Ocean Conservancy

OCTOBER 19, 2023

The focus was clear: climate action, transitioning to cleaner energy, advancing Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and preparing for COP28 (the 2023 United Nations Climate Change Conference). Our team from Ocean Conservancy was right in the mix, meeting with governments and engaging in more than 30 events in just five days.

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Our Environment

MAY 21, 2021

With the effects of Climate Change an imminent threat to the world and with cities contributing to more than 60% of Global Greenhouse Gas emissions (United Nations, 2021), future cities will also need to secure sustainable development. According to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, to stay within 1.5-degree

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A Greener Life

JULY 19, 2023

Colombia’s Minister of Mines and Energy, Irene Vélez, discusses renewable energy projects with Wayuu Indigenous communities in the northern department of La Guajira. Elsewhere, other renewable energy projects have been unable to connect and deliver power to the grid, the National Interconnected System.

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Vermont Law

APRIL 24, 2019

The disparity between the economies of Pakistan and India is related, in part, to energy infrastructure and policy. While India has forged ahead with renewable energy, corruption, bureaucracy, and poor energy policy have soured Pakistan’s attempt at entering the renewable energy revolution.

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Ocean Conservancy

OCTOBER 19, 2023

The focus was clear: climate action, transitioning to cleaner energy, advancing Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and preparing for COP28 (the 2023 United Nations Climate Change Conference). Our team from Ocean Conservancy was right in the mix, meeting with governments and engaging in more than 30 events in just five days.

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Law Columbia

SEPTEMBER 20, 2016

In his inaugural address , incoming General Assembly President Peter Thompson declared that the session would focus on advancing the seventeen Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), adopted in September 2015. In this new era, questions abound regarding what constitutes “sustainable” development and how to achieve it.

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Frontiers

NOVEMBER 30, 2023

During COP28, Frontiers will showcase its latest initiatives to support global efforts to combat climate change, achieve the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), and fulfill the goal of becoming net-zero by 2050. FRONTIERS IN ACTION AT COP28 The urgent nature of the climate crisis demands swift and comprehensive action.

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A Greener Life

MAY 3, 2022

The need for more incisive climate action and disclosure doesn’t just apply to banks, but to most public sector energy giants too, says Balasubramanian Viswanathan, a policy adviser with the think tank International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD).

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Energy and Climate Law

FEBRUARY 6, 2020

The JTM endeavours to smoothen these socio-economic turbulences and to “leave no one behind”, which is the motto used by the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) as well. These regions will or strongly risk to lose at some point their industries and the workers their jobs. The JTF composes the 1 st pillar.

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A Greener Life

OCTOBER 7, 2021

What we need at [this year’s] COP is action plans to rapidly cut greenhouse emissions and finance to adapt to climatic hazards.”. Holding on to too much coal also means that adding a lot of new renewable energy capacity may not necessarily help decarbonise the economy.

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SPR Law

NOVEMBER 2, 2020

No 1947-A—a bill that significantly amends the affordable housing provisions of Local Law 97 of 2019 to require more buildings to meet greenhouse gas emissions caps. On October 29, 2020, the New York City Council passed Int.

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PA Environment Daily

APRIL 11, 2022

In 2021 Comcast Signs Agreement To Purchase 250 MW Of Solar Energy In Step Toward Carbon Neutral Goal U.S.

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Acoel

APRIL 14, 2023

Additionally, water treatment and management systems can themselves be energy intensive and greenhouse gas emitting, such that mitigation efforts are needed in this sector as well.

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Law Columbia

NOVEMBER 8, 2016

I was told that large-scale solar and wind power facilities are being installed throughout the country, as part of an ambitious program, aimed at supplying at least fifty percent of Morocco’s electricity from renewable sources by 2050. A key development goal of many African countries is to increase electricity access.

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Global Green

NOVEMBER 24, 2020

Michael Moore’s last movie, Planet of the Humans , questions the reliability, affordability and sustainability of renewable energy. The thought-provoking film also highlights the renewables’ dependence on fossil fuels. What are the limitations of renewable technologies? the 25% of the total renewable energy share.

