Law Columbia

OCTOBER 25, 2024

The next week has the potential to bring important developments for international governance of marine carbon dioxide removal (CDR). to 2 o C in line with the goals of the Paris Agreement. In 2022, the parties agreed to evaluate those four approaches, and how they should be governed. seaweed) for carbon storage.

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Legal Planet

MAY 9, 2022

Last year, climate negotiators in Glasgow finalized the Paris Agreement rulebook for international cooperation through carbon markets, clearing the way for the expansion of emissions trading and carbon pricing worldwide. The post Governing Emissions Trading in California and China appeared first on Legal Planet. Stay tuned.

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Legal Planet

APRIL 13, 2023

The new wave of litigation also arose from the urgency of combating the rise in deforestation under the right-wing-oriented President Jair Bolsonaro, who left the government in January 2023 for the return of President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva (Lula). The decision was made in a lawsuit filed by four political parties (PSB et al.

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Environmental Europe

JULY 12, 2017

What is needed to make the Paris Agreement a success? But if there is no system to ensure that they are monitored and evaluated, the agreement will have very shaky legs. In the paper we argue that there are, in principle, two different axes to think about governing or organizing monitoring and evaluation activities.

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Clean Energy Law

JANUARY 17, 2024

The Eligibility List followed the signing of an inaugural Article 6 implementation agreement with Papua New Guinea on carbon credits cooperation. The Eligibility List for a given host country will be established under the corresponding implementation agreement.

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Legal Planet

JUNE 16, 2022

Even so, it compares favorably with the national governments in places like the U.S. In 2021, South Korea set a target under the Paris Agreement of a 40% cut from 2018 levels by 2030. The government has also pledged that a third of new cars will be electric or hydrogen by 2030. and Australia.

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Enviromental Defense

NOVEMBER 6, 2024

When countries signed the Paris Agreement back in 2015, they agreed to centre equity in how we tackle the climate crisis. Even worse, oil and gas companies operating in Canada have huge plans to expand the production of fossil fuels – and governments in Canada are letting them do it. This is a matter of justice, not charity.

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Energy and Climate Law

DECEMBER 8, 2020

For France, the “Affaire du Siècle” case was filed in the Administrative Court of Paris in May 2019 by four NGOs against the government for its failure to act on climate change. As a result, the Conseil d’Etat requested the government to justify how the reduction path to 2030 can be respected without stricter measures.

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Enviromental Defense

NOVEMBER 8, 2024

Our team will also be tracking the participation in the negotiations and proceedings by the Government of Canada, provincial leaders, and oil and gas lobbyists. Our experts will be able to provide insight on the negotiations at COP29 – including on issues related to climate finance, the energy transition and fossil fuel subsidies.

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Legal Planet

DECEMBER 7, 2021

As a government delegate, I have been involved in the UN climate negotiation process since 2017 to uphold Bangladesh’s and the Least Developed Countries (LDC) Group’s position. Article 6 is central to the Paris Agreement , and to make the Agreement fully operational these issues needed to be resolved.

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Enviromental Defense

NOVEMBER 8, 2022

Organizations delivered petitions to the Prime Minister’s Office today, asking that the federal government follow through on its COP26 promise to implement a strong, ambitious cap on oil and gas emissions . The federal government has still not released any details about how they plan on accomplishing their COP26 commitments.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

NOVEMBER 16, 2022

It can, and must, start now to meet the 2015 Paris Agreement goal of limiting global warming to 1.5 The study focused on the member states of the United States Climate Alliance, a bipartisan coalition committed to the goals of the Paris Agreement. The transition to 100-percent renewables is possible.

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Legal Planet

JUNE 2, 2022

In sharp contrast with their American counterparts, British conservatives remain firmly behind the Paris Agreement and supportive of cap-and-trade. In another respect, though, there’s more similarity: in both countries, subnational governments play a key role in climate policy. Regional governments.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

NOVEMBER 15, 2022

If policymakers can reduce short-term, high-impact heat-trapping gases such as methane we can limit warming and keep the Paris Agreement goals within reach. But governments must put policy measures into place immediately to be effective. But its short lifetime in the atmosphere is also a reason for hope. degrees C by 2100.

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Real Climate

AUGUST 17, 2022

Now that the US federal government is finally acting on climate, what impact does that have on the eagerness of China or India to fulfill their pledges or even increase their ambition? The biggest unknowns are the geopolitical implications.

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Law Columbia

JULY 1, 2022

Brazilian Supreme Court recognizes the Paris Agreement as a human rights treaty. On the same day, in another part of the world, Brazil’s highest court made an unprecedented recognition of the importance of the Paris Agreement. In PSB et al. In practice, the law in question is overridden by the treaty.

