Can we reach this goal?

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Acoel

DECEMBER 23, 2022

Industrial food systems are responsible for one-third of greenhouse gas emissions and are a key driver of deforestation and biodiversity loss , threatening more than 85 percent of the 28,000 species at risk of extinction. Posted on December 23, 2022 by Smita Narula. Image by Charles Echer from Pixabay.

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Physics World

OCTOBER 27, 2021

The alarm bells are deafening,” he warned, “and the evidence is irrefutable: greenhouse-gas emissions from fossil-fuel burning and deforestation are choking our planet and putting billions of people at immediate risk.”.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

DECEMBER 22, 2022

LFP batteries may overtake NMC in energy storage applications by 2030 because they are more affordable, can have longer lifespans, and are less dependent on critical metals. Nickel mines can cause deforestation and water and soil contamination, such as in Claver , Philippines. Source: Hans Olav Lien/Wikimedia Commons.

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Vermont Law

FEBRUARY 19, 2025

The Court overturned a landmark ruling that had required Shell, whose energy sales in 2023 were 91% derived from major GHG sources, to reduce its carbon emissions by 45% by 2030. Globally, temperature increases, driven by greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, reach 0.8C above pre-industrial levels but specifically rise above those levels by 1.7C

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PA Environment Daily

JULY 25, 2023

Deforestation and forest degradation are responsible for 15% of climate-warming greenhouse gas emissions. EEN's advocacy and on-the-ground implementation make them a compelling partner in our effort to conserve, restore and grow 1 trillion trees by 2030 for people, planet and biodiversity."

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Law Columbia

DECEMBER 1, 2021

Through the Nationally Determined Contribution (NDC) published in 2016, Brazil committed to reducing GHG emissions by 37% by 2025 and by 43% by 2030 as compared to a 2005 baseline. While Brazil achieved its emission reduction goal from the NPCC, the reduction targets of deforestation in the Amazon rainforest were not fulfilled.

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Physics World

JANUARY 19, 2022

Indeed, the global satellite internet market, which was worth $2.93bn in 2020, is projected to rise to $18.59bn by 2030. Sent up by universities, governments and start-ups, they do everything from monitoring deforestation to tracking radio-tagged endangered animals. In Viasat’s case, it is launching three new 6.4

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A Greener Life

APRIL 19, 2023

A recent investigation into forest carbon offsets run by Verra, the world’s leading offsetting certifier, and used by companies including Disney, Shell and Gucci found that 94 percent of offsets bought through Verra failed to reduce deforestation or were for forest areas where deforestation wasn’t happening anyway.

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Legal Planet

DECEMBER 17, 2021

At this meeting it was confirmed that these would generally follow a 5-year cycle , with updated NDCs submitted by 2025 covering plans for 2030-2035, submitted by 2030 to cover 2035-2040, and so on. Second, this year’s COP (finally) completed the “ Paris Rulebook ,” guidelines for implementing the provisions of the Paris Agreement.

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Acoel

JANUARY 18, 2022

billion to help South Africa shift from its current dependence on fossil fuels for power generation toward a clean and renewable electricity system.

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Law Columbia

NOVEMBER 22, 2022

From 2000 to 2015, Indonesia lost an average of 498,000 hectares of forest annually, making it the world’s second-largest driver of deforestation after Brazil. Most of Indonesia’s greenhouse gas emissions come from the Land Use, Land Use Change and Forestry (LULUCF) and energy sectors.

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A Greener Life

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

In its Nationally Determined Contributions ( NDCs ), updated in 2022, India has made three major promises: a 45% reduction in its carbon emissions intensity (CO2 emissions per unit of electricity) based on 2005 levels, by 2030; 50% of installed electricity coming from non-fossil-fuel sources by 2030; and national carbon neutrality by 2070.

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A Greener Life

APRIL 1, 2022

To keep global warming at or below 1.5C – above which will see the disappearance of coral reefs and low-lying island nations, as well as other adverse outcomes – emissions need to be dramatically reduced by 2030. By mid-century onwards, as much as 1 billion tonnes of carbon will need to be removed from the atmosphere each year.

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Ocean Conservancy

NOVEMBER 23, 2022

The rich mangrove forest here is considered to be the city’s lungs and is in need of protection from issues like deforestation, coastal erosion and plastic pollution. This cleanup is not a one-off event but part of Ocean Conservancy’s ongoing efforts to support Vietnam’s National Action Plan for Plastic Waste Management through 2030).

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Edouard Stenger

NOVEMBER 13, 2017

India plans to stop selling ICE cars by 2030. Meanwhile, as WRI reports , Brazil and Indonesia have seen higher levels of deforestation. To Fast Company , Madrid, Paris, Copenhagen, Helsinki, Chengdu, Hamburg, Milano announced recently they would go totally car-free in the future. Mother Earth is hurting.

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Greenbuilding Law

MARCH 3, 2024

operations will be carbon negative by 2030. First, they came for JBS Group, but some have observed that Tyson Foods, the world’s second largest processor of animal proteins has a net zero emission by 2050 target. And Smithfield, the largest pig and pork producer across the globe, says the company’s U.S.

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Vermont Law

JULY 31, 2023

Additionally, the war in Afghanistan caused mass deforestation, and U.S. The Department of the Army released its Climate Strategy in February 2022, and the Department of the Navy released its Climate Action 2030. The military may not have to report emissions to global institutions, but its stations across the globe leave an impact.

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Environmental Progress

MAY 21, 2020

For instance, when the Brazilian Amazon reached a peak of deforestation in 2004, strong command-and-control policies were put in place, carrying strong sanctions for municipalities and farmers to comply with legislation. Josef Settele, Professor of Animal Ecology and Social-Ecological Research, Dept. Is that the wrong picture?

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Acoel

APRIL 14, 2023

And land use changes (predominantly deforestation, wetland depletion, land degradation, and infrastructure development) are now influencing rainfall patterns and how rain is apportioned between so-called “green water” (soil moisture and water vapor) and “blue water” (surface water and aquifers).

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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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Union of Concerned Scientists

JANUARY 10, 2024

Biodiesel and renewable diesel are closely related fuels made from the same oils and fats, which remain scarce, expensive, and linked to deforestation and food price spikes. But in its place renewable diesel is booming, produced in large oil refineries retrofitted for the purpose and consumed primarily in California.

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Law Columbia

NOVEMBER 9, 2021

EU Commission chief Ursula von der Leyen and US President Joe Biden made a joint announcement of a pledge to cut global methane emissions 30% by 2030, relative to 2020 levels. More than 100 countries p ledged to end and reverse deforestation by 2030. Global Methane Pledge. More of this difficult but important work is needed.

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