Union of Concerned Scientists

MAY 21, 2024

In a historic development, a recent opinion by the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea (ITLOS) recognizes global warming emissions as a marine pollutant. Moving forward, nations must begin to incorporate the directives from this decision into their own national laws and regulations.

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Legal Planet

NOVEMBER 11, 2021

Someone asked me recently what I thought law schools should be teaching about climate change. There are many important societal issues that don’t get high priority in law school, such as the availability of health care or public health law. Law student interests aren’t entirely driven by career needs, however.

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Legal Planet

NOVEMBER 4, 2024

Rising temperatures, prolonged droughts, sea-level rise, and worsening wildfires are among the risks stretching State and local resources and driving demand for adaptation funding. As climate change accelerates, California faces increasingly severe threats to its communities, economy, and environment.

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Legal Planet

OCTOBER 29, 2021

Photo credit Alexandra Gay, member of the UCLA Law delegation that year. Under international law, only countries can be parties to these instruments, not U.S. They are often left to deal with climate effects on the ground, from wildfires to sea level rise to drought, and they can provide a political bulwark of sorts even as U.S.

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Law and Environment

AUGUST 9, 2021

Many changes due to past and future greenhouse gas emissions are irreversible for centuries to millennia, especially changes in the ocean, ice sheets and global sea level. The post Climate Change Is Widespread, Rapid, and Intensifying — And Terrifying first appeared on Law and the Environment. My emphasis.).

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Union of Concerned Scientists

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

The latest science shows clearly that the infrastructure in Baltimore will be taxed by sea level rise, extreme heat, and extended droughts. While weather is always variable, a stable climate helps us safeguard against the devastating impacts of extreme weather events, sea-level rise, and disruptions to essential services.

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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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A Greener Life

OCTOBER 28, 2021

Global warming is leading to sea-level rise on an unprecedented scale, according to IPCC scientists. Between 2006 and 2016 sea levels globally rose 2.5 At the same time, the seas are warmer than they used to be, which can lead to more tropical storms and a higher risk of coastal flooding. metres by 2100. (In

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Circle of Blue

NOVEMBER 3, 2021

In states like Pennsylvania that have similar constitutional language, courts have pointed to the amendments as justification for striking down state laws that put a healthy environment at risk. The change could have consequences. The New York vote could rejuvenate a trend that previously flourished in the 1970s.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

JUNE 6, 2023

Efforts to restore natural flows of freshwater into the Florida Everglades are helping to slow the incursion of mangroves into this important freshwater ecosystem as sea levels rise. At the conference, University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) law professor Robin Kundis Craig called for anticipatory adaptation policy planning.

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Environmental Law Reporter

MARCH 1, 2023

Climate Change: Rise in Global Sea Levels Rachel Jean-Baptiste Wed, 03/01/2023 - 06:30 Volume 53 Issue 3

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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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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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Legal Planet

AUGUST 7, 2023

Are the lawsuits preempted by federal law? In their efforts to get the cases into federal court, the oil companies argued that federal law bars state lawsuits about climate change. The arguments come in two forms. Is there a clear enough connection between the companies’ conduct and the harm to the plaintiffs?

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Environmental Law Reporter

MARCH 1, 2022

Sea-Level Rise and High Tide Flooding, 1920-2020. Rachel Jean-Baptiste. Tue, 03/01/2022 - 05:30.

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Legal Planet

JULY 10, 2024

Proposition 4 would authorize the issuance of bonds in the amount of $10 billion pursuant to the State General Obligation Bond Law to finance a variety of projects combating climate change, increasing resiliency, and supporting climate solutions. billion to combat sea level rise. Some of the notable investments include: $3.8

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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). 157 as used in para. 52, 54, 60 and 68).

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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

AUGUST 26, 2021

The same is true in environmental law. Was it a fundamental paradigm shift, re-centering the law on new values? With all this in mind, here are the cases that I see as making up the canon and anti-canons of environmental law. The Supreme Court rejected that interpretation of the law. The issue goes beyond which side wins.

