Union of Concerned Scientists

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

Fossil fuel companies are well established as founts of disinformation , agents of obstruction, and drivers of climate change. We draw attention to the outsized role that a small number of business enterprises have had in driving climate change and obstructing action. Which courts are expected to issue Advisory Opinions?

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Environmental News Bits

APRIL 21, 2022

. “The role of felt responsibility in climate change political participation.” ” Oxford Open Climate Change, 1(1), kgab012. link] [open access]] Abstract: This research letter investigates the role of feelings of responsibility to reduce climate change (i.e.

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New Scientist

MARCH 20, 2023

The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change isn't due to produce its next report until 2028, which could allow political focus to move away from global warming, campaigners have warned

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Legal Planet

JULY 21, 2023

As Gernot Wagner puts it in ‘ Geoengineering: the Gamble ’: “The decision is all about risk-risk tradeoffs” He urges us to put the risks of potentially pursuing solar geoengineering against “the risks of unmitigated climate change.” The National Academy of Sciences adopted a ’risk-risk’ framing in its 2021 report.

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Legal Planet

APRIL 13, 2023

A new wave of cases differs from traditional environmental lawsuits by highlighting the connections between preserving the Amazon and the climate, the grave risk of greenhouse gas emissions caused by deforestation, and the critical role of the forest as a major global carbon sink. The timing of these climate disputes is not accidental.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

FEBRUARY 23, 2023

And just like summertime in the US, this period (December, January, and February) has transformed into a “ danger season ” as a result of climate change, replete with deadly heatwaves, drought, and wildfires. Sixty times more likely is a remarkable figure to me.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

JULY 3, 2022

is a serious blow to the EPA’s ability to fight climate change—and could have dangerous repercussions beyond this case. The timing of the decision feels especially harsh, as the nation is in the throes of the “ Danger Season ” for hazards such as heat waves, drought, wildfires and hurricanes, all worsened by climate change.

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Environmental News Bits

JULY 23, 2024

This report is based on findings from a nationally representative survey – Climate Change in the American Mind – conducted jointly by the Yale Program on Climate Change Communication and the George Mason University Center for Climate Change Communication. Interview dates: April 25 – May 4, 2024.

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Legal Planet

JUNE 3, 2024

Rather than rehearse familiar arguments, I want to focus specifically on climate change. In my view, holding out for ideal climate policies makes no sense. Because of the nature of climate change, delay is just too costly. Climate change is a unique problem in many ways.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

JUNE 6, 2022

Deadly heatwaves, extreme drought, food and water shortages, catastrophic flooding, rapidly intensifying tropical storms, raging wildfires—around the world, climate change is exacerbating extreme conditions and their harsh toll on people and ecosystems. The fearsome toll of climate impacts is already clear, leading U.N.

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Circle of Blue

AUGUST 16, 2021

As famines historically are caused by conflict or political issues, and socioeconomic vulnerabilities, the famine in Madagascar–one of the lowest emitters of carbon and greenhouse gasses in the world–stands out as being heavily influenced by climate change.

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Circle of Blue

DECEMBER 6, 2021

For months, international’s organizations have blamed the calamity on climate change. International organizations had blamed the calamity on climate change, but a new study rejects that assumption. agencies that the emergency was “the world’s first climate-induced famine.”

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Legal Planet

AUGUST 15, 2023

A Montana state district court has issued its long-awaited decision in a major climate change case brought by Montana children against state officials. Judge Seeley did so after presiding over a two-week, non-jury trial in June 2023–the first such climate change trial in U.S. In Held v. legal history.

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Environmental News Bits

JULY 15, 2024

“Gender, Activist Citizenship, and Climate Change.” link] Abstract Critical and feminist scholars and activists have linked global political challenges posed by the environmental and climate crises to contemporary social problems with gender, inequality, marginalization, and poverty. ” In: Siim, B.,

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Union of Concerned Scientists

MAY 17, 2022

The reason for this long drought has a lot to do with changes in precipitation patterns and rising temperatures linked to human-caused climate change, but it also has to do with human decisions that have led to the overexploitation of water resources of our rivers, lakes, and groundwater and a lack of sufficient policies to protect these resources.

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Law Columbia

MARCH 29, 2023

Photo by Mathias Reding on Unsplash Climate change litigation has finally reached the world’s highest court. 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 the obligations of States with respect to climate change.

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Yale E360

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

Adapting to climate change does not address the societal systems and values that spawned the current crisis. What’s needed is “systemic adaptation” that fundamentally changes our economy, our politics, and our priorities in ways that put community and the planet first. Read more on E360 →

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Environmental News Bits

APRIL 5, 2024

Among … Continue reading What ancient farmers can really teach us about adapting to climate change – and how political power influences success or failure

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PA Environment Daily

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Award-winning atmospheric scientist Katharine Hayhoe will discuss how to build hope in the face of the devastating impacts of climate change during a special event at Dickinson College in Carlisle, Cumberland County. Her talk will take place Wednesday, Dec. 4, at 7 p.m. in the college’s Anita Tuvin Schlechter Auditorium.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

SEPTEMBER 14, 2022

The biggest barriers to progress are political and psychological. What helped me jump on board was the chance to join two dozen badass women climate advocates, business leaders and philanthropists from all over the globe, on a research and learning trip.

