Climate Scientist Paris Agreement Politics 
Union of Concerned Scientists
OCTOBER 26, 2022
Through greenwashing ads, disinformation campaigns, attacks on scientists, and production of fake scientific evidence, the industry has engaged the playbook of deception to undermine climate action. But rising temperatures aren’t the only factor when we are thinking about climate impacts. I restructured my Ph.D.
Union of Concerned Scientists
SEPTEMBER 27, 2023
The subsequent rise of attribution science has been able to prove the direct correlation between climate change and specific disasters like drought, wildfires, and extreme heat. Climate scientists at the Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS) even have linked disasters to individual companies , some of which are state-owned like Saudi Aramco.
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Union of Concerned Scientists
MARCH 30, 2022
Fossil fuels are the root cause of climate change, of long-standing environmental injustices, and are also frequently connected to geopolitical strife and violent conflicts. According to the IPCC, global emissions must be cut in half by 2030 to meet the goals of the Paris Agreement, and IEA research shows it can be done.
Real Climate
NOVEMBER 11, 2023
The note can also be interpreted as an insult because it suggests that we climate scientists do not know our subject. We know from previous experience that it is likely that such cases will be used uncritically and selectively for political and economic goals. Hence my friend’s question about COP28.
Legal Planet
MARCH 22, 2023
degrees Fahrenheit) is no longer feasible, and emphasized that if we move faster, we can keep it as far below 2 degrees C as possible—the fallback target in the Paris Agreement. Several scientists, including authors of the IPCC report, told the Associated Press that the world is locked into exceeding the 1.5° degrees Celsius (2.7
Law Columbia
OCTOBER 7, 2019
Court Dismissed Counterclaims in Climate Scientist’s Defamation Lawsuit. Superior Court dismissed counterclaims brought by an individual writer against the climate scientist Michael Mann in Mann’s defamation lawsuit against National Review, the Competitive Enterprise Institute, and two individuals. Chao , No. filed Sept.
Union of Concerned Scientists
MAY 28, 2024
BP keeps climate-conscious shareholders out BP faced no climate-related shareholder proposals this year. On April 25, the corporation held only an in-person annual meeting, with no webcast and very little news coverage—even as activists protested the corporation’s role in the climate crisis and fueling the war in Gaza.
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