A Greener Life

NOVEMBER 18, 2021

In September, China’s president, Xi Jinping, announced that his country will stop participating in the construction and public financing of coal-fired power plants abroad. However, of that, only 4% – about US$1.5 billion – was in coal. But this landscape is set to change.

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Breezometer

JUNE 7, 2022

Governmental policies established as a result of commitments made in the Kyoto Protocol and the Paris Agreement have already successfully prevented the emissions of several Gigatons of CO 2 , targeting deforestation, energy efficiency, new technology deployment, and carbon accounting as their main mitigation efforts.

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Legal Planet

DECEMBER 17, 2021

In contrast to formal international law-making, they offer no possibility for obstruction: if the most ambitious think you are not being constructive or not acting in good faith, they are under no obligation to keep including you.

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Environmental Science

SEPTEMBER 7, 2018

Similarly, impact assessment is not always legally required, but the permission to develop, construct, modify or engineer can often be refused if one is not carried out. Brownfields site : Land that has been developed in the past but is now underused or disused (3). Sustainability of Resources.

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Environmental Progress

FEBRUARY 28, 2021

10] As wealthy nations develop and farms become more productive, grasslands, forests, and wildlife are returning. Globally, the rate of reforestation is catching up to a slowing rate of deforestation. [11] Global distribution and density of constructed impervious surfaces,” Sensors 7, no. 8] Xiaoping Liu et al., Elvidge et al.,

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