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Earth system tipping events now seem inevitable – what does this mean for climate governance?

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For example a rainforest turns into a grassland, or an ice sheet melts completely. Figure 1 from Milkoreit et al : A multi-phase framework for Earth System Tipping Point Governance Novel governance challenges Tipping processes present novel and serious governance challenges. Their effects are practically irreversible.

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Brazil Advances in Climate Change Litigation

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The Amazon rainforest on the Urubu River. Climate litigation is gaining momentum in Brazil as a tool to protect the Amazon rainforest from illegal deforestation. Treaties on environmental law are a type of human rights treaty, and, for that reason, enjoy supranational status. Photo by Andre Deak via Flickr.

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Three River Communities, Worlds Apart, Tell Stories of Indigeneity in the Age of the Anthropocene

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Everyone north of the Dry River was urged by the government to evacuate, though political distrust and an intimate connection with their homes made such a move difficult. The destruction that remains months after the first eruption is evidence, residents say, of government failure. . Many remained as long as they could.

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Governors Present Bold Vision for Investing in a New Forest Economy

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Increasing fire, drought, and deforestation continue to push the region closer to a “ tipping point where it can no longer survive as a rainforest.” Combining Efforts There are of course many other worthy initiatives from across the world that would both complement and enhance the efforts by GCF Task Force governments and communities.

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Guest Contributor Kate Mackintosh: 200 Words to Save the Planet—The Crime of Ecocide

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Should the crime be adopted, individuals falling under the jurisdiction of the Court could be prosecuted for acts meeting the standard, bringing a level of personal accountability that should significantly change the behavior of decision-makers in government and industry. Which is why a new crime is needed. This is deliberate.

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Climate and Colonialism: Some Columbus Day Thoughts

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Those claims seem strongest to me when the preservation schemes are imposed, sometimes with government support, on local inhabitants. For instance, destruction of rainforest in South America is partly driven by global demand for soybeans, a good deal of which comes from China.

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The Stream, December 7, 2021: Failed Manure Storage May Have Caused Water Contamination in British Columbia

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An Ecuadorian court rules against a mining operation in a protected rainforest. The rights of nature, like all the rights established in the Constitution Ecuadorian law, have full normative force. Ecuador’s Constitutional Court ruled last week that mining in a protected region of the Los Cedros rainforest violates the rights of nature.

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