Union of Concerned Scientists

MARCH 29, 2023

Over handfuls of rice that nearly 30% of the country is struggling to afford , talk of flash floods, prolonged drought, sea level rise and extreme weather dominated more than ever before. But sea level rise and pollution are threatening this critical resource and the livelihoods of over one million fishers around the country.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

MARCH 6, 2025

During the Hangzhou plenary, governments had the opportunity to review and adjust the draft outlines developed at earlier expert meetings. This debate is not just technicalit is deeply tied to ethics, governance, and the role of the IPCC in assessing emerging technologies.

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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. Other countries are dependent upon these fossil fuels, they don’t make themselves free of them. This is a fossil fuel war.

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Legal Planet

JUNE 13, 2022

Prior to Glasgow, the NRDC had concluded that India was on track to meet its previous commitment to have 40% non-fossil fuel power generation by 2030. the national government isn’t the only presence in terms of climate policy. Mumbai is on a peninsula and faces severe risks from sea level rise. As in the U.S.,

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Union of Concerned Scientists

JUNE 24, 2024

We’re witnessing an increase in costly damages thanks to fossil-fueled climate change , which has increased the intensity and frequency of some extreme events , and also thanks to more buildings and people in risky areas. According to FEMA’s latest report , the DRF could be more than $6.8 billion in the red by September.

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Circle of Blue

AUGUST 16, 2021

In the United Kingdom, government leaders are hoping to solve two problems with one effort. The UK government has allocated 4 million pounds for a test run of the concept. government scientists just declared as the hottest on record. Transcript. I’m Eileen Wray-McCann. The rapid melting event occurred in a month that the U.S.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

JULY 17, 2024

Everyone will suffer greatly from sea-level rise and climate change if policymakers cede decision-making to corporate interests. PJM directs the revenues and operation of the largest fossil fuel power plant fleet (124 gigawatts), making it the largest utility in the US.

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Legal Planet

JUNE 4, 2021

, its district, appellate , and supreme courts decided in favor of Urgenda, an upstart environmental organization, ordering the government to more aggressively reduce greenhouse gas emissions. In fact, Shell has the most ambitious emissions abatement plan of all fossil fuel companies , for whatever that is worth.)

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Union of Concerned Scientists

DECEMBER 19, 2022

As we said previously , “Fiona caught Puerto Rico’s government utterly unprepared, leaving the population unprotected. Issues related to the power grid (turned inoperable after María) and the government handling of its “recovery” led to confusion, chaos, and more suffering for Puerto Ricans.

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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. That is in our hands – or more precisely, that of our governments and powerful corporations. They aren’t trying to end fossil fuels.

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Law Columbia

OCTOBER 25, 2017

We know that burning fossil fuels is the main cause of anthropogenic climate change, and that climate change is the source of adverse impacts on communities and even regional and national economies. government’s RICO case against Big Tobacco when she was an attorney at the Department of Justice; * Thomas A. by Justin Gundlach.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

JANUARY 3, 2024

Despite formally recognizing for the first time that a transition from fossil fuel use is necessary, nations failed to agree to the fast, fair, and funded phase-out that scientists are calling for. One big positive from COP28 was the creation of a Loss and Damage fund to address climate impacts in the Global South.

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Ocean Conservancy

SEPTEMBER 8, 2023

The ocean has already absorbed 90% of the heat trapped by greenhouse gases and 26% of the carbon dioxide emitted by humans burning fossil fuels. Warmer water also expands and raises sea levels as well as holds less oxygen. Ship owners and operators, fuel producers and port authorities can take these steps now.

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Legal Planet

OCTOBER 10, 2022

The Governor approved a notable slate of climate legislation with a package that includes more stringent greenhouse gas (GHG) emission targets and measures designed to reduce the state’s reliance on fossil fuels. In signing these bills, the Governor touted the state as the most aggressive actor on climate in the nation. Clean Energy.

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A Greener Life

DECEMBER 6, 2023

WMO Secretary-General Peterri Taalas laid the facts bare, stating: “Greenhouse gas levels are record high. Sea level rise is record high. Antarctic sea ice record low.” degrees C ceiling because, for that to happen, the level of warming would need to be sustained for longer. degrees C is bad enough.

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A Greener Life

MAY 20, 2022

Perched at 3,730 metres above sea level in the community of Ancotanga, the Oruro solar power plant is one of the flagship projects in Bolivia’s energy transition. The first, executed under the government of former president Evo Morales, brought a capacity of 50 MW. Advantageous and encouraging.

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A Greener Life

AUGUST 13, 2021

Just months be fore the crucial UN climate summit, COP26 kicks off in Glasgow, UK in November the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) has issued one of its starkest reports stating that governments have taken too long to take action and we are now paying the price.

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A Greener Life

NOVEMBER 1, 2023

By Anders Lorenzen The former Chief Scientist for the UK Government, Sir David King did not hold back the scientific reality of years of climate inaction when he addressed the audience at the Net Zero Festival in London, organised by Business Green, a clean energy publication.