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Law Columbia

JANUARY 10, 2019

On December 28, 2018, California adopted comprehensive amendments to the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) Guidelines , which include a suite of provisions aimed at improving the analysis of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and climate change impacts in state environmental reviews. Section 15064.4(2)(b)

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Union of Concerned Scientists

SEPTEMBER 23, 2024

c) of the Paris Agreement calls for “ Making finance flows consistent with a pathway towards low greenhouse gas emissions and climate-resilient development.” Reforming international multilateral lending architecture to be fairer and more aligned with climate and sustainable development objectives is also critical.

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National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition (NSAC)

JUNE 14, 2023

CAFOs — specifically their large manure lagoons — are also a huge source of methane , a potent greenhouse gas, as well as ammonia, hydrogen sulfide and particulate matter, 3 all of which pose risks to human health. United States Department of Agriculture Rural Development. Sustainable Development of Water Resources.

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PA Environment Daily

APRIL 21, 2022

The city developed a plan through the DEP Local Climate Action Program and recently launched new street lighting, trash pickup, and other measures to reduce municipal greenhouse gas emissions. Drawing on the energy management consultant’s recommendations, the city recently launched several actions to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.

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PA Environment Daily

APRIL 21, 2022

The city developed a plan through the DEP Local Climate Action Program and recently launched new street lighting, trash pickup, and other measures to reduce municipal greenhouse gas emissions. Drawing on the energy management consultant’s recommendations, the city recently launched several actions to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.

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Vermont Law

OCTOBER 31, 2024

However, the expansion of offshore wind is but one part of the Biden Administration’s strategy which includes the protection of 30% of all marine areas by 2030 and the elimination of greenhouse gas emissions from shipping. Additionally, the Biden administration has invested $240 million into aquaculture.

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Manning Law

JUNE 8, 2020

And while greenhouse gas emissions may dip this year because of lockdowns, we should not celebrate. These funds should be aligned with pro-nature growth in line with the Sustainable Development Goals, the Paris Agreement and the upcoming global framework on biodiversity. degrees centigrade above pre-industrial levels.

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Environmental Science

SEPTEMBER 7, 2018

For example, the ongoing debate over the impact of certain pesticides in agriculture , greenhouse gas emissions are often a battle between the science and industry's attempts to muddy the science and government lobbying to roll back legislation (2). Typically used in conjunction with “greenhouse gas” but some emissions are not GHGs.

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Circle of Blue

DECEMBER 8, 2021

Even as the global poverty rate rose for the first time in two decades and more people in developing countries were thrust into poverty, utilities proved more resilient than expected. s Sustainable Development Goals for drinking water, sanitation, and water management slowed. . Progress toward the U.N.’s And the U.S.

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Environmental Progress

AUGUST 3, 2020

We know we must now work to both cut greenhouse gas emissions to reduce the severity of climate change and at the same time work to adapt to the impacts we can no longer avoid. This was the seed of what the UN would christen “sustainable development.” To be sure, there is much that Gleick and I agree upon. “We Ehrlich agreed. “In

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Legal Planet

DECEMBER 3, 2021

What makes me most optimistic are the recent technological innovations and falling costs for renewable energy generation, battery storage and alternative fuel vehicles. Despite their ‘headstart’, many developed countries are doubling down on fossil fuels, such as Australia. –Tom Hanrahan, JD 2023.

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Law Columbia

JUNE 8, 2021

Because the First Circuit rejected the plaintiffs’ arguments regarding the scope of the NEPA review, the court also concluded that the plaintiffs’ contention that the greenhouse gas reductions from the overall project were overstated did not show “controversy” that would require the Corps to prepare an environmental impact statement.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

DECEMBER 2, 2022

In addition to the UN report that said there was “no room” for new fossil fuel projects, the International Energy Agency (IEA) said a year ago that there should be “no investment in new fossil fuel supply projects.” degrees centigrade “involve rapid and deep and in most cases immediate GHG (greenhouse gas) emission reductions in all sectors.”

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PA Environment Daily

DECEMBER 26, 2021

Scavello Introduces Bill Authorizing Community Solar Projects; $2 Billion Worth Of Projects Waiting For It To Pass -- Business, Environment, Energy Groups Praise Introduction Of Bipartisan Bills Increasing Solar Energy Mandate From 0.5%

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ESA

SEPTEMBER 28, 2021

EPA to cut greenhouse gases thousands of times more powerful than carbon dioxide – Washington Post. Meanwhile, Chinese President Xi Jinping pledged to end Chinese financing of new coal-fired powerplants outside of China and increase funding for renewable energy. billion by 2024 from its current $2 billion contribution.

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