Legal Planet

SEPTEMBER 18, 2023

General Assembly and a collection of high-level climate and environment events, including the Sustainable Development Goals Summit , 18-19 Sept, and the Climate Ambition Summit , 20 Sept. Two former Emmett Institute law fellows served on the Secretariat. I served as a senior advisor to the Secretariat.

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Atmosphere Politics Climate Change Cooling 264

Enviromental Defense

JUNE 22, 2021

We, a broad and diverse coalition of civil society groups, urge Parliament to move forward with passing an environmental racism law immediately following its summer break. It’s good to see Canada finally stepping up, but we have no time to lose to ensure this draft legislation actually becomes law. since 1994.

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Manning Law

NOVEMBER 20, 2020

Yesterday, the Canadian Government introduced legislation, the Canadian Net-Zero Emissions Accountability Act , to achieve Canada’s goal of net-zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050. The Act will do the following: Legally bind the Government to a process to achieve net-zero emissions by 2050. Read Bill C-12 at this link: [link].

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Greenhouse Government Climate Change Law 66

Environmental Science

SEPTEMBER 7, 2018

What is Environmental Law? Humanity has been aware of its environment far longer than there have been laws to protect environments. However, the term “environmental law” does not just cover government legislation. These are not “laws” per se but act as such within a regulatory framework. Sponsored Content.

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Government Law Waste Clean Air Act 52

Vermont Law

FEBRUARY 23, 2025

Supplement to: THE TOXIC DIVIDE: INTERNATIONAL WASTE DUMPING AND THE FIGHT FOR ENVIRONMENTAL EQUITY By Christine Paul This blog is a supplement to an original article published by Vermont Journal of Environmental Law, Vol. 13] Waste management remains problematic even after the laws promulgation.[14] 26 Issue 2. million people.[3]

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Enviromental Defense

JUNE 6, 2024

Statement by Emilia Belliveau, Energy Transition Program Manager Ottawa | Traditional, unceded territory of the Algonquin Anishinaabeg People – At today’s Parliamentary Standing Committee on Environment and Sustainable Development (ENVI), Members of Parliament grilled the fossil fuel industry about their climate pollution.

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Fossil Fuels Climate Change Greenhouse Sustainable Development 140

Vermont Law

OCTOBER 6, 2014

By focusing on sustainable development, model forests attempt to mediate the coexistence of humans and nature. However, good governance of natural resources demands public participation. Private interests argued that sustainability should focus on the economic benefits the project would bring to the Island, while minimizing the.

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Clean Energy Law

MARCH 15, 2024

Regulated Entities shall focus on “governance,” “strategy,” “impact, risk and opportunity management,” and “indicators and objectives” throughout their analysis and reporting processes. This involves assessing both the impact of their activities on the environment and the risks and impact environmental factors may have on their business.

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Regulations 2026 2025 Waste 147

Circle of Blue

APRIL 20, 2022

Wildlife Federation and University of Victoria Environmental Law Centre filed a brief claiming money for habitat restoration instead was used for ordinary government functions. The federal government announced this week it will allocate $67 million to flood relief for those affected. 67 MILLION. 67 MILLION.

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Conservation 2022 Electricity Sustainable Development 130

Enviromental Defense

JUNE 21, 2022

OTTAWA | TRADITIONAL, UNCEDED TERRITORY OF THE ALGONQUIN ANISHNAABEG PEOPLE – Today, the Senate Energy, Environment and Natural Resources ( ENEV ) Committee completes its review of Bill S-5, a long-awaited government bill to modernize the Canadian Environmental Protection Act.

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Environmental Protection Sustainable Development 2017 Natural Resources 108

Enviromental Defense

MARCH 23, 2023

The right to a healthy environment will be recognized for the first time under federal law. The legislation establishes a new duty for the government to uphold the principles of environmental justice, intergenerational equity, and non-regression.

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Air Pollution Environmental Protection Sustainable Development Law 92

Law Columbia

APRIL 8, 2022

On February 8, 2022, the Chamber of Deputies of the Italian Republic gave its final approval to the proposed constitutional law A.C.3156-B The adopted constitutional law adds an express reference to the protection of the environment and animals, by amending Articles 9 and 41 of the Italian Constitution. 179/2019 ).

