Law Columbia

MARCH 10, 2025

On March 29, 2023, the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) adopted a resolution requesting an advisory opinion from the International Court of Justice (ICJ) on States obligations regarding climate change. ii) Peoples and individuals of the present and future generations affected by the adverse effects of climate change?

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Inside Climate News

MARCH 3, 2025

The slowdown of the Antarctic Circumpolar Current could have 'dire' consequences, including greater climate variability and accelerated global warming.

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Inside Climate News

OCTOBER 28, 2024

By Bob Berwyn A trio of reports released ahead of next month’s COP29 climate conference in Azerbaijan all show that the existing national policies to cut greenhouse gas emissions under the landmark 2015 Paris Agreement will heat the planet by close to 3 degrees Celsius by 2100, as warming has accelerated in the past few years.

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Real Climate

OCTOBER 27, 2021

All countries in the world urgently need to adapt to climate change but are not yet in a good position to do so. It’s urgent because we are not even adapted to the present climate. Such reports provide a summary of the state of our knowledge, but are not sufficiently specific for climate change adaptation.

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Law Columbia

JUNE 4, 2024

Can the new advisory opinion interpreting the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS) move us beyond the lethargy of unmet climate change policy needs ? By accepting the COSIS request, ITLOS boldly advanced the international law of climate change to take full account of its harmful impacts on the marine environment.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

MARCH 6, 2025

This past week, I attended the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) meeting in Hangzhou, China. In previous posts, Ive explained what the IPCC is, why this assessment cycle is crucial , and highlighted its role in climate action. Marine CDR lacks long-term observational data and has potential ecological risks.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

SEPTEMBER 23, 2024

Here are three key international climate priorities that I will be paying close attention to this year. of the Paris Agreement ). c) of the Paris Agreement calls for “ Making finance flows consistent with a pathway towards low greenhouse gas emissions and climate-resilient development.” see Articles 4.2

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Law Columbia

MAY 22, 2024

On May 21, 2024, the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea (ITLOS) delivered a long-awaited Advisory Opinion on climate change and international law. This marks the first time that an international tribunal has issued an advisory opinion on State obligations regarding climate change mitigation.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

AUGUST 2, 2024

The Antarctic Ice Sheet faces an uncertain future under climate change. As the Earth’s air and oceans warm, the ice sheet is starting to melt at an ever-faster rate. The Antarctic Ice Sheet is a marine-based ice sheet, meaning there are places where the grounded ice is meeting the solid Earth below the ocean surface.

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Law Columbia

OCTOBER 25, 2024

That’s because the parties to the London Convention and London Protocol are meeting from October 28 to November 1 in London to discuss, among other things, governance of ocean alkalinity enhancement and ocean sinking of biomass (e.g. to 2 o C in line with the goals of the Paris Agreement. seaweed) for carbon storage.

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Circle of Blue

SEPTEMBER 15, 2021

degrees Celsius, but also to enable communities to live with extreme weather, acidifying oceans, and rising seas that are already occurring. Events of the past year — torrential floods, exhausting droughts, deadly heat waves — sharpened focus that society must adapt to these climate changes.

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Legal Planet

MAY 5, 2022

Mexico is also highly vulnerable to climate change. What’s the state of climate policy in Mexico? The climate issue has to be placed in the broader context of Mexico’s situation. Because of its geography, Mexico is vulnerable to climate impacts.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

JULY 17, 2023

Right in the middle of Danger Season , we are going through a period of unprecedented global extreme temperatures driven by fossil-fueled climate change. The unrelenting heat has caused a dizzying number of air and ocean temperature records to be broken in recent weeks. High ocean temperatures also fuel tropical storms.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

OCTOBER 26, 2022

The suit claims that BP, Chevron, ConocoPhillips, ExxonMobil, Shell, and the American Petroleum Institute misled the public despite clear knowledge that their products cause climate change. For more than 50 years , the fossil fuel industry has obstructed meaningful climate action. at UMass Amherst.

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Ocean Conservancy

NOVEMBER 30, 2022

Representatives from civil society, non-governmental organizations and the private sector gathered alongside governmental representatives to influence decisions and advance contributions toward the goals of the Paris Agreement of 2015. I was joined by Ocean Conservancy colleagues working to advance ocean-climate action.

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Circle of Blue

SEPTEMBER 20, 2021

This week, Circle of Blue reports on how water fits into the upcoming UN Climate Change Conference. When diplomats and government ministers converge on Glasgow this fall, they hope to rekindle pivotal negotiations on global climate that were dampened during the pandemic. Ingrid Timboe is a co-chair of the water pavilion.

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Law Columbia

JUNE 7, 2024

Creator: George Stoyle The oceans absorb large quantities of the carbon dioxide emitted by human activities. This “sink” function is so significant that, until 1957, one objection to a causal link between anthropogenic emissions and global warming was that the oceans would absorb most of the excess CO2, thus breaking this link.

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Law Columbia

APRIL 24, 2023

Despite the ongoing debate on whether ITLOS has jurisdiction to issue an advisory opinion on climate change, if the Tribunal asserts jurisdiction (on jurisdiction, see here and here) , there is still much to uncover. However, ITLOS is not responsible for implementing the UNFCCC or the Paris Agreement.

