Environmental News Bits

JULY 28, 2025

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Recycling

Law Columbia

MARCH 11, 2025

In contrast, several States questioned the applicability of human rights law or contended that they do not have obligations under human rights law to mitigate greenhouse gas emissions and ensure the protection of the climate system. degree Celsius threshold.

Climate Change

Environmental News Bits

JUNE 16, 2025

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Environmental News Bits

AUGUST 1, 2025

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Recycling

Union of Concerned Scientists

MAY 23, 2023

Chevron’s board of directors said that “reducing Chevron’s absolute Scope 3 greenhouse gas (“GHG”) emissions is not in stockholders’ interests, nor should it be Chevron’s responsibility.” This method allows companies to get credit for using carbon offsets as well as technologies such as carbon capture and storage.

Carbon Emissions

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. The Paris Agreement represents an acknowledgment of this realization, and a significant first step in developing a plan of collective action to tackle the problem.

Climate Change

Enviromental Defense

JUNE 6, 2024

Statement by Emilia Belliveau, Energy Transition Program Manager Ottawa | Traditional, unceded territory of the Algonquin Anishinaabeg People – At today’s Parliamentary Standing Committee on Environment and Sustainable Development (ENVI), Members of Parliament grilled the fossil fuel industry about their climate pollution.

Fossil Fuels

Legal Planet

SEPTEMBER 18, 2023

General Assembly and a collection of high-level climate and environment events, including the Sustainable Development Goals Summit , 18-19 Sept, and the Climate Ambition Summit , 20 Sept. Current and coming advances in carbon-free technology will help, of course. This report comes in conjunction with the U.N.

Atmosphere

Clean Energy Law

MARCH 15, 2024

Regulated Entities Under the Guidelines, the top 180 companies listed on the Shanghai Stock Exchange and the top 50 companies on its Science and Technology Innovation Board of the Shanghai Stock Exchange must publish SDRs annually, within four months of the end of their fiscal year.

Regulations

Breezometer

JUNE 7, 2022

Understanding Climate Change & Greenhouse Gas Emissions. The greenhouse effect is a popular name for the earth’s warming effect which occurs naturally when gasses in the atmosphere trap heat from the sun and prevent it from escaping back into space. Greenhouse Gas Emissions are Increasing. C by the end of the century.

Climate Change

Physics World

OCTOBER 12, 2021

This refers to the balance between the amount of greenhouse gases produced and the amount removed from the atmosphere – with net zero meaning that there are no net greenhouse emissions from the entire energy system.

Nuclear Power

Enviromental Defense

JUNE 19, 2024

Recently, CEOs from five of the biggest oil and gas companies in Canada were called to parliament to testify about their failure to bring greenhouse gas emissions down, despite billions of dollars in annual profits. We were there in Ottawa to watch the meeting and call out Big Oil’s Climate Villains on their greenwashing. Jun 6, 2024.

Fossil Fuels

PA Environment Daily

MAY 11, 2022

By Jeff Mulhollem, Penn State News Amid the frequent bad news about climate change, some potentially good news has emerged: Existing technologies, diligently applied, could enable the world to meet the target set for reducing agricultural methane emissions by 2030. Ruminants provide about half the animal protein produced by livestock.

2030

Clean Energy Law

DECEMBER 12, 2023

The Taxonomy is also important for industries that struggle with technological limitations in achieving a 1.5°C–aligned For example, maritime vessels typically struggle to meet existing “green” thresholds as zero or low-carbon fuels are still in their early stages of development. incompatible with a 1.5°C–aligned

Paris Agreement

A Greener Life

MARCH 7, 2022

Accelerated action through deep cuts in greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions is needed to avoid the mounting loss of life, biodiversity and infrastructure. Adequate funding, technology transfer, political commitment and partnership would lead to more effective climate change adaptation and emissions reductions. A path for adaptation.

Climate Change

Law Columbia

JULY 24, 2025

Notably, the ICJ found that international human rights law is part of the most directly relevant applicable law, including rights to life, health, housing, food, and a clean, healthy, and sustainable environment. Some States argued that NDCs fall entirely within the discretion of each State party. The ICJ disagreed. C temperature goal (para.

Climate Change

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. The focus is therefore mostly, as expected, on socio-economic development or alleviation. The JTF composes the 1 st pillar.

Fossil Fuels

Law Columbia

JUNE 22, 2022

It creates new obligations for government agencies that regulate the largest emitters of greenhouse gases (GHGs), as well as agencies who serve the most vulnerable sectors. This creates a carbon market, favoring cost-effective reductions and the development of new technologies. Emissions Standards and Carbon Markets.