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Legal Planet

JUNE 13, 2022

Mumbai is on a peninsula and faces severe risks from sea level rise. Mumbai, with a population of 21 million, now has a roadmap for reaching net-zero emissions by 2050. The roadmap calls for Mumbai to get half its electricity from renewables by 2030 and 90% by 2050. Meeting its target will not be easy.

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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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Legal Planet

JUNE 4, 2021

Massachusetts pointed to the loss of coastal land from sea-level rise, while the Urgenda judgments ultimately concluded that there is a serious risk that climate change will cause the human rights of people in the Netherlands to not be met. First, who can stand as a plaintiff?

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Union of Concerned Scientists

JANUARY 10, 2023

But the science is clear : human-caused global warming is definitely and significantly increasing the odds of severe and once-rare extreme events , alongside driving slow-onset disasters—like sea level rise and the loss of major ice sheets and glaciers —and raising the risk of major tipping points.

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Energy & the Law

JUNE 8, 2022

The plaintiffs allege that they ”have already incurred and will foreseeably continue to incur, injuries and damages because of sea level rise caused by [the energy companies’] conduct.” failure to pursue less hazardous alternatives available to them … “.

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Environmental News Bits

JUNE 18, 2021

Gilligan, (Vanderbilt University) Climate change is upending people’s lives around the world, but when droughts, floods or sea level rise force them to leave their countries, people often find closed borders and little assistance. Donato (Georgetown University), Amanda Carrico (University of Colorado Boulder), and Jonathan M.

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Environmental News Bits

MARCH 4, 2022

Read the full story from the Southern Environmental Law Center.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

JUNE 24, 2024

The Bipartisan Infrastructure Law (BIL) provided FEMA with $100 million annually for five years to support this program. Miami’s Forever Bond provides support for sea level rise and flood prevention, roadways, parks and cultural facilities, public safety, and affordable housing.

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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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Law and Environment

JULY 31, 2023

Factor in increases in health care costs and the impacts of hurricanes, flooding, and sea level rise, and, as Senator Everett Dirksen may or may not have said , “pretty soon you’re talking real money.” first appeared on Law and the Environment. And that’s just the impact of heat-related productivity losses. Can We Afford Not To?

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CEQA Developments

FEBRUARY 8, 2022

It also discussed climate change and sea level rise impacts, noting the Bay level could rise as much as 5.5 The Court’s Rejection of Plaintiffs’ Arguments Concerning Sea Level Rise. feet by 2100, and that the rise could occur at an accelerated rate. It found use of fill to raise Area 4 housing units 10 to 14.5

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Legal Planet

JUNE 11, 2024

California is rapidly experiencing the impacts of a changing climate, from devastating wildfires and persistent droughts to rising sea levels, extreme heat, and erratic precipitation patterns.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

APRIL 24, 2023

From rising sea levels and increased flooding to more frequent, severe, and widespread wildfires, the effects of climate change are being felt across the United States. States and local governments are suing for damages So why are states and local governments suing the fossil fuel industry now?

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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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Law and Environment

NOVEMBER 19, 2021

We’re just incurring the cost in extreme weather and rising sea levels, rather than by paying more for gas at the pump. The post Another Reminder How Difficult It’s Going to Be to Get to Net Zero first appeared on Law and the Environment. We’re not avoiding the cost associated with carbon in fuels by failing to implement TCI.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

JULY 17, 2024

Everyone will suffer greatly from sea-level rise and climate change if policymakers cede decision-making to corporate interests. In the electric utility industry, this conflict is on display in the debate over who makes decisions on new electric transmission and how to include policies set by state laws.

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Environmental News Bits

FEBRUARY 7, 2022

Read the full post at the Green Law blog. For example, in Miami, Florida, as the sea level rises and the risk of floods increases, developers are purchasing property at higher elevation locations,… Read more →

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