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Mexico y el Cambio Climático

Legal Planet

Mexico’s climate commitment for 2030 under the Paris Agreement calls for cutting emissions 22%, cutting black carbon by half, and achieving net-zero deforestation. The result could be a sharp increase in Mexico’s energy-related carbon emissions, undermining Mexico’s ability to achieve its Paris targets.

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Singapore Publishes Eligibility List Under the International Carbon Credit Framework

Clean Energy Law

The Eligibility List followed the signing of an inaugural Article 6 implementation agreement with Papua New Guinea on carbon credits cooperation. Accordingly, each respective agreement will outline the structure and procedures for producing and transferring carbon credits in accordance with Article 6 of the Paris Agreement.

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A new climate litigation claim in Brazil raises the pressure for increased climate action and protection of the Amazon rainforest

Law Columbia

Brazil’s National Policy on Climate Change ( NPCC and subsequent regulation ) was adopted in 2009 based on Brazil’s international commitments with the UNFCCC. According to the petitioner, as a signatory to the Paris Agreement Brazil has committed to various duties to mitigate climate change. by 2020 against a 2010 baseline.

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Major developments for global climate litigation: the Human Rights Council recognizes the right to a healthy environment and the Committee on the Rights of the Child publishes its decision in an international youth climate case

Law Columbia

After the adoption of the Paris Agreement, which included a notable recognition of the human rights dimensions of climate change, courts have seen a rights turn in climate litigation. The rise of rights-based climate litigation. In Future Generations v.

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Canada’s big banks face MPs over their financing of the climate crisis

Enviromental Defense

The sector’s lack of regulation represents a real risk to Canada’s competitiveness to attract the sustainable finance needed to future-proof our economy. Since the Paris Agreement in 2015, Canada’s 5 big banks have invested over $1.1 The time for asking politely is over.

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It is the time for nature: World Environment Day 2020

Manning Law

As ecosystems and biodiversity fall to cities, agriculture, infrastructure, climate change and pollution, nature’s ability to provide food, oxygen, clean water and climate regulation plummets. These agreements form the only viable global roadmap to protecting the natural world that sustains us and lifting billions of people out of poverty.

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Analysis: New coal mines add question mark to India’s climate commitments

A Greener Life

At COP28 , on 9 December, India’s environment and climate change minister Bhupender Yadav affirmed the country’s “trust and confidence” in the Paris Agreement , whilst highlighting the country’s achievements in emissions reduction.