Climate Change

Law Columbia

NOVEMBER 8, 2016

This is vital to meet rising demand for electricity among Moroccans, while reducing greenhouse gas emissions and mitigating climate change. Royal urged countries to take concrete steps to advance the Paris Agreement, including by deploying low carbon technologies. Like much of Africa, Morocco has a lot to lose from climate change.

Paris Agreement

Frontiers

NOVEMBER 22, 2023

The three-day event includes inspiring keynotes, thought-provoking discussions, and exciting pitches from some of the most innovative minds in science and technology, exploring how scientific breakthroughs can pave the way towards a more equitable and sustainable future.

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Legal Planet

OCTOBER 5, 2023

That’s good news because deforestation of tropical forests is a huge source of greenhouse gas emissions. A common definition of carbon offsets is “reductions of greenhouse gas emissions from an activity in one place to compensate for emissions elsewhere.” So continuous improvements can certainly be made.

Deforestation

Frontiers

JUNE 29, 2023

The team behind Women in Science carried out insightful conversations, learning more about the meaningful work these women are doing to contribute the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals. According to the United Nations , it is estimated that 8-10% of global greenhouse gas emissions are from food that is not consumed.

2023

Frontiers

MARCH 24, 2023

In this blog post, we will discuss accessibility to clean water and sanitation as part of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goal 6 through the lens of Rachel’s research expertise and perspectives on sustainable agriculture and climate change. And of course, local action is of great importance as well.

Climate Change

Law Columbia

JULY 25, 2025

The specific shape this enhanced due diligence standard takes depends on particular risks, the degree of vulnerability of affected persons, and evolving scientific and technological knowledge (para. A State’s greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions can endanger rights and ecosystems far beyond its territory. 262–265).

Paris Agreement

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.

Climate Change

Edouard Stenger

JANUARY 3, 2023

We have all the technological solutions to slash greenhouse gases emissions and reach a carbon neutral future. I am still optimistic, even if on many days it’s hard. 2022 was hard as COVID kept on hitting and killing and temperatures soared all across France, Europe and the world. But the worst is still not certain.

2023

Vermont Law

APRIL 24, 2019

In South Asia, deployment of sustainable energy is less a matter of technology and more about easing regional tensions between Pakistan and India. These calls for large dams in Pakistan overlooked the greenhouse gas emissions associated with hydroelectricity. By Nadia Ahmad*. appeared first on.

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Edouard Stenger

JUNE 4, 2024

If you have been reading this blog for a while, you know that I dedicated to peaking greenhouse gases emissions two blog posts in the past few months. Chinese greenhouse gases emissions – and with them global ones – are to peak either this year or next. This is the topic developped in Carbon Brief’s lengthy analysis.

Fossil Fuels

A Greener Life

JULY 19, 2023

However, the researcher stresses that wind has an advantage over other forms of energy generation: “Potential sources such as thermal or saline gradient are not yet sufficiently technologically advanced.

Wind Power

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.

Government

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. Sustainable Development of Water Resources. 4 This report builds on Payments for Pollution in two important ways.

Waste

Global Green

NOVEMBER 24, 2020

Ultimately, the message conveyed by Moore is renewable technology is not enough to save our planet from climate change and the only way forward is for the human race to slow down. What are the limitations of renewable technologies? Sadly, as reported in this study , the amount of greenhouse gases (GHGs) released by 267 artificial (i.e.

Renewable Energy

Law Columbia

SEPTEMBER 26, 2018

Burning unsustainably harvested wood fuel contributes to approximately 2% of global greenhouse gas emissions. In April this year, Lyft went carbon neutral , using carbon credits purchased from the sustainability firm 3 Degrees to offset the carbon footprint from its rides. Exposure to these cooking practices can also be deadly.

Air Pollution

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

Fossil Fuels

Environmental Progress

FEBRUARY 28, 2021

Technological change and agricultural modernization will significantly outweigh climate change in the U.S. Vegetarianism is not important for protecting the environment or reducing greenhouse gas emissions. Irrigation water used per bushel of corn has declined by nearly half since 1980, while greenhouse gases declined 31 percent. [19]

Climate Change

PA Environment Daily

DECEMBER 26, 2021

17 [PaEN] -- ScrantonT: Lackawanna River Heritage Trail Receives Great Greenway/Trail Designation -- SunburyDI: Friends Group Formed For R.B. Wolf, AG Shapiro To Support A Total Ban On Road Dumping Of Oil & Gas Drilling Wastewater; 240.4

Conservation

Frontiers

JUNE 5, 2023

Mission possible: accelerating sustainable development through open science and cooperation Ban Ki-moon, eighth Secretary-General of the United Nations, spoke of the need for global solutions to address global crises such as armed conflict, pandemics, and climate change that are inherently intertwined and interconnected.

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