Legal Planet

NOVEMBER 18, 2021

In a pathbreaking opinion, the German Constitutional Court ordered the government to adopt much stricter emissions targets for 2030. By taking weak initial measures, the government hadn’t entirely precluded the possibility of compliance with the Paris target. Here, I want to briefly summarize some key rulings. C as possible.

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APRIL 9, 2025

Thats why I believe the Climate Accountability Act is a critical step for Wisconsin, especially given all the ways the federal government is trying to move us backward on addressing climate change. the federal government is trying to move us backwards on addressing climate change. Madison is our home.

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Legal Planet

JUNE 16, 2022

Even so, it compares favorably with the national governments in places like the U.S. In 2021, South Korea set a target under the Paris Agreement of a 40% cut from 2018 levels by 2030. South Korea also agreed to join the Global Methane Pledge and cut emissions one third by 2030. What is South Korea doing to cut its emissions?

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Energy and Climate Law

SEPTEMBER 24, 2020

Now the german government decided to, once again, amend the EEG to accelerate the faltering energy turnaround. By 2030 65 % of electricity in Germany shall come from renewable sources and by 2050 the share will be 100%. For onshore wind an increase of installed capacity to 71 Gigawatt in 2030 shall be reached.

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Legal Planet

MAY 16, 2023

In the past two years, however, the things have started trending upward after years of inaction by conservative governments. As in the US, Australia’s climate policy was long a victim of a lengthy period of divided government and political upheaval. As in the United States, state governments made some effort to pick up the slack.

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Legal Planet

JULY 15, 2021

The goal is to cut net greenhouse gas emissions by 55% from 1990 levels by 2030. The goal, however, is to hit peak emissions before 2030 and then start cutting. It’s hard for the US to complain that China’s program is too lax when our own government has waffled so much on the climate issue. is at risk of being left behind.

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Scientific American

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

United Nations secretary-general António Guterres is proposing a $500-billion annual stimulus package to meet the Sustainable Development Goals to preserve the environment and end poverty and hunger

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Legal Planet

SEPTEMBER 25, 2024

Critically, AB 3233 clarifies and confirms local government authority to regulate, and even prohibit outright, oil and gas operations. In so doing, the law acknowledges the traditional role of local governments in exercising land use controls to protect the public health and safety of their residents.

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APRIL 4, 2024

National governments are the most important systemic actors in the governance of climate action, primarily because they are the only actors with the ability to adopt economy-wide decarbonization measures. Over 80 government framework cases have been filed around the world, using a wide variety of legal and factual arguments.

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Law Columbia

DECEMBER 12, 2023

Germany that the federal government must adopt an immediate action program (‘Sofortprogramm’) under the Federal Climate Change Act (CCA). The program is intended to ensure compliance with the annual emission targets for the building and transportation sectors for the years 2024 to 2030.

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Physics World

SEPTEMBER 28, 2021

The UK government has released a long-term vision for the country’s burgeoning space sector. The National Space Strategy includes several measures that it says will “unleash” the industry’s potential and brings together – for the first time – the UK government’s civil and defence space activities. UK space sector set for take-off.

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Legal Planet

JUNE 13, 2022

But given the growth of the economy, carbon emissions were projected to continuing growing steadily through 2030. In November 2021, Prime Minster Modi announced in Glasgow that India would get half its energy from renewables by 2030 as well as significantly cutting its emissions. As in the U.S.,

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Circle of Blue

MARCH 31, 2023

The conference functioned as a pep rally of sorts, a venue to muster support for a massive global effort that is far from being on track: safely managed water, sanitation, and ecosystems for all by 2030. The absence of binding pledges from governments was not the only limitation. Many pledges were small in scale. Educational programs.

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Enviromental Defense

DECEMBER 19, 2022

MONTREAL | U NCEDED TERRITORY OF THE KANIEN’KEHA:KA – Canadian environmental groups welcome the Kunming-Montreal Agreement at COP15 in Montreal to halt and reverse global biodiversity loss by 2030 and applaud Canada’s leadership, which was instrumental in landing the deal.

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A Greener Life

AUGUST 2, 2023

billion of hydropower investments by 2030. By Fermín Koop New government plan says US$86 billion of spending needed to boost energy transition – while backing natural gas too. It has come at the end of the government’s term because it took time to get all the government areas aligned, such as environment and energy ministries.”

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Enviromental Defense

OCTOBER 4, 2022

million tonnes of plastic packaging waste each year and will still generate up to 2 million tonnes in 2030, despite setting a goal of zero plastic waste by 2030 and banning six single-use plastics. Tell the federal government and your MP to focus on the top two of the three Rs – reduce and reuse!

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Legal Planet

SEPTEMBER 6, 2022

The federal government is now supporting that role with federal funding for states. A key provision (IRA § 60114) appropriates $250 million to support emission reduction planning by state governments. There are some aggressive milestone requirements: 35% of new vehicles must be electric by 2026 and 68% in 2030. climate policy.

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Energy and Climate Law

DECEMBER 8, 2020

For France, the “Affaire du Siècle” case was filed in the Administrative Court of Paris in May 2019 by four NGOs against the government for its failure to act on climate change. As a result, the Conseil d’Etat requested the government to justify how the reduction path to 2030 can be respected without stricter measures.

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Legal Planet

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

California’s offshore wind (OSW) industry is transitioning from planning to implementation in a statewide effort to deliver 2-5 GW clean energy by 2030. In support of this goal, the California Energy Commission (CEC) released a draft of its Assembly Bill 525 Offshore Wind Strategic Plan (the Plan).

