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Our Fight for the Future at COP29

Ocean Conservancy

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Climate impacts of the #IRA

Real Climate

Historically, these estimates have tended to be conservative (i.e. The biggest unknowns are the geopolitical implications. Now that the US federal government is finally acting on climate, what impact does that have on the eagerness of China or India to fulfill their pledges or even increase their ambition?

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Rightwing Authoritarianism vs the Environment

Legal Planet

The combination of authoritarianism, extreme conservative ideology, and anti-environmentalism is common globally, not just in U.S. Project 2025 favors authoritarian presidential rule. It also wants to destroy environmental regulation, especially climate law. That’s not a coincidence.

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South Korea and Climate Change

Legal Planet

In 2021, South Korea set a target under the Paris Agreement of a 40% cut from 2018 levels by 2030. In March, the Conservative Party won a narrow electoral victory, making Yoon Suk-lyeol president. South Korea has made significant international climate commitments. At the moment, South Korean climate policy is in flux.

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Scientists Demand Citigroup End Fossil Fuel Funding

Union of Concerned Scientists

Citi is underwriting climate devastation through its continued funding of fossil fuels, including $396 billion since the Paris Agreement in 2016. This campaign, which will be active all summer, demands action from Citigroup and other big banks and insurers to stop enabling fossil fuel pollution.

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The Turning Tide

Legal Planet

The judge used the Paris Agreement as the benchmark for setting the company’s obligations. Some other encouraging news stories: Indiana, a deeply conservative state with significant coal mines, now has more solar generators requesting to connect with the grid than California.

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Subnational Climate Action in the UK

Legal Planet

In sharp contrast with their American counterparts, British conservatives remain firmly behind the Paris Agreement and supportive of cap-and-trade. Last week, I posted about the British government’s climate policy. Here’s what’s happening across Great Britain.

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