Law Columbia

JULY 15, 2025

Regarding the appropriate target, the IACtHR highlighted the international consensus in the Paris Agreement on a temperature increase of no more than 1.5 °C Conclusion In the face of recent backtracking on climate commitments by governments (e.g. Actions that jeopardize the future of life on Earth should be prohibited by law.

Climate Change

Legal Planet

JULY 29, 2025

Mackintosh has closely followed the case which was first filed in 2018 by Vanuatu, an archipelago in the Pacific Ocean. Driving a dagger into the heart of the climate change religion,” which is weirdly what Zeldin says he’s doing, is not a way to govern. Margaretha Wewerinke-Singh, lead counsel for Vanuatu.

Fossil Fuels

A Greener Life

JUNE 6, 2025

On the day he became president again, Donald Trump signed an executive order to take the US out of the Paris Agreement on climate change. The impacts of the US withdrawal In March, South Africa’s government announced the cancellation of US-funded projects that were in the planning or implementation stages.

Paris Agreement

Union of Concerned Scientists

JULY 24, 2025

You may recall on inauguration day how President Trump signed 26 executive orders , 7 of which were attacks on major climate change policies, such as withdrawing from the Paris Agreement. FEMA lost one-third of its staff, many of whom were senior.

Politics

Union of Concerned Scientists

MARCH 24, 2023

Spearheaded by the Republic of Vanuatu, they want the court to clarify how existing International Law can strengthen governmental action on climate change, protect public health and the environment, and save the save the Paris Agreement.

Climate Change

Legal Planet

DECEMBER 3, 2021

goal of the Paris Agreement, but I do think that it will be possible for us to keep warming under 2C and avoid the most devastating effects of climate change. There are options from blue carbon in the ocean to soil carbon and more. I do not believe that we’ll prevent average global temperatures from exceeding the 1.5C

Climate Change

Law Columbia

MARCH 15, 2023

The Sabin Center today published model federal legislation to advance safe and responsible ocean carbon dioxide removal (CDR) research in U.S. Controlled field trials and other in-ocean research is critical to improve scientific and societal understanding of CDR techniques that could help the U.S. reach its climate goals.

Carbon Dioxide

Law Columbia

JANUARY 5, 2023

Governments are, it seems, beginning to listen to the growing chorus of scientists who have warned that deploying CDR is essential to avoid catastrophic climate change. Government funding for research and deployment of CDR is increasing. Yet, key issues around definitions, guidance, and climate governance remain.

Carbon Dioxide

Legal Planet

JULY 5, 2023

Wildfire in Canada , smoke in NYC , heat domes in Texas , massive heat in the Atlantic ocean are just some of this month’s news. At the top of that list is JPMorgan Chase, the largest funder of fossil fuels cumulatively since the Paris Agreement on climate change was signed in 2016, according to the report.

Fossil Fuels

Law Columbia

AUGUST 5, 2025

One major area of climate litigation that the advisory opinion will impact is “ government framework ” litigation – that is, cases that challenge governments’ weak mitigation ambition (so-called “Ambition Gap cases”) or failure to implement measures to meet their targets (so-called “Implementation Gap cases”) (for more, see here ).

Climate Change

Law Columbia

APRIL 24, 2024

A new report published today by the Sabin Center examines the laws governing international transport of carbon dioxide for sequestration. In such a complex setting, Chapter 3 focuses on international agreements that may affect the cross-border transportation of carbon dioxide for sequestration.

Carbon Dioxide

Ocean Conservancy

NOVEMBER 18, 2022

My colleague Courtney Carmichael and I will represent Ocean Conservancy during these negotiating proceedings informing and advising negotiators and interested parties on policy for adoption in this agreement. What are Ocean Conservancy’s priorities for this agreement?

Ocean

Enviromental Defense

APRIL 28, 2023

Although Canada has supported similar language at COP27, the government has not made this phase-out official policy, and even left part of this commitment out of its own G7 response. The G7 calls for ensuring that private investments and financial flows are consistent with a healthy climate , as committed to in the Paris Agreement.

Fossil Fuels

Ocean Conservancy

APRIL 29, 2022

Earlier this month, ocean leaders from governments, businesses and expert organizations around the world gathered for the seventh annual Our Ocean Conference in the island nation of Palau. Thanks for signing up for Ocean Conservancy emails. © Felipe Victoria(Ocean Conservancy). Stay current.

Ocean

Law Columbia

APRIL 24, 2023

Consequently, the response to this advisory opinion request should consider the climate change regime set by the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) and the Paris Agreement (Paris Agreement) concerning the ocean. The question is divided into two parts.

Climate Change

Law Columbia

JUNE 7, 2024

Creator: George Stoyle The oceans absorb large quantities of the carbon dioxide emitted by human activities. This “sink” function is so significant that, until 1957, one objection to a causal link between anthropogenic emissions and global warming was that the oceans would absorb most of the excess CO2, thus breaking this link.

Climate Change

Legal Planet

JUNE 8, 2023

Ocean-going ships transport nearly three-quarters of the world’s cargo, but heavy-duty road vehicles contribute to the majority- 65% of emissions from freight. Moreover, it is important for regional or national governments to prioritize meeting the targets set by the Paris Agreement, supporting cities in their efforts.

