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Brazil Advances in Climate Change Litigation

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The Amazon rainforest on the Urubu River. Climate litigation is gaining momentum in Brazil as a tool to protect the Amazon rainforest from illegal deforestation. Treaties on environmental law are a type of human rights treaty, and, for that reason, enjoy supranational status. candidate at Berkeley Law.

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Earth system tipping events now seem inevitable – what does this mean for climate governance?

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For example a rainforest turns into a grassland, or an ice sheet melts completely. Political and social science must come to the fore to help develop effective responses to tipping events. A tipping point is a system threshold beyond which change becomes self-perpetuating until a qualitatively different stable state is reached.

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Climate and Colonialism: Some Columbus Day Thoughts

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The second concern is political domination, meaning that the autonomy of either the other country as a whole or parts of its population is impaired. For instance, destruction of rainforest in South America is partly driven by global demand for soybeans, a good deal of which comes from China.

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A new climate litigation claim in Brazil raises the pressure for increased climate action and protection of the Amazon rainforest

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It contributes to increasing pressure against President Bolsonaro for widespread environmental damage across the country, resulting from a significant lack of climate action and the pervasive destruction of the Amazon rainforest. Omissions from the Brazilian government on climate policy. In PSB et al. See more on that case here and here.)

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Governors Present Bold Vision for Investing in a New Forest Economy

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Increasing fire, drought, and deforestation continue to push the region closer to a “ tipping point where it can no longer survive as a rainforest.” The global implications of this – coupled with other tipping points across the world’s ecosystems – are staggering to contemplate.

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Amazon Deforestation is Down. Here’s Why.

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The World Resources Institute reported that the world lost more primary rainforest in 2022 than in 2021. This has been attributed to a combination of increased law enforcement, restoring peatlands, bans on plantations and farming in sensitive areas, and efforts to combat fires, among other policies.

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Governors Launch Action Plan to Reduce Deforestation and Improve Lives in Forested Regions

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Many GCF Task Force states and provinces are actively revising existing laws and also adopting new laws, policies, and programs to advance a new forest economy. Members of the GCF Task Force formally launched the MAP during the opening ceremony of the GCF Task Force’s 12 th Annual Meeting on Thursday, March 17. Download as PDF.