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Legal Planet

APRIL 20, 2023

These practices are highly relevant for insurance companies, which are financial institutions with significant investment portfolios (including in fossil fuel-related industries) as well as providers of insurance policies that play a key role in the financial health and resilience of communities and industries.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

NOVEMBER 11, 2022

It’s a privilege to be here representing the Union of Concerned Scientists with my colleagues, peers from other NGOs and wider civil society and government and private sector leaders from around the globe. Our shared aim? To secure a livable future for people and the planet for generations to come.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

DECEMBER 8, 2022

Last month, I returned from COP27 in Sharm El-Sheikh, where I and a small but mighty group of UCS scientists and advocates sought actions that would dramatically curb and cease fossil fuel emissions, and put science-informed solutions into the hands of communities dealing with already severe climate impacts.

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Ocean Conservancy

JANUARY 8, 2024

Last summer while visiting family in Bogotá, Colombia, a city located 9,000 feet above sea level in the Andes, I noticed more plastics than during my visit a decade ago. Because of fossil-fuel subsidies, it is currently cheaper to make plastics from crude oil than from recycled plastic.

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Ocean Conservancy

MARCH 2, 2022

We can decrease production of virgin plastic that comes from fossil fuels and pollutes our ocean as well. We can protect coastal habitats, like mangroves and sea grasses, which can serve as critical tools to guard communities from intensifying storms while also safely storing carbon dioxide from the atmosphere. In the U.S.,

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Frontiers

AUGUST 7, 2023

By Prof Martin Siegert, University of Exeter (Cornwall) Image: Shutterstock.com 42 governments around the world have agreed to protect Antarctica’s environment. For example, Antarctica acts to cool our planet by reflecting solar radiation back to space by virtue of the brightness of its snow surface. Prof Martin Siegert in Antarctica.

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Law Columbia

MARCH 14, 2024

In the first months of 2024, legislators in four states— Maryland , Massachusetts , New York , and Vermont —have pushed for legislation that would collectively require large fossil fuel producers and refiners to pay for hundreds of billions of dollars of state-level climate adaptation infrastructure.

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Breezometer

JUNE 7, 2022

Warmer temperatures will encourage the melting of glaciers, ice fields, summer Arctic sea ice, and permafrost, some of which may be irreversible. Sea levels will continue to rise throughout the 21st century, contributing to more frequent and severe coastal flooding in low-lying areas along coasts around the world.

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Ocean Conservancy

FEBRUARY 14, 2023

It puts the wildlife and communities that depend on the ocean at risk through impacts like ocean acidification, sea level rise and temperature changes. According to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, fossil fuel production accounts for 35% of global greenhouse gas emissions.

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Environmental Science

SEPTEMBER 7, 2018

Environmental law, or sometimes known as environmental and natural resources law, is a term used to explain regulations, statutes, local, national and international legislation, and treaties designed to protect the environment from damage and to explain the legal consequences of such damage towards governments or private entities or individuals (1).

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Union of Concerned Scientists

JUNE 24, 2024

A new UCS study released today, Looming Deadlines for Coastal Resilience , shows that risks are growing to vital infrastructure and services that millions of people in coastal communities depend on as global sea levels rise in the coming decades.

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Vermont Law

OCTOBER 3, 2016

If there is one thing the fossil fuel industry, the government, and climate change activists might agree on it is this: in the end it all comes down to money. Oil, gas and coal companies, and their investors, are terrified of leaving fossil fuels in the ground. Summary. :

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Ocean Conservancy

DECEMBER 5, 2022

This production process emits significant air and water pollution with severe health consequences for neighboring communities already bearing the brunt of climate change impacts like sea level rise, severe storms and flooding. . redlining.) Check out how we are fulfilling our commitment at OceanConservancy.org. [1]

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Legal Planet

DECEMBER 19, 2022

Even before adoption of the 1992 Framework Convention, the Alliance of Small Island States (AOSIS) had proposed an “International Insurance Pool” to pay vulnerable countries based on observed sea level rise. The first explicit use of the term L&D was in the 2007 Bali Action Plan , in a section on enhanced action for adaptation.

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Law Columbia

JANUARY 16, 2019

In 2018, a host of lawsuits wound their way through the courts seeking an answer, including several from localities and states alleging the responsibility of fossil fuel companies. Turning the Tide in Coastal and Riverine Energy Infrastructure Adaptation: Can an Emerging Wave of Litigation Advance Preparation for Climate Change?”

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Vermont Law

DECEMBER 19, 2018

In a case of David versus Goliath, 21 young plaintiffs have sued the federal government in federal district court in Oregon over its lack of meaningful effort in responding to the perils presented by climate change. They allege that the government has violated their rights to life, liberty, and property. New York v. Exxon Mobil.

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Ocean Conservancy

MAY 20, 2021

The significance of the ocean to humanity cannot be overstated, whether it is regulating Earth’s climate, providing food to billions or helping society transition to renewable, fossil fuel-free energy. © Daniel Sebastian Padilla Ochoa/Ocean Conservancy. Solutions to these challenges are on the horizon.

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A Greener Life

NOVEMBER 30, 2023

Dubai, United Arab Emirates (UAE), site of the COP28 conference at the end of the month, where government representatives from all UN countries will discuss global efforts to limit climate change and adapt to its effects. Fossil fuels alone – coal, oil and gas – account for over 75% of global greenhouse gas emissions.

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Law Columbia

SEPTEMBER 28, 2022

On September 23, 2022, the United Nations Human Rights Committee (UNHRC) delivered a landmark decision in Daniel Billy and others v Australia (Torres Strait Islanders Petition) finding that the Australian Government is violating its human rights obligations to the indigenous Torres Strait Islanders through climate change inaction.

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