Union of Concerned Scientists

NOVEMBER 20, 2023

Plans countries have submitted under the Paris Agreement would lead to an increase in overall emissions by 2030 and that trend desperately needs to be reversed. Corporate high emitters When a methane super-emitter is identified, the company or government who owns that site needs to take action. Science shows that keeping the 1.5

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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

DECEMBER 19, 2023

Until recently, few could have anticipated that methane, a GHG not even mentioned in the Paris Agreement, would be central to COP28’s most headline-grabbing announcements. Subnational governments of Brazil, Bolivia, South Korea, Germany, Spain, Canada, Nigeria, and the United States are among the signatories of the coalition.

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Enviromental Defense

NOVEMBER 12, 2024

These numbers continue to rise as Canada is exporting record-breaking volumes of oil and millions of tonnes of thermal coal through its ports to be burned abroad each year — with concerns that they will continue to rise as governments in Canada approve new fossil fuel projects at home ( including new LNG projects in British Columbia ).

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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 2, 2022

Amid drought in Canada’s west, Canada’s east picking up the pieces from Hurricane Fiona, and the bills for climate disasters adding up to billions of dollars, now is the time for Canada’s federal government to implement financial policy that aligns financial flows with climate action. Empower regulators to tackle greenwashing.

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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. It is premised on the fact that international agreements on what constitutes a hazardous or toxic substance are not black and white.

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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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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. COP28 provides a preview into potential upcoming regulations and opportunities for the private sector. What Does COP28 Mean for the Private Sector?

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Enviromental Defense

APRIL 25, 2024

Canada promised to cut its greenhouse gas emissions after the 2016 Paris Agreement. It was part of the global agreement where 195 countries all agreed to reduce their emissions, and Canada has set this promise into law. The federal government has set targets and policies for most sectors in the economy….except

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Enviromental Defense

DECEMBER 15, 2021

The agency is the Canada Energy Regulator, and its mandate is “advising and reporting on energy matters.” This report is used by federal and provincial governments developing public policy, energy companies making decisions about future directions, and investors trying to figure out where to put their money.

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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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Enviromental Defense

JULY 18, 2023

Canada finally has an all-star team ready to tackle the biggest gap in Canada’s climate plans: regulations that align Canada’s financial system with climate action. Canada’s financial system is under-regulated on climate change. We have the opportunity to create a safe climate and stable economy.

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Law Columbia

JULY 1, 2022

While the United States Supreme Court yesterday delivered a major setback to the EPA’s ability to regulate greenhouse gas emissions in West Virginia. Brazilian Supreme Court recognizes the Paris Agreement as a human rights treaty. By Maria Antonia Tigre. In PSB et al. In practice, the law in question is overridden by the treaty.

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Enviromental Defense

OCTOBER 9, 2024

New financial rules are desperately needed, as Canada is already listed by the UN as a “low regulation jurisdiction” on sustainable finance, while being home to financial institutions who have the highest levels of financing for oil, gas, and coal. Yet, more progress for truly climate-aligned finance, including requirements for 1.5-degree

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Enviromental Defense

APRIL 6, 2023

For Canada to meet its climate goals, dollars from the private sector (investors and businesses) and public sector (government) must shift out of polluting investments and into green solutions. Regulators must hold them accountable to deliver on their promises. Are we there yet? What Can Canada Do?

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Enviromental Defense

JULY 26, 2023

New federal regulations, the Clean Fuel Regulations, have come into force that require oil refiners to reduce their greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. These regulations are intended to encourage refiners to innovate and invest their own funds into cleaner fuels, technologies and processes.

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Legal Planet

DECEMBER 18, 2023

Methane is at the top of the list of those gases, and reducing emissions will require a global effort to regulate methane emissions from coal mines as well as oil and gas operations. In a fourth significant subsection, section 28 highlights the role of greenhouse gases other than carbon dioxide. Fossil fuel subsidies.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

APRIL 4, 2022

The Institute for Legal Reform, focused on tort reform, and the Chamber Litigation Center, which represents the Chamber in its many filings against environmental regulators and advocacy groups and has attacked climate accountability litigation , are both headed by the Chamber’s general counsel. The organization received between $2.5

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Enviromental Defense

JULY 5, 2024

Environmental Defence is calling for climate finance regulation so that Canadian financial institutions like banks and pension funds help us work towards a safer climate and stable economy by reducing the money flowing into fossil fuels. And many people, including those in the government, are falling for it.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

Trading in disinformation In its climate lobbying report, ExxonMobil deemed 52 associations “aligned” for acknowledging the risks of climate change, publicly backing the Paris Agreement goal of limiting average global warming to well below 2 degrees Celsius and taking steps to reduce carbon emissions.

