Real Climate

AUGUST 17, 2022

With the signing of the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) on Tuesday Aug 16, the most significant climate legislation in US federal history (so far) became law. Despite the odd name (and greatly overused TLA ), the IRA contains a huge number of elements, totalling roughly $350 billion of investment, in climate solutions over the next ten years.

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Law Columbia

FEBRUARY 27, 2025

In 2022, the amount of the greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions nationwide was over one billion tons , making Japan the 5 th largest GHG emitter in the world. In February 2023, the Tokyo District Court found that the Notice of Finalization, which had been issued through a simplified permitting procedure, was lawful. Kobe Steel Ltd.,

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Law Columbia

MARCH 6, 2025

The plaintiffs claimed unlawful interference under the Code of Administrative Justice, given that the government had failed to take mitigation and adaptation measures as required under the Paris Agreement, resulting in harm to the plaintiffs human rights. percent reduction by 2030.

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Law and Environment

JANUARY 12, 2022

Each year since 1995, with the exception of 2020, the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change ( UNFCCC ) has hosted a Conference of Parties (COP), where members of the UNFCCC negotiate issues relating to reducing greenhouse gas emissions and other matters relating to climate change. first appeared on Law and the Environment.

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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. Climate Change as an Increasingly Common Feature of Law Practice Climate change is no longer an issue of concern only to environmental and energy lawyers. In the U.S.,

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Law Columbia

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

However, the Supreme Court found that the Spanish Government had complied with the Paris Agreement and the EU legislation. Background of Spanish Climate Policy In 2016, the EU ratified the Paris Agreement, which calls on Parties to submit their National Determined Contributions (NDCs) every five years. compared to 2005.

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Real Climate

NOVEMBER 11, 2023

A friend asked me if a discussion paper published on Statistics Norway’s website, ‘ To what extent are temperature levels changing due to greenhouse gas emissions? ’, was purposely timed for the next climate summit ( COP28 ). I don’t know the answer to his question. But this discussion paper is problematic for sure.

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Law Columbia

MAY 22, 2024

On May 21, 2024, the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea (ITLOS) delivered a long-awaited Advisory Opinion on climate change and international law. To facilitate discussion and the exchange of ideas, the Sabin Center’s Climate Law Blog and Verfassungsblog are partnering on a blog symposium on the ITLOS opinion.

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Legal Planet

AUGUST 10, 2021

As in previous reports, this one also uses “Representative Concentration Pathways” (RCPs) that show how the world will respond to different trajectories for emissions of greenhouse gases. C goal of the Paris agreement. There is greater emphasis on regional impacts and extreme events. scenario would keep emissions under the 1.5

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Law Columbia

MARCH 29, 2023

The requests are pending at the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea (ITLOS ) and the Inter-American Court of Human Rights (IACtHR, see here for an initial analysis of the advisory opinion request). Both the science and law around climate change have progressed. But a lot has changed since then.

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Legal Planet

FEBRUARY 16, 2023

There are several problems with this false dichotomy: Entrepreneurs behind private startups like Make Sunset are wildly different from the scientists and environmental law experts who study geoengineering. degree Celsius targets set by the Paris Agreement, what other policies are available? If we overshoot the 1.5

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Law Columbia

OCTOBER 25, 2024

to 2 o C in line with the goals of the Paris Agreement. But in-ocean research could implicate various international and domestic laws that might affect whether, when, where, and how projects take place. In order to answer these questions, further research, including in-ocean research, is needed.

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Law Columbia

MAY 24, 2024

A long-standing conundrum of international environmental law is that the territorially-based, sectoral legal structures we have created to address environmental issues do not match the interconnected, interdependent nature of ecosystems. But even from early on, they were not the sole locus of international climate law.

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Law Columbia

JUNE 24, 2024

The Sabin Center has recently published two reports on the connection between climate change, health impacts, and State obligations under international law. The ICJ advisory opinion is one of multiple legal proceedings aimed at clarifying State obligations under international and human rights law with respect to climate change.

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Law Columbia

APRIL 24, 2023

Applicable Law to the ITLOS Advisory Opinion The applicable law for the ITLOS advisory proceedings is determined by Article 293 of UNCLOS. However, ITLOS is not responsible for implementing the UNFCCC or the Paris Agreement. These rules are, in effect, binding norms incorporated into UNCLOS.

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Law Columbia

MAY 27, 2024

Introduction ‘Historic’ and ‘unprecedented’ are two adjectives that could easily apply to the advisory opinion rendered by the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea (ITLOS) on May 21, 2024. ITLOS also overlooked the fact that the requesting body posed questions related to the obligations of third parties to the COSIS Agreement.

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Law Columbia

JUNE 4, 2024

Can the new advisory opinion interpreting the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS) move us beyond the lethargy of unmet climate change policy needs ? By accepting the COSIS request, ITLOS boldly advanced the international law of climate change to take full account of its harmful impacts on the marine environment.

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Legal Planet

MAY 9, 2022

As of 2021, 30 emissions trading systems were in force globally, covering 16 – 17 % of global greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. As a compromise, California law (AB 398) has limited offsets to 4% of compliance obligations for the 2021-2025 period and capped the offsets without in-state benefits that can be utilized for compliance. .