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Enviromental Defense

NOVEMBER 21, 2022

OTTAWA | TRADITIONAL, UNCEDED TERRITORY OF THE ALGONQUIN ANISHNAABEG PEOPLE – Tomorrow, the House Standing Committee on Environment and Sustainable Development (ENVI), will begin a review of Bill S-5, government legislation that modernizes the Canadian Environmental Protection Act.

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Environmental Protection Law Sustainable Development Climate Change 52

Enviromental Defense

APRIL 17, 2023

This week’s hearings are welcome but are only a fraction of the action the federal government must take. Canada must seek justice under relevant federal laws, including the Fisheries Act, and provide a comprehensive baseline human health study over the next ten years. Their negligence has resulted in the accumulation of over 1.4

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Waste Government Climate Change Sustainable Development 95

Enviromental Defense

DECEMBER 8, 2022

Federal government releases new policy aimed at ending international public financing for fossil fuels, next step is ending domestic financing . The Government of Canada estimates that this policy will redirect $2.5 We applaud the Government of Canada for showing much-needed climate leadership today.

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Fossil Fuels Clean Energy Renewable Energy Government 121

Law Columbia

MAY 30, 2023

The post Staff News: Isabel Tañedo Joins the Sabin Center as Assistant Director of Operations appeared first on Climate Law Blog. Isabel has a BA in Communications from Ateneo de Manila University (Philippines) and a MA in International Affairs from The New School (New York). We are thrilled to welcome Isabel to our team!

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Sustainable Development 2030 Government Law 59

Dario Piselli

FEBRUARY 28, 2020

A new, open access article I co-authored with Yixian Sun and Defne Gonenc is out in online first view for the journal International Environmental Agreements: Politics, Law and Economics.

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Government Politics Law Sustainable Development 40

A Greener Life

NOVEMBER 18, 2021

Although coal represents less than 5% of Brazil’s energy mix, the federal government plans to invest 20 billion reais (US$3.7 The Bolsonaro government’s new coal plans face barriers to funding and worsen the country’s already worn-out image at COP26. billion) in the world’s most polluting energy source.

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2027 Government 2002 Fossil Fuels 97

Ocean Conservancy

APRIL 13, 2022

UNEA was created in 2012 to foster and create a system of international environmental governance. UNEA sets priorities for global environmental policies and develops international environmental law. Quoting a former UNEP Executive Director, UNEA is “the world’s parliament on the environment.”.

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Ocean Recycling Waste 2012 88

Frontiers

MARCH 24, 2023

In this blog post, we will discuss accessibility to clean water and sanitation as part of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goal 6 through the lens of Rachel’s research expertise and perspectives on sustainable agriculture and climate change. However, I do not believe it is too late to address these large issues.

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Legal Planet

OCTOBER 5, 2023

Instead, it is how are we—the collective we—going to incentivize, recognize, and support large-scale investments to protect forests, reduce and avoid emissions due to land-use change, and do so in a way that supports long-term sustainable development efforts of governments and communities.

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Deforestation Government Regulations Greenhouse 130

Dario Piselli

SEPTEMBER 10, 2022

In May of this year, Routledge finally published Partnerships for Sustainability in Contemporary Global Governance: Pathways to Effectiveness, a co-edited volume which represents the main research output of the time I spent as a researcher for the Centre for International Environmental Studies (CIES) in Geneva, Switzerland.

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Government Sustainable Development Law 40

HumanNature

MARCH 11, 2024

Student in the Department of Economics at Colorado State University As the urgent need to take tough action towards climate mitigation and sustainability gathers pressure, for most major power-holders today, including the markets, institutions, government agencies, media and countries, environmentalism has perhaps become the biggest fashion fad.

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Enviromental Defense

FEBRUARY 9, 2022

The groups have long called for Canada’s most important environmental law, the Canadian Environmental Protection Act (CEPA), to be strengthened to better protect the environment and human health. In 2017, the House Standing Committee on Environment and Sustainable Development recommended strengthening CEPA.