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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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Enviromental Defense

MAY 18, 2021

In 2019 and again in 2020 , Shell found that CAPP was out of step with Shell’s principles because of lack of support for the Paris Agreement and climate policies such as carbon pricing. Shell “supports” the Paris Agreement on climate change , limiting warming to 1.5 and Canada achieving net-zero emissions by 2050.

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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. Also, Canada’s proposed Clean Electricity Regulations must be strengthened to immediately prohibit the construction of new gas-fired power plants.

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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

JULY 10, 2023

But the Paris Agreement actually only specifies that global aggregate residual emissions be in balance with sinks. To give just one example, separate regulated targets for emissions reductions and removals could do the same job. Fourth, establishing different incentives (market structures rather than regulation).

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Law Columbia

APRIL 9, 2024

In a transformative moment for European and global climate litigation, the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) ruled today that the state has a positive duty to adopt, and effectively implement in practice, regulations and measures capable of mitigating the existing and potentially irreversible future effects of climate change.

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Enviromental Defense

DECEMBER 9, 2022

Next year, the Canada Energy Regulator , is poised to release a net-zero modeling in their Energy Futures report. This will be the first time that the CER will model a net-zero scenario, which is a big deal, since the models showcased in the Energy Futures report are used for decision-making by the governments and private sectors.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

MARCH 23, 2023

Modeling has shown that if the United States is going to live up to its Paris Agreement targets aimed at limiting global warming to 1.5 The bottom line: There’s still a long way to go, and the clean energy transition must move quicker than it has been—despite the fossil fuel industry’s self-serving claims to the contrary.

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Legal Planet

SEPTEMBER 3, 2024

It also wants to destroy environmental regulation, especially climate law. There’s no logical connection between a belief in authoritarian government, upholding traditional hierarchies, and views about protecting the environment or the reality of climate change. That’s not a coincidence. Other factors may also be relevant.

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Law Columbia

NOVEMBER 12, 2023

Law 1844 of 2017 on the Paris Agreement. The framework binds Colombia to international agreements, including the UNFCCC (Law 164 of 1994), the Kyoto Protocol (Law 629 of 2000) and the Paris Agreement (Law 1844 of 2017). Law 1523 of 2012 on risk management. Decree 298 of 2016 on the National Climate Change System.

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Enviromental Defense

MARCH 24, 2022

Although Canadian financial institutions have taken baby steps to advance climate-aligned finance, regulations still lag behind international best practices. Thus, Canadian legislators and regulators must raise the bar to ensure finance becomes truly sustainable – not just in name.

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Enviromental Defense

MARCH 24, 2023

With renewable energy, like solar and wind, becoming cheaper and easier to scale up, there has never been a better moment for governments to transition away from the fossil fuel industry and its destructive impacts on the environment, the climate and communities. If you haven’t heard of the CER, you are not alone.

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Law Columbia

SEPTEMBER 12, 2022

laws governing the cross-border transport of carbon dioxide (CO 2 ) for sequestration, and how such transportation fits into broader climate and environmental protection regimes, including the Paris Agreement on Climate Change, carbon markets and emissions trading. Her work explores international and domestic (U.S.)

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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. 12 of the Paris Agreement , among others.

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Arnold Porter

MARCH 15, 2023

Grey also advises clients on climate risk analysis and disclosure and other environmental, social, and governance issues. She frequently represents clients in the fuels, energy, automobile, and manufacturing industries before the Environmental Protection Agency and California regulators.

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Law Columbia

MAY 31, 2024

The Japanese government recognized the urgent need to secure power supply and implemented some measures to expedite the construction of new power plant. The Paris Agreement was adopted in 2015 and entered into force the following year in 2016, with Japan also submitting its NDC.

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