Legal Planet

MARCH 15, 2022

Tropical deforestation is estimated to cause more climate warming emissions than the global transportation sector , and deforestation rates have increased despite the COVID-19 pandemic. Find more information on the 12 th Annual Meeting of the GCF Task Force here. Background on the GCF Task Force.

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Legal Planet

JULY 12, 2023

Here’s Part 1 ) Estimates vary, but California, the US, and the world will need a lot of new solar and energy storage facilities and a lot of land to put them on.

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Legal Planet

JULY 5, 2023

A 2022 Rainforest Action Network repor t found that “fossil fuel financing from the world’s 60 largest banks has reached USD $4.6 trillion in the six years since the adoption of the Paris Agreement, with $742 billion in fossil fuel financing in 2021 alone.” The biggest US bank investors in fossil fuels? “At

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Legal Planet

JULY 25, 2023

Next time: ending deforestation. Here’s Part 1 , Part 2 , and Part 3 ). But we need action across all methane sectors and an institutional commitment among jurisdictions around the world. The climate change emergency response need not be frantic, at least not until climate change impacts become even more acute.

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Circle of Blue

AUGUST 16, 2021

The report stated unequivocally, for the first time, that climate change is occurring due to “human influence,” namely the burning of fossil fuels and deforestation. The report shows that certain trends such as rising seas and shrinking ice sheets will continue even if carbon pollution is halted immediately.

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Real Climate

AUGUST 25, 2023

For the AMOC (and other climate tipping points ), the only action we can take to minimise the risk is to get out of fossil fuels and stop deforestation as fast as possible. In 2022, the G20 governments alone subsidised fossil fuel use with 1.4 In 2022, the G20 governments alone subsidised fossil fuel use with 1.4

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Real Climate

AUGUST 13, 2021

This is a pretty clear illustration of how sea level starts to rise slowly; but in the long run, sea-level rise caused by fossil-fuel burning and deforestation in our generation could literally go off the chart and inundate many coastal cities and wipe entire island nations off the map. But first things first.

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A Greener Life

DECEMBER 31, 2023

Chinese emissions to peak in 2024 Offshore wind to stabilise with installations across the world starting to pickup Significant scientific breakthroughs in solar PV New nature, biodiversity and rewilding projects announced More land onshore and offshore given protection status Making progress on halting deforestation The production of fossil fuels (..)

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A Greener Life

JANUARY 11, 2024

degrees Celsius warmer than in the 1850-1900 pre-industrial period, when humans began burning fossil fuels on an industrial scale, pumping carbon dioxide into the atmosphere. The data demonstrated that on average 2023 was a whole 1.48 Extraordinarily, the data also showed that the 1.5C

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Environmental Progress

JUNE 29, 2020

Over the last few years I helped save enough nuclear plants from being replaced by fossil fuels to prevent a sharp increase in emissions But until last year, I mostly avoided speaking out against the climate scare. Environmental groups have accepted hundreds of millions of dollars from fossil fuel interests.

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A Greener Life

AUGUST 2, 2021

decrease in global forest biocapacity due in large part to the spike in Amazon deforestation. million hectares of forest were lost in 2020 and estimates for 2021 indicate up to 43% year-over-year increase in deforestation. from last year as the economic recovery from the pandemic ignites demand for fossil fuels.

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A Greener Life

APRIL 11, 2022

They added that due to the increase in climate-friendly policies and laws we have seen enhanced energy efficiency, reduced deforestation rates and accelerated the deployment of renewable energy. They pointed to the fact that since 2010 the cost of solar, wind and battery technology has decreased by up to 85%.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

DECEMBER 22, 2022

Generating and storing clean energy is a lifeline for the planet’s future; burning coal, oil, and gas fossil fuels causes 75% of greenhouse gas emissions. A fossil fuel energy grid extracts and expends finite resources. Nickel mines can cause deforestation and water and soil contamination, such as in Claver , Philippines.

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Legal Planet

JULY 18, 2023

On the contrary, investing in carbon capture delays the needed transition away from fossil fuels and other combustible energy sources. Here’s Part 1 and Part 2 ).

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A Greener Life

NOVEMBER 9, 2021

In addition, there have also been concerns expressed that NGO’s and civil society were being sidelined during the talks, while the fossil fuel industry was given crucial access. Inside the world leaders are hailing what they call momentous breakthroughs in ambition and progress on halting deforestation and eliminating coal.

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Edouard Stenger

NOVEMBER 22, 2022

Fatih Birol, the Executive Director of the International Energy Agency stated on Twitter that he remains optimistic : The United States and over 80 other countries wanted the official declaration to include the intention to phase out fossil fuels.

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A Greener Life

DECEMBER 13, 2021

My partner and I have long questioned whether it was right to bring a child into the world in the middle of the climate crisis , grappling with whether or not it’s fair to bring her into a future of ferocious wildfires across multiple ecosystems, escalating deforestation, devastating floods, melting ice caps, crippling droughts, locust storms, etc.

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A Greener Life

MARCH 25, 2022

This has given a much-needed boost to the drive to wean the world off fossil fuels and transition to renewable energy. The Ukraine conflict has dramatically underlined the imperative to shift to cleaner energy sources, not just to reduce emissions, but to dilute the influence of oil and gas on geopolitics.

