New Scientist

JANUARY 21, 2025

The worlds largest economy and second-largest emitter of greenhouse gases will withdraw from the global climate pact, disrupting efforts to tackle climate change

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Law Columbia

MARCH 10, 2025

The UNGA requested the ICJ render an opinion on the following questions: (a) What are the obligations of States under international law to ensure the protection of the climate system and other parts of the environment from anthropogenic emissions of greenhouse gasses (GHG) for States and for present and future generations? (b)

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Ocean Conservancy

NOVEMBER 11, 2024

The ocean absorbs more than 90% of the excess heat trapped by greenhouse gasses and generates 50% of the oxygen we breathe. Countries will submit new commitments, or Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs), required under the Paris Agreement over the coming months. The next year will be decisive for our planet’s future.

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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. We rank last in the G7 in terms of progress on greenhouse gas emissions reductions. Climate Finance is the Litmus Test for COP29 COP29 has been dubbed the “climate finance COP”.

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Real Climate

AUGUST 9, 2021

On their own, our greenhouse gas emissions would have caused a much higher warming, were it not for the masking effect of aerosol pollution. Similarly, the 1.5ºC goal in the Paris Agreement is not a betting game of where we will end up with maximum temperatures. warmer than pre-industrial times (here defined as 1850-1900).

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Inside Climate News

MAY 23, 2022

The study found that limiting warming in coming decades as well as longer term requires policies that focus not only on reducing emissions of carbon dioxide, but also of “short-lived climate pollutants”—greenhouse gases including methane and hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs)—along with black carbon, or soot.

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Real Climate

NOVEMBER 20, 2021

Net-zero greenhouse gas emission does not have any geophysical significance. Wherever the authors had made a reference to net-zero CO2 emissions, the Saudis (and sometimes China) tried to amend it to say net-zero greenhouse gases instead. coming as part of the upgrade to Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs) for the COP26 meeting.

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Frontiers

JULY 11, 2021

New research published by the open access publisher Frontiers inventories greenhouse gas emissions of 167 globally distributed cities. The study shows that just 25 mega-cities produce 52% of the greenhouse gas emissions from the studied cities. The authors propose three key policy recommendations.

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Energy and Climate Law

SEPTEMBER 18, 2020

Until 2030 the EU shall emit 55 % less Greenhouse Gas Emissions (GHG), compared to 1990 levels. This change shall facilitate two long-term obligations: achieving a climate-neutral Europe by 2050 and improving Europe`s contribution to the Paris Agreement. 14 and 9). The European Commission partly admits these points (p.13)

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Environmental News Bits

JUNE 22, 2022

Countries around the world pledged in the Paris Agreement to limit warming to 1.5 Read the full story from the University of Washington. degrees Celsius, or, at most, 2 degrees Celsius.

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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. We are already falling behind on meeting the targets of the Paris Agreement and we are not taking the drastic action necessary to start closing the gap.

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Legal Planet

APRIL 13, 2023

A new wave of cases differs from traditional environmental lawsuits by highlighting the connections between preserving the Amazon and the climate, the grave risk of greenhouse gas emissions caused by deforestation, and the critical role of the forest as a major global carbon sink. The timing of these climate disputes is not accidental.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

JANUARY 30, 2023

ExxonMobil’s reduction pledges do not take Scope 3 emissions into account, and the company’s leadership takes issue with the Greenhouse Gas Protocol’s approach to measuring emissions, as described below. Heat-trapping emissions must be cut in half by 2030 to reach the Paris agreement goal of keeping global warming to 1.5

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Inside Climate News

MAY 10, 2022

degrees Celsius warming mark soon, but that won’t mean it’s broken the Paris Agreement limit. degree Celsius cap set for post-Industrial Revolution warming by the 2015 Paris Agreement, according to a new five-year climate outlook from the World Meteorological Organization.

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Law Columbia

MARCH 12, 2025

Micronesia , Ghana , and Saint Lucia also emphasized that cessation and non-repetition would involve reducing greenhouse gas emissions, cutting fossil fuel subsidies, and phasing out fossil fuels. States such as Barbados , Chile , and Seychelles controverted these arguments.

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Real Climate

AUGUST 17, 2022

The biggest unknowns are the geopolitical implications. 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?

