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. A 2022 Rainforest Action Network repor t found that “fossil fuel financing from the world’s 60 largest banks has reached USD $4.6 The leading edge of that disruption is already here.

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Law Columbia

APRIL 21, 2023

Photo: Guss B on Unsplash Earth Day is an opportunity to celebrate the awe-inspiring wonders on this planet — a place full of biodiversity hotspots, from lush rainforests to scenic mountain ranges, home to rich, endemic species. Blue carbon is carbon captured by ocean and coastal ecosystems. The seaweed may then be harvested (e.g.,

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Vermont Law

MARCH 9, 2015

Junk can be found everywhere—from the bellies of animals and the tissues of our own bodies to the world’s vast oceans. . The first step toward keeping trash from entering the ocean is to reduce the amount created on land and repurpose what we chuck into trash bins. A Solution for Synthetics. through their . Marine Debris program.

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Corp Watch

JUNE 7, 2023

Other Key Sources Business and Human Rights Resource Centre's profile on Coca-Cola - UK-based Business and Human Rights Resource Centre is an NGO that employs researchers on five continents who work with activists, companies and governments alike to advance human rights in business by eradicating abuse.

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Corp Watch

JUNE 7, 2023

Other Key Sources Business and Human Rights Resource Centre's profile on Coca-Cola - UK-based Business and Human Rights Resource Centre is an NGO that employs researchers on five continents who work with activists, companies and governments alike to advance human rights in business by eradicating abuse.

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Corp Watch

JUNE 7, 2023

Other Key Sources Business and Human Rights Resource Centre's profile on Coca-Cola - UK-based Business and Human Rights Resource Centre is an NGO that employs researchers on five continents who work with activists, companies and governments alike to advance human rights in business by eradicating abuse.

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Law Columbia

AUGUST 8, 2023

6] Scientists are alarmed that this year the temperature of the surface of the oceans has reached levels that are much higher, [7] and the extent of Antarctic sea ice is much lower, [8] than ever previously recorded. It’s long past time to stop relegating the climate problem to a narrowly conceived field of “environmental law.”

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Environmental Science

SEPTEMBER 14, 2018

This applies to food resources such as fish, habitats such as rainforests, cultural monuments as a mark of respect for their human interest. It is estimated that governments and private industry must put aside between $300-400bn annually to meet current obligations alone (23). Oceans and seas cover around 2/3 of our planet.

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A Greener Life

OCTOBER 21, 2021

For almost three decades, world governments have met nearly every year to forge a global response to the climate emergency. There are also question marks over the commitment of the new Japanese government. The Scottish government, the UN and the UK’s national government have all been closely involved in the preparations.

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A Greener Life

NOVEMBER 8, 2021

The UK government has lauded the Glasgow Leaders Declaration on Forest and land use as the biggest step forward in protecting the world’s forests in a generation with more than 100 world leaders committed to halting forest loss as well as land degradation by 2030. . By Anders Lorenzen. Enabling deforestation.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

DECEMBER 2, 2022

Unnamed bank executives told the Financial Times that their cold feet were due to fears of being sued for not hitting targets while governments and other entities were hardly unified on agreeing to uniform commitments to cut emissions. Morgan and Bank of America threatening to pull out of GFANZ.

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ESA

NOVEMBER 21, 2022

Congress working to pass spending deal before government funding expires Dec. Countries also produced a framework for an international carbon market, which would allow corporations to buy carbon offsets from governments. The federal government is currently operating under a continuing resolution, which expires Dec.

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ESA

MAY 9, 2022

These announcements are the start of a renewed commitment to and increased ambition on nature and people across the federal government. A new report details how the federal government uses of prize competitions and challenges and crowdsourcing and citizen science. The agreement needs 67 votes in the Senate to be ratified by the U.S.

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ESA

JANUARY 10, 2022

Government report on how climate change affects people and places in the United States. The Sea Grant Knauss Fellowship provides a unique educational and professional experience to graduate students who have an interest in ocean, coastal and Great Lakes resources and in the national policy decisions affecting those resources.

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ESA

JULY 1, 2022

Top line agency numbers in the spending bills include: The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration receives $6.8 Morgan is a professor in the Department of Atmospheric and Oceanic Science at the University of Wisconsin, Madison. New Colombian president pledges to protect rainforest – Associated Press. billion, a $908.6

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ESA

FEBRUARY 6, 2023

Courts Republican-led state sue to block environmental, social and governance retirement investing rule. Matt Cartwright (D-PA) will be ranking member of the House Commerce, Justice and Science Subcommittee, which funds the National Science Foundation, NASA and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, among other agencies.

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