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Circle of Blue

SEPTEMBER 15, 2021

When they converge on Glasgow this fall to rekindle pivotal global climate negotiations that were dampened during the pandemic, diplomats and government ministers will confront a world much changed since their last convention. In the Paris agreement rich countries said they would contribute $100 billion annually.

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Capaccio

JANUARY 11, 2024

The 2023 United Nations Conference of the Parties (COP28) marked the first Global Stock take to assess progress toward the Paris Agreement since its ratification in 2015 at COP21. What Does COP28 Mean for the Private Sector? What’s Next?

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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.

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Law Columbia

MARCH 29, 2023

Part of the discussion on the need for an advisory opinion on climate change focuses on the possibility to interpret the obligations in the Paris Agreement and the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC). The rules governing written proceedings are quite flexible.

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Law Columbia

MAY 8, 2024

Lawyers, bar associations, and law societies have an important but not fully recognized role to play in achieving the net zero goal in the Paris Agreement. Other nongovernmental organizations have put forth even more ambitious proposals for aligning legal advice with the Paris Agreement goal of limiting warming to 1.5º

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Union of Concerned Scientists

MAY 22, 2023

Since local and state governments are on the frontlines of paying for worsening wildfires, they should also be on the leading edge of holding fossil fuel companies accountable. Perhaps less obvious is the importance of state and local governments in holding the fossil fuel industry accountable. Source: CCST 2020. Source: YouTube.

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Environmental News Bits

JUNE 18, 2021

An increasing awareness and concern about the environment, changes in government policy, America’s re-entry into the Paris Agreement and a robust demand for carbon offsets all point toward an appetite for a different type of agricultural crop—carbon. Read the full story in High Plains Journal.

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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. The legacy of Sharm el-Sheikh: up to u s.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

The UNFCC Paris Agreement , for example, proposed that the global community would work together to limit the Earth’s temperature warming by 1.5°C It was the fossil fuel industry, for example, that made a concerted effort to ensure the Paris Agreement didn’t include provisions about heat-trapping emissions.

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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.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

NOVEMBER 16, 2023

Under the 2015 Paris Agreement, the United States voluntarily pledged to reduce its global warming emissions at least 50 percent below their 2005 levels by the end of this decade and reach net-zero emissions no later than 2050. EN: What does your report recommend that the federal and state governments do going forward?

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Law Columbia

JUNE 7, 2024

Yet, both the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) and the Paris Agreement treat the ocean primarily as a sink of instrumental value to the climate system. The opinion clearly states that complying with the Paris Agreement is not sufficient for compliance with UNCLOS (para.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

JANUARY 30, 2023

Heat-trapping emissions must be cut in half by 2030 to reach the Paris agreement goal of keeping global warming to 1.5 Shareholder advocates such as the Dutch nongovernmental organization Follow This have again filed proposals focused on the companies’ 2030 emissions reduction targets and their alignment with the Paris Agreement.

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Legal Planet

MARCH 10, 2022

The Paris agreement calls for capping warming as near as possible to 1.5° According to the report, “soft limits to some human adaptation have been reached, but can be overcome by addressing a range of constraints, which primarily consist of financial, governance, institutional and policy constraints.”. C in the near?

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Union of Concerned Scientists

DECEMBER 10, 2023

These companies talk out of both sides of their mouths when it comes to climate polic y—many claiming to support the Paris agreement, while simultaneously funding business groups to lobby against policies to implement and enforce national commitments. trillion or 6.8% of gross domestic product in 2020 and are expected to increase.

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Enviromental Defense

DECEMBER 9, 2023

How much longer will we have to keep putting up with empty promises, while our governments continue to funnel tens of billions of public dollars towards the wealthy oil and gas companies whose activities are fueling climate breakdown? The federal government also introduced new rules ending inefficient fossil fuel subsidies in July 2023.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

MAY 26, 2022

In the year since, there have been even more important advances in climate litigation seeking to hold companies and governments accountable for climate harms. Instead of warning the world and transitioning away from fossil fuels, the industry spent the last 50-plus years spreading disinformation and obstructing government action.

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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.

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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.

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Legal Planet

JUNE 4, 2021

A federal court in Australia ruled that the government had a “duty of care” toward its young people to protect them from climate change. The judge used the Paris Agreement as the benchmark for setting the company’s obligations. Two of the events involved striking decisions in lawsuits in other countries involving fossil fuels.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

DECEMBER 4, 2023

Many recent scientific reports—including from the IPCC , UNEP and the IEA —show that we are fast running out of time to make the steep cuts in heat-trapping emissions that would keep the Paris Agreement temperature targets within reach. Yet global fossil fuel production and use continue to expand. It’s not going to be easy.

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