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Yale E360

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

Oil, gas, and coal exports are not counted when countries tally their greenhouse gas emissions under the Paris Agreement. This allows wealthy nations to report progress on emissions reduction goals, while shipping their fossil fuels — and the pollution they produce — overseas. Read more on E360 →

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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. The Pact committed to maintain the 1.5°C

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Inside Climate News

APRIL 5, 2022

Greenhouse gas emissions need to peak by 2025 to limit global warming close to 1.5 degrees Fahrenheit), as targeted by the Paris Agreement, the report says. degrees Celsius (2.7

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Legal Planet

MARCH 10, 2022

The Paris agreement calls for capping warming as near as possible to 1.5° term, even for the very low greenhouse gas emissions scenario.” Most of that discussion was at a very general level. It’s worth taking a closer look at some key findings and their policy implications. for avoiding dangerous warming. C in the near?

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Inside Climate News

NOVEMBER 13, 2024

But there are few signs the current round of climate talks will deliver on the only thing proven to slow global warming: rapid greenhouse gas cuts. By Bob Berwyn BAKU, Azerbaijan—If speeches and slogans could save the climate, COP29 would already be a success.

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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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Circle of Blue

NOVEMBER 8, 2021

National commitments made last week at the COP26 climate conference to cut heat-trapping greenhouse gas emissions would warm the planet by 1.8 That is more ambitious than earlier pledges, but it still exceeds the Paris agreement goal of 1.5 degrees Celsius , according to the International Energy Agency.

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Physics World

JUNE 9, 2022

She explains why the company has set science-based targets to reduce its greenhouse gas emissions that are in line with the goals of the 2015 Paris Agreement on Climate Change – and how the firm is meeting those goals. She also explains how the company is helping its customers to reduce their emissions.

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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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Union of Concerned Scientists

MARCH 6, 2025

Working Group 3: Mitigation of Climate Change Evaluates pathways for reducing greenhouse gas emissions, sustainable development strategies, and the role of finance, technology, and policy in achieving net-zero emissions.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

MARCH 6, 2025

Working Group 3: Mitigation of Climate Change Evaluates pathways for reducing greenhouse gas emissions, sustainable development strategies, and the role of finance, technology, and policy in achieving net-zero emissions.

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Environmental Europe

NOVEMBER 15, 2016

Otherwise national pledges to address climate change in the spirit of the 2015 Paris Agreement will not build sufficient global trust. The 2015 Paris Agreement marked a shift towards countries making emission reduction pledges known as Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs) and a new Transparency Framework (Article 13).

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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. The earthquake and tsunami had a great impact on Japanese energy policy, leading to the shutdown of nuclear power plants for safety reasons.

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Real Climate

AUGUST 13, 2021

The IPCC has introduced a new high-end risk scenario, stating that a global rise “approaching 2 m by 2100 and 5 m by 2150 under a very high greenhouse gas emissions scenario cannot be ruled out due to deep uncertainty in ice sheet processes.”. The IPCC gives more consideration to the large long-term sea-level rise beyond the year 2100.

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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 ). All this can be explained by physical processes and an enhanced greenhouse effect.

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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

OCTOBER 27, 2021

It’s also urgent because the oceans act like a flywheel, making sure that cuts in emission of greenhouse gases will have a lagged effect on global warming. This fact is underscored by recent weather-related calamities , such as flooding in Central Europe and heatwaves over North America.

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Law Columbia

MAY 22, 2024

The Advisory Opinion addresses several key questions regarding application of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS) in the context of climate change, including the interaction between UNCLOS and the global climate change regime, and the specific obligations of States to reduce climate-damaging greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions.

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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). Both the science and law around climate change have progressed.

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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. In 2022, the United Nations released a special report focusing on the role of nonstate actors, including law firms, in reducing greenhouse gas emissions. In the U.S.,

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A Greener Life

DECEMBER 19, 2024

The country has so far pledged to peak greenhouse gas emissions before 2030 and achieve carbon neutrality by 2060. However, analysis from the Centre for Research on Energy and Clean Air suggests that, in order to align with Paris Agreement emissions trajectories, China should aim for a minimum 30% reduction in emissions by 2035.

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