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A Greener Life

MARCH 24, 2023

President Gustavo Petro, who has been in power since August last year, has pledged to lead an ambitious green agenda focused on reduced deforestation , a transition away from fossil fuels and protection of water resources. By 2026 it wants to reforest an area of 750,000 hectares.

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Circle of Blue

MAY 31, 2022

It argues that the mine is a domestic source of minerals needed for batteries and other non-fossil fuel energy. Such activities could include water pollution from illegal gold mining, deforestation, and drug cultivation. Public comments are being accepted through July 5. Three public hearings will be held in June.

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Physics World

JANUARY 19, 2022

Sent up by universities, governments and start-ups, they do everything from monitoring deforestation to tracking radio-tagged endangered animals. Of course, there is an environmental cost to space, with most launches relying on fossil fuels. They typically last for no more than five years, burning up when done.

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Acoel

DECEMBER 23, 2022

Industrial food systems are responsible for one-third of greenhouse gas emissions and are a key driver of deforestation and biodiversity loss , threatening more than 85 percent of the 28,000 species at risk of extinction. Posted on December 23, 2022 by Smita Narula. Image by Charles Echer from Pixabay.

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Enviromental Defense

JUNE 13, 2024

Ecojustice, Greenpeace Canada, Stand.earth, Environmental Defence Canada, Keepers of the Water, Leadnow, For Our Kids, and Change Course call on the five major Canadian banks to take responsibility for the impact of their investments in fossil fuels, which are exacerbating the climate crisis.

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A Greener Life

AUGUST 13, 2021

The comprehensive report leaves no one in doubt that every corner of the Earth is now impacted by climate change , the change caused by the burning of fossil fuels and other human activities. Unprecedented. It finds that many of the changes observed in the climate are unprecedented in thousands if not hundreds of thousands of years.

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Environmental Progress

JUNE 14, 2020

Apocalypse Never contains chapters on climate change, deforestation, species extinction, plastic waste, meat, nuclear, renewables, fossil fuels, poverty, and much more. Dear Friends, I am happy to announce that on June 30, HarperCollins will publish my new book, Apocalypse Never.

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Physics World

OCTOBER 27, 2021

The alarm bells are deafening,” he warned, “and the evidence is irrefutable: greenhouse-gas emissions from fossil-fuel burning and deforestation are choking our planet and putting billions of people at immediate risk.”.

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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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Circle of Blue

APRIL 12, 2023

We can’t acknowledge fossil energy as a sustainable source even if it is for the benefit of Africans because we are in an ongoing climate emergency.” — Dean Bhekumuzi Bhebhe, a member of Don’t Gas Africa, a civil society campaign against fossil fuel energy production.

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ESA

NOVEMBER 4, 2021

The deforestation accord is especially encouraging because it has so many side benefits. Will countries agree to make serious new cuts in their carbon emissions from fossil fuel burning? countries agreeing to limit fossil fuel CO2 emissions) are obviously absolutely critical to staving off climate disaster for the planet.

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Edouard Stenger

MAY 24, 2018

Both solar PV and wind are now cost competitive with fossil fuels. I am confident that switching from fossil fuels to renewables (and efficiency , as I learned during my Master’s thesis in 2006) can be done relatively fast in wealthy nations (ten to fifteen years) and by mid-century in developing ones.

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Law Columbia

NOVEMBER 22, 2022

From 2000 to 2015, Indonesia lost an average of 498,000 hectares of forest annually, making it the world’s second-largest driver of deforestation after Brazil. C, for example, by continuing to approve new fossil fuel projects. The human rights complaint.

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A Greener Life

NOVEMBER 18, 2021

Despite the worldwide mobilisation towards the adoption of renewable energy, the Brazilian government continues to promote the use of coal, the most polluting fossil fuel. The Bolsonaro government’s new coal plans face barriers to funding and worsen the country’s already worn-out image at COP26. But Brazil did not sign the agreement.

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A Greener Life

MAY 12, 2024

On a global level as the world is still increasing the burning of fossil fuels – the main culprit of climate change the temperature increases is only heading one way and that is up and it is unthinkable that we anytime soon will see it dip below 1.5

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A Greener Life

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

But this announcement was seemingly at odds with another made just three days earlier, when coal minister Pralhad Joshi confirmed that India intends to increase production for the fossil fuel. Fossil fuels remain necessary”, Jairaj says. These updates mean India is well on its way to fulfilling its NDCs.

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Edouard Stenger

JANUARY 24, 2023

Simply switching from fossil fuels to renewables for our electricity and converting our fossil fuels cars to electric ones won’t cut it. Wealthy nations have massive meat consumptions and this is a serious problem for biodiversity and deforestation. Indeed, our entire systems -ie.

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Law Columbia

DECEMBER 1, 2021

The original NDC considered an unrealistic 5% GDP growth and an energy growth based entirely on fossil fuels – which is extremely unlikely in a country with a significant representation of clean energy. This financial instrument is essential to controlling deforestation in Amazonia. Brazil (on deforestation and human rights ).

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Edouard Stenger

JULY 11, 2023

Countries have declared climate emergency for seven years now but keep on heavily subsidizing fossil fuels use. Globally, June was just over 0.5C in fact, the covid pandemic saw a large increase of such subsidies. Actually, to The Guardian , such noxious use of public money actually almost doubled in 2021.

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