Nitrogen Oxides

Ocean Conservancy

FEBRUARY 14, 2023

Clean ocean energy solutions are critical to reducing emissions and averting the climate crisis. Climate change is the single greatest threat our ocean faces. It puts the wildlife and communities that depend on the ocean at risk through impacts like ocean acidification, sea level rise and temperature changes.

Clean Energy

Law Columbia

OCTOBER 20, 2023

In a blog post last month, I wrote about the growing interest in ocean-based carbon dioxide removal (CDR), and the complex legal issues it raises. Much of the legal complexity surrounding ocean CDR stems from the fact that the ocean is a shared resource in which all countries, both coastal and landlocked, have an interest.

Precautionary Principle

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. What’s to come.

Sea Level

Physics World

OCTOBER 11, 2021

If I find that energy storage is not very profitable, then it’s important for government organizations to know that,” she explains. He is also helping to develop a benchmarking process to assess companies’ progress towards the goals of the Paris Agreement. Flora Biggins.

Paris Agreement

Enviromental Defense

AUGUST 17, 2021

This election is a can’t-miss opportunity to elect a government bold, intelligent, responsible and compassionate enough to ensure that this pandemic recovery also helps solve the dire ecological and social justice crises we face,” said Megan Leslie, President & CEO of WWF Canada and “One Earth One Vote” spokesperson.

Government

A Greener Life

SEPTEMBER 23, 2021

The government of Indonesia has taken several bold initiatives to protect and restore critical coastal ecosystems, particularly coral reefs and mangroves,” said Andre Aquino, senior natural resources management specialist at the World Bank’s environment and natural resources global practice, during an online press event.

Sea Level

Breezometer

JUNE 7, 2022

The changes to the world's oceans include warming, more frequent marine heatwaves, ocean acidification, and reduced oxygen levels. Sustained decreases in the cost of solar energy (up to 85%), wind energy (55%), and lithium batteries (85%) have also boosted the use of renewable technologies, facilitated by government policies.

Climate Change

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).

Government

Law Columbia

MAY 24, 2024

There was little discussion, either in the written statements or at the oral hearing, of so-called “marine geoengineering” activities that seek to use the ocean to combat climate change. The hope is that the carbon will end up in the deep ocean, where it will remain stored for long periods, but that has not yet been proven.

Carbon Dioxide

Frontiers

NOVEMBER 22, 2023

As Lars Peter Riishøjgaard , director of the Global Greenhouse Gas Watch, said: “We are not treating this as a scientific problem, which is what the text of the Paris Agreement actually says that we should.” This is where scientists need to improve the precision defining these planetary uncertainties.

2023

HumanNature

APRIL 10, 2023

Student in the Department of Atmospheric Science at Colorado State University Most people remember the water cycle they learned in school: water evaporates from lakes, rivers, and the ocean, air carrying this moisture rises, cools, condenses, and forms clouds, and these clouds precipitate water back down to the surface. C temperature target.

Climate Change

Law Columbia

AUGUST 11, 2025

It complements another piece , written jointly with Jorge Viñuales, which discusses the advisory opinion’s contributions to climate law and governance more broadly. Taken together, these moves reposition general principles at the heart of global climate governance. As Phoebe Okowa recalls , a handful of large emitters (e.g.

Climate Change

Law Columbia

JULY 16, 2025

On the other hand, it is perhaps harder to identify customary norms when the UNFCCC and the Paris Agreement have near-universal membership, since this makes it difficult to identify State practice and opinio iuris as distinct from treaty compliance.

Law

Enviromental Defense

JUNE 13, 2024

This is a unique moment for immediate, meaningful government intervention and the centring of Indigenous traditional knowledge in financial decision-making, where there’s still hope for a balanced and justice-led energy transition for generations to come.” Since the Paris Agreement in 2015, Canada’s 5 big banks have invested over $1.1

Fossil Fuels

A Greener Life

APRIL 15, 2022

Global shipping emissions need to reach net-zero by mid-century to achieve the Paris Agreement goals. The agreements between countries and ports will allow governments to provide targeted support to an industry that is otherwise governed internationally by the IMO, Pandey said. above pre-industrial levels.

Fossil Fuels

Manning Law

JUNE 8, 2020

From beach clean-ups to mass tree-planting to marches, individuals, communities and governments have come out to stand shoulder-to-shoulder for our planet. We are seeing the consequences in bushfires, acidifying oceans and locust invasions – which could push millions of people in East Africa into hunger.

2020

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.

Climate Change

Frontiers

NOVEMBER 30, 2023

within reach – so we can meet the goals and ambitions of the Paris Agreement. COP28 will provide a milestone opportunity for the world to come together, course correct, and drive progress to keep 1.5C It will be a pivotal moment for the world to unite around tangible climate action and deliver realistic solutions.

Climate Change

Law Columbia

MAY 8, 2024

While natural carbon sinks such as trees and oceans will account for a large proportion of the required carbon removals, additional technological solutions will also be needed. The units can then be used as part of the EU’s Nationally Determined Contribution (NDC) under the 2015 Paris Agreement.

Fossil Fuels

Union of Concerned Scientists

MARCH 17, 2023

To secure the livable future that children around the world deserve, we must double down, ratchet up pressure on governments, and break the power of the fossil fuel industry. Under the Paris Agreement, countries around the world have made voluntary pledges—called Nationally Determined Contributions, or NDCs—to reduce their emissions.

Fossil Fuels