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Circle of Blue

JUNE 14, 2021

The conflict is a consequence of extreme heat and worsening droughts, byproducts of climate change, which bruises Africa’s Sahel region and nearby countries more deeply than almost anywhere else in the world. There’s a political dimension. Temperatures here are rising 1.5 times faster than the global average.

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PA Environment Daily

MAY 17, 2024

PennFuture celebrated 25 years of fighting climate change and industrial pollution by holding anniversary celebrations in Pittsburgh and Philadelphia to honor seven Pennsylvanians for their contributions to restoring and protecting the environment. Michael Mann - Climate Champion Award PennFuture honored Dr. Michael E.

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Environmental and Urban Economics

NOVEMBER 7, 2022

Climate change adaptation refers to our individual and collective ability to cope with Mother Nature’s more intense weather punches in terms of extreme heat, drought, fire, flood and many other place based risks. I must acknowledge upfront that I have not interviewed either of them about their climate change adaptation pessimism.

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Environmental News Bits

AUGUST 28, 2023

Leading political geographer Farhana Sultana coined the term ‘climate coloniality’ to refer to the enduring legacies of colonialism and imperialism on vulnerable communities around the world. Read the full post on the Global CCE Blog.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

DECEMBER 8, 2023

While there are thousands of people here in Dubai at COP28 fighting for genuine change, the climate summit is facing a barrage of disinformation. Combatting climate change has never been more urgent, and COP28 is poised to advance critical global action. What’s lacking is political will.

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A Greener Life

AUGUST 16, 2023

‘Climate reductionism’ makes everything about the climate and glosses over local context and the many interconnections of our complex world. It can lead us into the wrong political priorities. One is the idea that ‘climatism’ is endemic across politics and the media. I’m not convinced that’s even remotely true.

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Law Columbia

JUNE 22, 2022

On June 13, 2022, Chile published its Climate Change Framework Law (“the Climate Act”). The Climate Act includes a binding goal of net zero emissions by 2050 at the latest, following the recommendations of the IPCC. In 2019, Chile became President of the 25th United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP25).

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Environmental News Bits

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

This report examines how to scale up and speed up climate action by leveraging peacebuilding practice for climate change adaptation. It argues that climate and peacebuilding practitioners need to focus on cities and work together to set the political ground rules for managing climate impact in cities.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

APRIL 10, 2024

In a pivotal week for environmental justice, the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) in Strasbourg, France, delivered rulings on three climate cases. The court’s ruling in this case was groundbreaking, explicitly linking climate change action with human rights protections for the first time.

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Environmental News Bits

OCTOBER 5, 2021

Katharine Hayhoe, an atmospheric scientist and evangelical Christian, has written a book that lays out strategies for discussing the climate crisis in a divided country. Read the full story in the New Yorker. Read more →

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Climate Change Blawg

SEPTEMBER 26, 2020

Legal action on climate change is now a global phenomenon. As reported in CNN, a report from the Grantham Research Institute at the London School of Economics and Political Science has considered litigation in respect of climate change from 1990 to May 2019.

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PA Environment Daily

FEBRUARY 15, 2023

DEP’s Climate Change Advisory Committee is scheduled to meet on February 21 to discuss a proposed scope of work for the 2024 Climate Impacts Assessment and state Climate Action Plan as required by Act 70 of 2008. For more information and available handouts, visit DEP’s Climate Change Advisory Committee webpage.

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Environmental and Urban Economics

JULY 11, 2021

John Cochrane has posted an important blog post about adapting to climate change. I have working on the costs of climate change for 15 years now going back to my 2005 Death Toll paper. I am a microeconomist and I said to Marty; "Many of us know that we do not know what risks climate change will pose.

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Legal Planet

OCTOBER 13, 2022

The article surveys a range of criticisms of the use of carbon taxes as a tool to address greenhouse gas emissions, and criticisms of the focus of many economists on carbon taxes as the primary tool to address climate change. I think these political constraints are a key reason economists focused so long – too long – on carbon pricing.

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A Greener Life

JULY 30, 2021

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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Enviromental Defense

OCTOBER 30, 2023

The partial release reveals the chaotic, developer-led process that did an end-run around the normal planning approval process and was driven by political staff in the Minister’s office. ECOJUSTICE uses the power of the law to defend nature, combat climate change, and fight for a healthy environment.

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Legal Planet

OCTOBER 21, 2024

CLEE published excerpts from the 922 page Project 2025 document related to climate change and environment, here. F]ull implementation will likely result in ten-fold increase in political hires. Political loyalists would take their place. This transition poses both legal and logistical challenges.

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