Union of Concerned Scientists

NOVEMBER 27, 2023

The foundational document of international human rights law is the 1948 Universal Declaration of Human Rights. For example, sea level rise and climate-driven migration from the islands threatens Vanuatu sand drawing traditions, endangering the passing down of important traditional knowledge on kinship, farming, and seasonal cycles.

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Real Climate

NOVEMBER 11, 2023

Presumably Dagsvik and Moen are used to this kind of model, but they seem to be inexperienced with the models used for weather and climate, which on the other hand are based on the laws of physics. The global sea level acts like the mercury in a thermometer because warmer water expands.

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Legal Planet

SEPTEMBER 30, 2021

Today, climate change is the central, though by no means the only, concern in environmental law. The earliest mentions of these terms in the law review literature came in the late 1970s, and only one of the pre-1985 discussions took a comprehensive look at the problem. Third, there was so much else going on in environmental law.

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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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Law Columbia

JUNE 6, 2024

The International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea (ITLOS) issued an advisory opinion on April 21, 2024 in response to a request submitted by the Commission of Small Island States on Climate Change and International Law (COSIS). 52-54) and acknowledged the critical role the ocean plays in regulating the climate system (para.

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Ocean Conservancy

JANUARY 8, 2024

Last summer while visiting family in Bogotá, Colombia, a city located 9,000 feet above sea level in the Andes, I noticed more plastics than during my visit a decade ago. Please try again or contact 1.888.780.6763 Enter Your Email.loading Thanks for signing up for Ocean Conservancy emails.

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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. b) to protect and preserve the marine environment in relation to climate change impacts, including ocean warming and sea level rise, and ocean acidification?

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Legal Planet

JUNE 21, 2023

The photo went viral and made clear the threat from rising sea levels to low-lying island nations. An archipelago of small islands south of Sri Lanka, Maldives is the flattest country on earth , the average height of land just four feet above sea level.

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Law Columbia

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

A civil law breakthrough came in 2021, with the ruling of a Dutch court against Shell. In Smith v Fonterra , decided by New Zealand’s Supreme Court this week, we have perhaps the biggest common law breakthrough. All three of Smith’s claims will now proceed to what may the be first full climate tort claim in a common law jurisdiction.

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Vermont Law

DECEMBER 24, 2024

asylum law, and the broader international community’s responsibilities. Our own actions have ultimately caused the demise and destruction of homelands, from islands in the Pacific Ocean to Florida. History of Asylum Law in the United States U.S. asylum law regarding climate refugees. Garland, 106 F.4th

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Law Columbia

APRIL 12, 2023

The interplay between the ocean and climate change is in the scientific literature , including recent reports from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC). The ocean is both a ‘victim’ of climate change (e.g., absorption of GHG by the oceans is the upstream cause of ocean acidification) and ‘part of the solution’ (e.g.,

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National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition (NSAC)

JANUARY 17, 2024

The Northern Great Plains chapter notes that current water rights laws in much of the region make adaptation especially difficult. Sea level rise is also important in the region, causing saltwater intrusion and salinization. Other risks include increasing tropical cyclones and sea level rise.

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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. Of course, these adjectives have also been used to describe many other recent judgments delivered on the topic of climate change.

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Environmental Science

SEPTEMBER 7, 2018

What is Environmental Law? Humanity has been aware of its environment far longer than there have been laws to protect environments. However, the term “environmental law” does not just cover government legislation. These are not “laws” per se but act as such within a regulatory framework. Useful Environmental Law Terms.

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Ocean Conservancy

MAY 20, 2022

fisheries and the stalled progress on reducing the stocks that are experiencing overfishing, are overfished and are struggling to rebuild to healthy levels. This isn’t simply a hypothetical situation; the fish that are available to us and our ocean ecosystems are essential to our survival and successes. The ocean is not at a stasis.

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Vermont Law

NOVEMBER 11, 2016

The following article is part of an Eco-Perspective special in which the Vermont Journal of Environmental Law is collaborating with the VLS COP22 Observer Delegation. Although the oceans are included in the. Because the Ocean Declaration. Because the Ocean Declaration. and the Ocean Sustainability Bank.

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Vermont Law

FEBRUARY 20, 2018

Climate change causes sea-level rise, natural resource scarcity, and natural disasters. Southern Sudan started experiencing drought as a result of sea level temperature rise in the Indian Ocean. Vermont Journal of Environmental Law. Climate change makes forced migration and climate refugees more prevalent.

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Law Columbia

JUNE 16, 2022

Columbia Law School’s Sabin Center for Climate Change Law, Environmental Defense Fund (EDF), and the Initiative on Climate Risk and Resilience Law today released an Electric Resilience Toolkit to support policymakers and stakeholders working on issues around electric sector regulation and climate resilience planning.

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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. Under the United Nations Convention of the Law of the Sea ( UNCLOS ), States must now take all necessary measures to prevent, reduce and control GHG emissions. under Arts.

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Law Columbia

SEPTEMBER 28, 2022

Each community is distinct, with their own traditions, laws, and customs. Rising sea temperatures are impairing the health of marine environments around the islands, by coral bleaching and ocean acidification. Their cultures, societies, and economies rely heavily on their ecosystem. The Decision. Admissibility.

