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Climate Litigation in Japan: What to Expect in 2025

Law Columbia

According to the Japanese Agency for Natural Resources and Energy, the countrys fossil fuel dependency was 83.2% While the Tokyo High Court recognized the danger of climate change, it did not address the citizens claim that approval of the project was inconsistent with the long-term temperature goals of the Paris Agreement.

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Finding Light in Dark Places: Specific Obligations for Climate Change and Ocean Acidification Mitigation

Law Columbia

The Earth’s surface is about 70 percent ocean; the ocean absorbs 95 percent of our excess heat and over 25 percent of our excess carbon dioxide, contributes half of Earth’s oxygen production, and provides other services that sustain life as we know it.

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Reason for Hope: New Study Highlights how Washington’s Natural Spaces Can Help Fight Climate Change

Washington Nature

The study—" Leveraging the potential of nature to meet net zero greenhouse gas emissions in Washington State ”—centers on how Natural Climate Solutions (NCS) harness the capacity of forests, wetlands and farmlands to absorb and store carbon dioxide that’s in the atmosphere, lessening the impacts of climate change.

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The Future of Carbon Capture and Sequestration

The Energy Law

By ratifying the 2015 Paris Agreement, [1] nations across the world made a commitment to reducing greenhouse gas emissions by at least 40% by the year 2030. Carbon dioxide is one of the primary greenhouse gases found in the Earth’s atmosphere, accounting for 76% of global greenhouse gas emissions according to published reports.

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The Future of Carbon Capture and Sequestration

The Energy Law

By ratifying the 2015 Paris Agreement, [1] nations across the world made a commitment to reducing greenhouse gas emissions by at least 40% by the year 2030. Carbon dioxide is one of the primary greenhouse gases found in the Earth’s atmosphere, accounting for 76% of global greenhouse gas emissions according to published reports.

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Environmental Law: Government and Public Policy Towards the Environment

Environmental Science

Environmental law, or sometimes known as environmental and natural resources law, is a term used to explain regulations, statutes, local, national and international legislation, and treaties designed to protect the environment from damage and to explain the legal consequences of such damage towards governments or private entities or individuals (1).

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Banking Against Science: Financial Institutions Continue to Fund Climate Destruction

Union of Concerned Scientists

The IPCC said that the deep emissions reductions required by 2030 and 2040 “particularly” include methane, the top emission of natural gas production and combustion, which traps 80 times as much heat as carbon dioxide over short timescales. degree centigrade rise in global average temperatures.