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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Environmental Progress

JUNE 29, 2020

I became an environmentalist at 16 when I threw a fundraiser for Rainforest Action Network. a lifelong progressive Democrat and environmentalist who testified in favor of carbon regulations. In my early 20s I lived in the semi-Amazon doing research with small farmers fighting land invasions. Why did they do that?

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A Greener Life

AUGUST 2, 2021

Global Footprint Network believes that the pandemic showed that governments demonstrated they can act swiftly, both in terms of regulations and spending, when they put human lives above all else. Of course, there’s a big difference in which countries bear the responsibility for carbon emissions and the collapse of biocapacity.

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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. Omissions from the Brazilian government on climate policy. o C global warming scenario. Bolsonaro ).

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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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A Greener Life

JUNE 13, 2024

Reusing venues and replacing fossil fuel with renewable energy use is essential to cutting emissions at a large sporting event. Approximately 95% of venues for the Paris Games will be pre-existing or temporary facilities, and this factor alone is expected to reduce carbon emissions by one million tonnes compared to new buildings.

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Vermont Law

DECEMBER 10, 2019

But, the idea of a shared benefit—both to the world and Brazil—is a paradox developing and developed nations have struggled with concerning their global commitment to reduce overall carbon emissions because, as Bolsonaro implied during his remarks, overly restrictive environmental regulations could impair a nation’s economic growth and development.

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