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Opinion: So, Germany, you want to do more to tackle climate change?

A Greener Life

Germany has recently experienced fatal and apocalyptic climate- fuelled floods , after which the country’s Chancellor, Angela Merkel, promised the government would do more to tackle climate change. So what should Germany do with their newfound appetite for tackling climate change?

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The Origins of Climate Awareness in the Legal Academy

Legal Planet

Today, climate change is the central, though by no means the only, concern in environmental law. I found only one relevant reference using the term “climate change” before 1985. In one sentence of a 1975 article, John Barton referred to “climate change” as a potentially severe long-term problem.

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Earth system tipping events now seem inevitable – what does this mean for climate governance?

Legal Planet

Existing global environmental governance institutions – even those designed to address climate change – are ill-equipped for such challenges. Political and social science must come to the fore to help develop effective responses to tipping events. Their impacts are distant in time and space from their causes.

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Germany’s Role in Climate Policy

Legal Planet

Germany decides to phase out nuclear power, complicating efforts to decarbonize the power sector. Government adopts a sector-by-sector plan to reach 2050 climate goals. The government proposes new measures to help meet the 2030 climate target, including 80% renewables by 2030.

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Tuesday PA Environment & Energy NewsClips - 10.22.24

PA Environment Daily

DEP Climate Change Advisory Committee meeting. TODAY 9:00: Agenda Posted. Room 105 Rachel Carson Building. Visit the Committee webpage for options on joining the meeting remotely. Contact: Lindsay Byron lbyron@pa.gov. . -- PennLive: Dauphin County Authority Receives One Bid For 2.3

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Climate in the American legal academy

Environment, Law, and History

In "The Origins of Climate Awareness in the Legal Academy" , Farber writes: The earliest clear references to climate change that turned up in my search. were in 1978 articles about nuclear energy. I suspect that there were several reasons why legal academics failed to focus more on climate change in this early period.

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William D Magwood IV: still fighting for nuclear

Physics World

From physics to politics William D Magwood IV, director-general of the Nuclear Energy Agency, thinks nuclear power can help us meet net-zero targets. I fight,” answered Magwood, who at the time directed the Office of Nuclear Energy, Science and Technology at the US Department of Energy (DOE). Courtesy: NEA).