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Circle of Blue

MARCH 20, 2023

Part pep rally, part trade show, part performance review, the UN Water Conference is pitched by its co-hosts, the governments of the Netherlands and Tajikistan, as an opportunity for the world to recommit to ambitious goals of safely managed water and sanitation for all people and ecosystems. But the failures are just as glaring.

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Enviromental Defense

JANUARY 12, 2022

The government finally posted draft regulations to ban six single-use plastics over the holidays. As written, the regulations wouldn’t rid Canada of the harmful products until sometime in 2024 at the earliest, an absurd timeline that undermines the government’s own promises to reign in plastic pollution. Unfortunately there’s a catch.

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Legal Planet

OCTOBER 2, 2023

Government adopts a sector-by-sector plan to reach 2050 climate goals. Climate Action Act is adopted, with a 2050 net-zero target and 55% cuts by 2030 compared with 1990. The government proposes new measures to help meet the 2030 climate target, including 80% renewables by 2030. Renewables are 42% of electricity.

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Enviromental Defense

MAY 5, 2022

After having phased out coal and successfully decreased pollution between 2005 and 2017, emissions started to rise again in 2018 – when the current government came into power. The current Ontario Government’s record. The government claims it can reduce transportation emissions by shifting to electric vehicle (EV) use.

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Legal Planet

MAY 23, 2022

Australia has had a change of government. The Liberal Party — conservative in everything but name — lost control of the federal government to Labor. So the change in government is more than welcome. Labor’s climate policy calls for a 43% reduction in carbon emissions by 2030.

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Enviromental Defense

APRIL 3, 2023

Did you know that Canada’s federal government doesn’t fund public transit service? The federal government only contributes funding to construct new infrastructure like light rail or subway projects and for the purchase of vehicles like buses. Take Action: Tell the federal government to fund public transit systems!

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Real Climate

AUGUST 17, 2022

Now that the US federal government is finally acting on climate, what impact does that have on the eagerness of China or India to fulfill their pledges or even increase their ambition? The biggest unknowns are the geopolitical implications.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

NOVEMBER 15, 2022

The pledge is a voluntary agreement to reduce global methane emissions by 30 percent below 2020 levels by 2030. But governments must put policy measures into place immediately to be effective. The target year of 2030 is coming fast, and the time for action is now. To date, more than 130 countries have signed onto the pledge.

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PA Environment Daily

JUNE 7, 2023

The Pittsburgh 2030 District , a project of the Green Building Alliance , has released its 2022 Progress Report , revealing District property partners have reduced carbon emissions by 44.8% This achievement moves the District within range of reaching its target goal of 50-65% reduction in carbon emissions before the 2030 deadline.

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A Greener Life

SEPTEMBER 28, 2023

By Anders Lorenzen The UK government has again come under criticism for it’s climate commitments as they earlier this week gave the go-ahead to the controversial Rosebank oil field in the North Sea. It is argued by Equinor and the UK government that by electrifying the extraction process it becomes less emissions-intensive.

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Enviromental Defense

JUNE 20, 2023

Furthermore, additional action to reduce pesticide use and risk will be needed if Canada is to meet its commitments under the Convention on Biodiversity to reduce the risks from pesticides by half by 2030. Lisa Gue, David Suzuki Foundation said: “We’re encouraged the government is taking first steps towards reducing pesticide risks.

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Enviromental Defense

FEBRUARY 27, 2025

Statement by Stephen Legault, Senior Manager, Alberta Energy Transition The Alberta governments 2025 budget threatens the future economic prosperity of the province by failing to take action to transition from a fossil fuel based economy to a renewable energy economy. That sea change will happen during the next term of government.

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Enviromental Defense

APRIL 3, 2023

The Halton Hills Generating Station in Halton Hills, Ontario (Photo by Ian Willms) The “Clean Energy Advantage” In the budget, the government boasts about Ontario’s “clean energy advantage” even though it is actively whittling away at it. The current government acts like it’s somehow responsible for this feat.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

JUNE 24, 2024

Over the course of this decade, our data show a sharp increase in the amount of infrastructure exposed to two or more disruptive flooding events annually, from 904 assets nationally in 2020 to 1,085 assets nationally in 2030. Those assets currently serve communities that are home to 2.2 Some communities will be more affected than others.

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Enviromental Defense

FEBRUARY 27, 2025

Statement by Stephen Legault, Senior Manager, Alberta Energy Transition The Alberta governments 2025 budget threatens the future economic prosperity of the province by failing to take action to transition from a fossil fuel based economy to a renewable energy economy. That sea change will happen during the next term of government.

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A Greener Life

OCTOBER 23, 2024

The revised 2030 energy and climate plan, unveiled by the government, targets the expansion of wind and solar power. The Mediterranean country aims for renewables to account for an 82% share of electricity production by 2030. The previous plan released in 2019 had set out only a 66% share.

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Enviromental Defense

JANUARY 20, 2025

To deliver on this goal, the federal government made important investments in renewable energy projects. Yet, reaching net zero also means phasing out polluting fossil fuel energy, so the government developed rules to impose a pollution limit on electricity producers. Canada formally adopted this goal.

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Enviromental Defense

APRIL 19, 2023

Statement from Julia Levin, Associate Director, National Climate Ottawa | Traditional, unceded territory of the Algonquin Anishinaabeg People – The Government of Alberta’s new Emissions Reduction and Energy Development Plan is not a credible climate strategy. It’s also missing key elements, such as a 2030 emissions target.

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