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Real Climate

NOVEMBER 11, 2023

Presumably Dagsvik and Moen are used to this kind of model, but they seem to be inexperienced with the models used for weather and climate, which on the other hand are based on the laws of physics. Furthermore, the volume of the oceans increases from the melting of land ice. Our job is to be thorough and verify questionable results.

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Legal Planet

JULY 5, 2023

Wildfire in Canada , smoke in NYC , heat domes in Texas , massive heat in the Atlantic ocean are just some of this month’s news. We give lots of lip service describing climate change as an emergency or existential threat. But climate change is different. The leading edge of that disruption is already here.

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Ocean Conservancy

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

The planet has accumulated as much heat in the past 15 years as it did in the previous 45 years; the ocean has absorbed the majority of this excess heat. Scientists have consistently warned that the continued burning of fossil fuels is heating the planet, including the ocean.

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Law Columbia

MAY 27, 2024

Of course, these adjectives have also been used to describe many other recent judgments delivered on the topic of climate change. Still, there is something in this advisory opinion that—although not changing the world— could be impactful. However, these treaties seem to have had little bearing on ITLOS’ interpretation of UNCLOS.

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Ocean Conservancy

DECEMBER 10, 2021

As I arrived in Glasgow in October for the United Nations (UN) Climate Change Conference COP26, along with leaders, advocates and activists from around the globe, it was clear the eyes of world were on us. The recent report released by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) underscored the urgency of action.

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Ocean Conservancy

MARCH 1, 2022

The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) is the leading scientific authority on climate change. Every six or seven years, scientists from around the world organize into expert working groups and review thousands of the latest studies on climate change. What is the IPCC? Never miss an update.

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Law Columbia

MAY 24, 2024

Whereas the science—synthesized in recent assessments and special reports by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (‘IPCC’)—emphasizes the deep interlinkages between issues of climate change, marine and terrestrial biodiversity loss, and ocean degradation, the international legal response is fragmented and uncoordinated.

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Law Columbia

SEPTEMBER 28, 2023

The Sabin Center wrapped up Climate Week NYC last Friday with an event exploring the opportunities and challenges posed by ocean-based carbon dioxide removal (CDR). As evidenced by the 150-plus people in attendance, ocean CDR is attracting growing attention as a possible climate change mitigation option.

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HumanNature

APRIL 10, 2023

Student in the Department of Atmospheric Science at Colorado State University Most people remember the water cycle they learned in school: water evaporates from lakes, rivers, and the ocean, air carrying this moisture rises, cools, condenses, and forms clouds, and these clouds precipitate water back down to the surface. C temperature target.

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Ocean Conservancy

SEPTEMBER 29, 2023

Last week I had the tremendous honor of providing expert testimony on the ocean effects of climate change to the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea (ITLOS) in Hamburg, Germany. Please try again or contact 1.888.780.6763 Enter Your Email.loading Thanks for signing up for Ocean Conservancy emails.

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Law Columbia

APRIL 24, 2024

In addition, Chapter 2 contextualizes the role of CCS technology in international climate agreements, examining the main reports by international actors on CCS, including studies by the International Energy Agency (IEA) and the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC).

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A Greener Life

FEBRUARY 21, 2025

Resilience offers a forward-looking approach to corporate climate action and energy transition strategy. By Bernice Lee Following the Paris Agreement, corporate enthusiasm for climate action surged, with net-zero commitments and the energy transition taking a central role in both government and business agendas.

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A Greener Life

AUGUST 13, 2021

Just months be fore the crucial UN climate summit, COP26 kicks off in Glasgow, UK in November the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) has issued one of its starkest reports stating that governments have taken too long to take action and we are now paying the price. Unprecedented. What’s to come.

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Law Columbia

JULY 14, 2022

The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) has emphasized that, to limit warming to 1.5 o C or 2 o c, in line with the Paris Agreement, global carbon dioxide emissions must reach net-zero between 2050 and the early 2070s. Scientists have proposed a number of land- and ocean-based CDR techniques.

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Law Columbia

JANUARY 5, 2023

Governments are, it seems, beginning to listen to the growing chorus of scientists who have warned that deploying CDR is essential to avoid catastrophic climate change. Many governments are beginning to include at least some form of CDR in their portfolio of climate policies and international commitments.

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Physics World

OCTOBER 11, 2021

I wanted to use my problem-solving skills to work on solutions to climate change, which is the biggest challenge we face,” she says, “and energy storage is really important for decarbonizing electricity.”. I wanted to use my problem-solving skills to work on solutions to climate change, which is the biggest challenge we face.

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Enviromental Defense

APRIL 28, 2023

Where do the world’s wealthiest nations stand when it comes to the most important environmental issues of our time: climate change, biodiversity loss and pollution? The G7 calls for ensuring that private investments and financial flows are consistent with a healthy climate , as committed to in the Paris Agreement.

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Ocean Conservancy

APRIL 29, 2022

Earlier this month, ocean leaders from governments, businesses and expert organizations around the world gathered for the seventh annual Our Ocean Conference in the island nation of Palau. Thanks for signing up for Ocean Conservancy emails. © Felipe Victoria(Ocean Conservancy). Stay current. Enter Your Email.loading.

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Law Columbia

MAY 29, 2024

In addition, States have the obligation to protect and preserve the marine environment against the impact of climate change, maintaining and restoring ecosystem health and the natural balance of the marine environment. This is most pronounced in the references to the Paris Agreement. of the Paris Agreement.

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