Law Columbia

APRIL 21, 2023

Photo: Guss B on Unsplash Earth Day is an opportunity to celebrate the awe-inspiring wonders on this planet — a place full of biodiversity hotspots, from lush rainforests to scenic mountain ranges, home to rich, endemic species. Tackling the climate crisis requires a multifaceted approach. That depends on how fast we act.

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Carbon Dioxide Ocean Climate Change Earth Day 64

A Greener Life

JANUARY 13, 2023

Suriname is 93% rainforest. According to their first Nationally Determined Contribution to the Paris Agreement, the country emits 192 million tonnes of CO2 and absorbs 215 million. All three countries have relatively modest emissions and extensive areas of forestry for their size. Another factor is low population density.

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Paris Agreement Rainforest Deforestation Carbon Emissions 52

Inside Climate News

NOVEMBER 17, 2023

Without immediate emissions cuts, global temperatures will breach the Paris Agreement’s goals sooner than expected, scientists say.

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Carbon Dioxide Cooling Ocean Paris Agreement 145

Vermont Law

DECEMBER 10, 2019

by world leaders regarding the Bolsonaro administration’s inaction to prevent or stop the burning of the Amazon rainforest—. Furthermore, the mass-burning of the Amazon rainforest is emitting incredible amounts of carbon, multiplying the effect of deforestation by. effectively implement[ing] the Paris Agreement on Climate Change.”.

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Conservation Rainforest Sustainable Development Paris Agreement 40

Law Columbia

JUNE 16, 2021

Over the last year Brazil has seen numerous innovative climate litigation claims filed that have questioned the country’s climate policies and general effects of activities on climate change. (I The Amazon rainforest, the country’s not-so-secret weapon to mitigate climate change, features prominently in the litigation.

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Deforestation Climate Change Paris Agreement 2018 40

Union of Concerned Scientists

APRIL 13, 2023

Spring is a time of new beginnings, and this spring scientists are calling for financial institutions to start doing their part to limit the worst impacts of climate change and hasten a just, equitable transition to clean energy. trillion in the seven years since the adoption of the Paris climate agreement.

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Fossil Fuels Paris Agreement Carbon Dioxide 2016 354

A Greener Life

OCTOBER 21, 2021

For almost three decades, world governments have met nearly every year to forge a global response to the climate emergency. Why do we need a Cop – don’t we already have the Paris agreement? Carbon trading was included in article 6 of the Paris agreement, but conflicts over how to implement it have never been resolved.

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Paris Agreement Fossil Fuels Carbon Dioxide 2030 98

Union of Concerned Scientists

DECEMBER 2, 2022

At the start of the recent COP 27 climate meeting in Egypt, a United Nations report on the role of financial institutions in controlling climate change said, “There is no room for new investment in fossil fuel supply.”. Climate change is a material risk, but it is only one factor in an investment decision.” .

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Fossil Fuels Carbon Dioxide Climate Change Renewable Energy 294

Law Columbia

FEBRUARY 10, 2020

Each month, Arnold & Porter and the Sabin Center for Climate Change Law collect and summarize developments in climate-related litigation, which we also add to our U.S. climate litigation charts. HERE ARE THE ADDITIONS TO THE CLIMATE CASE CHART SINCE UPDATE #130: FEATURED CASE. and non-U.S.

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2020 Climate Change Fossil Fuels Greenhouse 40

Law Columbia

NOVEMBER 21, 2022

After all, to achieve the main goal of the Paris Agreement , namely keeping the rising global average temperature below 2°C (35.6°F) C above pre-industrial levels (Paris Agreement, art. After all, to achieve the main goal of the Paris Agreement , namely keeping the rising global average temperature below 2°C (35.6°F)

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Paris Agreement Government Deforestation Sustainable Development 52