Union of Concerned Scientists

SEPTEMBER 23, 2024

When countries signed on to the 2015 Paris Agreement, they made initial voluntary commitments (the so-called Nationally Determined Contributions or NDCs) to reduce their heat-trapping emissions, and agreed to revisit them every five years to reflect the “highest possible ambition.” (see of the Paris Agreement ).

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A Greener Life

JUNE 28, 2023

Even the landmark 2015 Paris Agreement had only a small impact on employment. Emerging industries uneven The “sustainability fever” triggered by policy and market drivers has made the employment market more complicated. First, the jobs available are a mixed bag.

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Legal Planet

DECEMBER 17, 2021

For two or three weeks, climate politics gets intense worldwide news coverage. This year’s meeting was also “CMP16” (the 16 th meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Kyoto Protocol of 1997), and CMA3 (the 3 rd meeting of the Conference of Parties to the Paris Agreement of 2015). Then things move on.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

SEPTEMBER 18, 2023

Governments are being asked to commit to more ambitious emission reduction commitments for 2030 and beyond by 2025, as part of the regular cycle of updates in line with the latest science called for in the Paris Agreement, as well as to boost climate finance commitments from rich nations.

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Law Columbia

SEPTEMBER 20, 2018

Edited by Michael Burger (Sabin Center for Climate Change Law), Teresa Parejo (UN Sustainable Development Solutions Network) and Lisa Sachs (Columbia Center on Sustainable Investment). With research and administrative support from Nathan Lobel (Columbia Center on Sustainable Investment). The Global Pact could change this.

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Environmental Science

SEPTEMBER 7, 2018

Specifically, water resource sustainability refers to the process of harnessing and using it, in areas where drought is likely, managing it for minimal wastage. Laws here apply to surface water such as rivers, lakes and oceans, floodwater and ice meltwater, groundwater and the water table. Learn more about environmental law degrees.

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Legal Planet

DECEMBER 3, 2021

Some states, like California, Louisiana, or Alaska may be feeling the impacts more acutely earlier on, but it does not feel like things have become bad enough for political will to be marshalled. But it beats a structure in which political paralysis is so severe that nothing, whether adaptation or mitigation, can be done.

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Enviromental Defense

JUNE 13, 2024

Testimony from renowned experts highlighted the growing importance of sustainable finance internationally, the urgency of aligning finance and climate, and the lack of progress on these issues in the Canadian financial and political ecosystem. The time for asking politely is over.

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Law Columbia

JUNE 8, 2021

The appellate court agreed with the court below that the lawsuit raised nonjusticiable political questions. The Court wrote that it remains to be seen whether other companies will substitute Shell production in the face of Paris Agreement obligations and noted the causal relationship between production limitation and emissions reduction.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

DECEMBER 2, 2022

And a report in October by the International Institute for Sustainable Development said: “Developing any new oil and gas fields is incompatible with limiting warming to 1.5°C.”. degrees centigrade “involve rapid and deep and in most cases immediate GHG (greenhouse gas) emission reductions in all sectors.”

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