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Environmental Protection Government Law Sustainable Development 52

A Greener Life

NOVEMBER 29, 2022

The results, published in Nature magazine, provide a much clearer, evidence-based picture, which is likely to change government policy in the US and beyond. The cost, currently set by the US government at US$51 per metric tonne, plays a pivotal role in determining policy. If the SCC is low, new laws might not be worth the effort.

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Sea Level Carbon Dioxide Carbon Emissions Climate Change 97

HumanNature

NOVEMBER 5, 2021

In particular, the Court demanded that the national government, the departmental governments, and the municipal governments, along with connected universities, NGOs, research institutes, and community representatives: 1) Recognize the rights of the river and establish legal representation.

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Legal Planet

DECEMBER 17, 2021

The middle ring is the space of informal, improvised action by diverse actors, including national governments, international organizations, private business and industry, and environmental and other civil-society groups. Of course, the COP also decides where future meetings will be held.

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Clean Energy Law

DECEMBER 12, 2023

This effort will allow financial institutions and market participants to use a shared set of definitions, enhancing the availability of taxonomy-aligned financing and supporting sustainable development in CGT-affiliated markets.

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Enviromental Defense

MAY 2, 2023

Quotes: “The Alberta and federal governments have stood by for forty-five years as oil companies in the tar sands recklessly disposed of their toxic waste, allowing disasters like Imperial Oil’s recent leak to take place. said Aliénor Rougeot, Climate and Energy Program Manager, Environmental Defence Canada. One incident allowed 5.3

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Regulations Government Waste Sustainable Development 57

Vermont Law

APRIL 24, 2019

In Climate Justice: Case Studies in Global and Regional Governance Challenges, Mushtaq ur Rasool Bilal and I looked at how hydropower was crucial for energy security and Pakistan. However, the project was never undertaken because of interprovincial distrust and political manipulation by successive governments. appeared first on.

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2010 Renewable Energy Politics Climate Change 40

PA Environment Daily

SEPTEMBER 29, 2022

Highlights From Summit Agenda Here are just some of the presentations on the agenda for the Sustainability Summit-- October 3 -- 9:00: Welcome - Gov.

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Climate Change Sustainable Development 2030 Electricity 45

Enviromental Defense

APRIL 28, 2022

Bill S-5 proposes to recognize, for the first time in federal law, the human right to a healthy environment, and makes important updates to the legislative framework for regulating toxic substances. In 2017, the House Standing Committee on Environment and Sustainable Development recommended strengthening CEPA.

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Environmental Protection Law Fossil Fuels Government 52

Academy of Natural Sciences

JULY 30, 2021

For every one degree Celsius that the temperature increases, the atmosphere can hold 7% more water, a thermodynamic law of physics called atmospheric holding capacity. These rare storms are expected to become more frequent with climate change as a warmer atmosphere can hold (and during storms release!) more moisture.

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Sea Level Climate Change 2011 Atmosphere 98

Law Columbia

SEPTEMBER 20, 2018

Edited by Michael Burger (Sabin Center for Climate Change Law), Teresa Parejo (UN Sustainable Development Solutions Network) and Lisa Sachs (Columbia Center on Sustainable Investment). With research and administrative support from Nathan Lobel (Columbia Center on Sustainable Investment). Richard School of Law.

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Law Politics 2015 Sustainable Development 40

Acoel

MAY 1, 2023

It urges: Federal, state and local governments, and the private sector, to take action to reduce greenhouse gas emissions in the United States to net zero or below. Congress to enact legislation to enact measures for climate adaptation and mitigation, the just transition to net zero, and sustainable development.

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PA Environment Daily

APRIL 10, 2022

Here are 64 new stories in the PA Environment Digest about individuals, groups, local governments, farmers, businesses, watershed groups and many more working all across Pennsylvania to restore and protect the environment and show others the beauty that surrounds us.

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Conservation Earth Day Renewable Energy Clean Energy 85

Vermont Law

MAY 2, 2019

The Report of the World Commission on Dams (WCD) altered perspective of the effect of large dams on the relationship between human development, environmental protection, and human rights. In Climate Justice: Case Studies in Global and Regional Governance Challenges. Vermont Journal of Environmental Law. appeared first on.

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