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Law Columbia

NOVEMBER 7, 2022

The topic has steadily gained traction in international climate negotiations since then, with “loss and damage” first appearing in a negotiated text at COP13 in 2007 and later forming the “third pillar” of climate action in the Paris Agreement in 2015. and other major greenhouse gas emitters? and other developed nations.

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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. In practice, the law in question is overridden by the treaty. By Maria Antonia Tigre.

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Law Columbia

MAY 27, 2021

France) , the International Court of Justice (ICJ) recognized the legally binding nature of such a unilateral declaration under international law, where the statement clearly indicates an intention for that state to be bound. For further elaboration on this idea, see LRI’s legal assistance paper, Unilateral Declarations.

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Law Columbia

APRIL 9, 2024

The judgment sends an important signal to all member states, in particular those whose climate mitigation measures lag significantly behind the goals of the Paris Agreement. This is why the Verfassungsblog and the Sabin Center for Climate Change Law’s Climate Law Blog organized a joint blog symposium at short notice.

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Law Columbia

SEPTEMBER 30, 2022

Czech Republic , ordering the Czech government to create a more ambitious emissions reduction plan based on its obligations under the Paris Agreement ( Press Release of Czech Climate Litigation ). Will Donaldson is a law student at Columbia Law School and interned with the Sabin Center during the summer of 2022.

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Law Columbia

NOVEMBER 12, 2023

Colombia accounts for 0.4 % of the global greenhouse gas emissions (“GHG”). So far, the country has adopted several laws to strengthen the legal framework towards achieving these goals. Among the main legal statutes are: Law 164 of 1994 on the UNFCCC. Law 629 of 2000 on the Kyoto Protocol. of the national total.

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Law Columbia

JUNE 7, 2024

Subsequent research progressively shed light on the impacts of anthropogenic emissions of greenhouse gases (GHGs) on ocean chemistry and ecosystems, such as coral bleaching, marine biodiversity loss, and acidification. The opinion clearly states that complying with the Paris Agreement is not sufficient for compliance with UNCLOS (para.

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Law Columbia

APRIL 4, 2024

Here, we define the Ambition Gap as the difference between the emissions reductions expected from a government’s planned policies and pledges, and those required to meet the long-term temperature goals of the Paris Agreement, in light of best available science. C temperature target within reach.

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Vermont Law

NOVEMBER 29, 2015

The following article is part of an Eco-Perspective special in which the Vermont Journal of Environmental Law is collaborating with the VLS COP21 Observer Delegation. If all politics are local, but greenhouse gases find their way into the atmosphere’s international space, how can the global community act collectively on climate change?

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A Greener Life

MARCH 30, 2022

The analysis showed that the promised action would only reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 9% this decade, far short of the global goal to cut emissions by nearly half by 2030. Of the 100 countries with net-zero carbon neutrality targets currently only 14 have net-zero targets signed into law.

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Law Columbia

MAY 29, 2024

The Advisory Opinion handed down by the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea (ITLOS) on 21 May 2024 is truly remarkable. Its clarification that all anthropogenic greenhouse gas (GHGs) emissions, from any source, constitute marine pollution has potentially far-reaching consequences. of the Paris Agreement.

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Law Columbia

JANUARY 5, 2023

The recent boost for CDR is linked to an emerging trend in climate policy which understands CDR as supplemental to urgent action on decarbonization and overall greenhouse gas (GHG) emission reductions (rather than a replacement for those activities). The Paris Agreement did not reference or define CDR, nor did it define the term “removals.”

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Law Columbia

MARCH 15, 2023

Background on Ocean CDR In the Paris Agreement , 193 countries, including the U.S., has committed to reducing greenhouse gas emissions by 50 to 52 percent by 2030. has also developed a long-term strategy for achieving net-zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050. The techniques are further described in the model law.

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Law Columbia

JUNE 26, 2023

et al. ) This blog post explores how the citizens in Kobe, a city in west Japan, attempted to stop the construction and operation of new coal-fired power plants through administrative and civil law actions. Those rights are established through case law and frequently invoked in environmental pollution cases. Kobe Steel Ltd.,

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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. While other G7 countries are slashing emissions, Canada lags far behind.

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Law Columbia

APRIL 18, 2024

Incorporating International Climate Change Law to Maintain the ECHR’s Relevance Amid the Climate Crisis “Everything could be different – and yet there is almost nothing I can change.” 118 & 542), and the often inadequate action taken to reduce anthropogenic greenhouse gases (GHG) emissions on the other. 545; see also paras.

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Energy and Climate Law

JUNE 26, 2020

The trio wants to submit an Nationally Determined Contribution (NDC) update to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) in 2020, in line with EU obligations under the Paris agreement. However, this shall only be done `after a thorough impact assessment´( p.18

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Law Columbia

DECEMBER 22, 2022

The Ministry of the Environment appealed on points of law to the Supreme Administrative Court. The ruling clarifies requirements for standing under primary EU law to challenge a Commission regulation. See a detailed analysis of the decision here.). An important win for climate action on investor-state dispute settlement cases.

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E2 Law Blog

MAY 7, 2021

These developments confirm that the goal of fulfilling the Paris Agreement and achieving climate neutrality by 2050 at the latest will increasingly shape EU and German law-making for the foreseeable future. Provisional Agreement of EU Lawmakers on EU Climate Law. Further legislative action will follow.

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