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Vermont Law

DECEMBER 19, 2018

These new approaches include asserting new legal theories to creatively applying long-recognized doctrine rooted in the common law. In an unusual approach to an environmental law issue, they have brought claims grounded in the Constitution and the public trust doctrine. Some applaud these novel approaches to environmentalism.

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HumanNature

NOVEMBER 29, 2022

According to the US EPA, environmental justice is “ the fair treatment and meaningful involvement of all people, regardless of race, color, national origin, or income, with respect to the development, implementation, and enforcement of environmental laws, regulations, and policies ”. Douglass, K., & Cooper, J.

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Legal Planet

MAY 19, 2024

(credit: PBI Actuarial Consultants) Florida Governor Ron DeSantis, in coordination with an equally myopic and partisan Florida Legislature, has approved new state legislation ( HB 1645 ) that eliminates the term “climate change” from numerous existing Florida statutes that former Republican Governor Charlie Crist signed into law in 2008.

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Law Columbia

JULY 6, 2017

Each month, Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer LLP (APKS) and the Sabin Center for Climate Change Law collect and summarize developments in climate-related litigation, which we also add to our U.S. A number of different parties had lined up on either side of the issue of whether EPA’s stay was lawful. and non-U.S. United States , No.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

JUNE 6, 2023

Some marine species also experience boundaries to movement, including ocean currents, thermoclines, and shipping lanes, but they are generally more able to track changes in sea temperatures. In the oceans, prolonged periods of unusually high sea surface temperatures are having a major impact.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

JANUARY 10, 2023

Today the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) released its annual report on billion-dollar weather and climate-related disasters in the United States, which tells a grimly familiar story. Wherever you live in the United States, you were undoubtedly affected by these disasters, directly or indirectly.

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Legal Planet

OCTOBER 10, 2022

Implementation of these new laws will be the true test of that statement, but they provide an exciting starting point. Prior to this new law, the state was required by law to ensure that statewide greenhouse gas emissions be reduced to at least 40% below the 1990 level by 2030. Climate Change Mitigation.

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Ocean Conservancy

DECEMBER 20, 2022

As 2022 comes to a close, I am reflecting on everything we’ve accomplished together on behalf of our ocean throughout the last 12 months. It’s been an incredibly busy year here at Ocean Conservancy, to say the least. Most of all, I so appreciate all the ocean advocates who stood alongside us to make these wins possible. .

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Union of Concerned Scientists

JUNE 2, 2022

These advances in attribution science, along with evidence of past and ongoing involvement in climate deception campaigns, are informing a rising tide of litigation seeking to hold fossil fuel companies accountable for climate damages and fraud.

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Washington Nature

MARCH 30, 2023

Moore, we acknowledge the need for scientific research led by Black scientists who have vested interest in climate issues that directly impact Black communities, including sea level rise & nutrient pollution in our oceans. For Dr. Tiara Moore the ocean offers an indescribable clarity. Please take care while reading.

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Greenbuilding Law

JUNE 5, 2022

With proposed federal regulation of greenhouse gas emissions by the Securities and Exchange Commission requiring GHG disclosure and new state statutes, including a new Maryland law that requires not only disclosure, but also a mandated reduction in GHG emissions, a greater appreciation of the subject of GHG appears in order.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

DECEMBER 8, 2022

Science + community knowledge] x policy + law = climate wins. Goodwine, Chieftess of the Gullah/Geechee Nation ; and Dr. Wassila Thiaw, the head of International Desks in the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s Climate Prediction Center, along with Brenda Mallory, the chair of the White House’s Council on Environmental Quality.

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Ocean Conservancy

JULY 20, 2023

Please try again or contact 1.888.780.6763 Enter Your Email.loading Thanks for signing up for Ocean Conservancy emails. How are the folks at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) helping with all this extreme weather? Coastal flooding : Sea levels are rising as the ocean heats up and polar ice melts.

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Washington Nature

NOVEMBER 24, 2021

Now that it’s been signed into law, how might the infrastructure funding show up in your neighborhood? Tribes along Washington’s coast are on the front lines of climate change, with some actively relocating parts of their communities to escape sea level rise and storm surges. Cantwell’s office. Photo by Elise Eliot.

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Acoel

AUGUST 22, 2022

Just last year, the state enacted a series of laws to remediate lead contamination in residences and water pipes. If these decisions stand, they would expand site remediation law to encompass a class of entities excluded from liability under CERCLA and not heretofore included as parties ‘in any way responsible’ under the Spill Act.

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Law Columbia

JANUARY 18, 2023

In those comments, we encouraged the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) to fully analyze: (1) the climate change risks facing the project; and (2) the climate change risks facing marine mammals if the project does not move forward, including, in particular, the extent to which climate change poses a population-level risk to marine mammals.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

MAY 16, 2023

found that the companies—down to 88 due to mergers—were responsible for about 55 percent of ocean acidification between 1880 and 2015. That funding is on top of the $440 million the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law earmarked for wildfire mitigation efforts. Licker et al. But we can do a lot to reduce the risks to communities.

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