Legal Planet

MAY 5, 2022

Mexico’s carbon emissions are about the same as those of Texas, the highest-emitting US state. Per capita emissions, however, are far lower, given Mexico’s much larger population. The geography is extremely diverse, featuring high mountains, deserts, and rainforest. What’s the state of climate policy in Mexico?

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Law Columbia

DECEMBER 1, 2021

It contributes to increasing pressure against President Bolsonaro for widespread environmental damage across the country, resulting from a significant lack of climate action and the pervasive destruction of the Amazon rainforest. This financial instrument is essential to controlling deforestation in Amazonia. Brazil (on Amazon Fund).

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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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A Greener Life

AUGUST 2, 2021

carbon footprint increase over last year, as well as the 0.5% decrease in global forest biocapacity due in large part to the spike in Amazon deforestation. million hectares of forest were lost in 2020 and estimates for 2021 indicate up to 43% year-over-year increase in deforestation. The notable drivers of consumption is the 6.6%

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A Greener Life

SEPTEMBER 23, 2022

Our response to climate change is a balancing act: we work to reduce carbon emissions on the one hand and to enhance nature’s ability to absorb carbon on the other. We can also build on and improve this take-up of CO2 , also known as carbon sinks, by planting more trees or restoring wetlands.

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A Greener Life

JANUARY 13, 2023

Britain is working towards the long-term goal of reaching net-zero carbon emissions by 2050. This small handful of countries is part of an elite club, the Alliance of Carbon-Negative Countries. All three countries have relatively modest emissions and extensive areas of forestry for their size. Suriname is 93% rainforest.

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Law Columbia

OCTOBER 12, 2021

While the CRC rejected the youth petitioners’ claim as inadmissible, it found that each State has duties to address climate harm outside its own territory, and therefore can be held responsible for the negative impact of its carbon emissions on the rights of children within and outside its territory. In Future Generations v.

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