Law Columbia

APRIL 21, 2023

Photo: Guss B on Unsplash Earth Day is an opportunity to celebrate the awe-inspiring wonders on this planet — a place full of biodiversity hotspots, from lush rainforests to scenic mountain ranges, home to rich, endemic species. International agreements, such as the Paris Agreement, and domestic legislation in the U.S.

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Carbon Dioxide Ocean Climate Change Earth Day 64

Vermont Law

DECEMBER 10, 2019

by world leaders regarding the Bolsonaro administration’s inaction to prevent or stop the burning of the Amazon rainforest—. Furthermore, the mass-burning of the Amazon rainforest is emitting incredible amounts of carbon, multiplying the effect of deforestation by. effectively implement[ing] the Paris Agreement on Climate Change.”.

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Law Columbia

JUNE 16, 2021

The Amazon rainforest, the country’s not-so-secret weapon to mitigate climate change, features prominently in the litigation. The petition also relies on the international climate change framework (the UNFCCC and the Paris Agreement, which have both been incorporated in Brazilian law). I wrote about some of those here and here.)

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Legal Planet

JULY 5, 2023

According to the Center for International Environmental Law as of April 2023, the World Bank “has financed and incentivized up to $165 billion in fossil fuel investments since the Paris Agreement was signed [in 2015].” The biggest US bank investors in fossil fuels? “At

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Fossil Fuels Paris Agreement Climate Change Renewable Energy 130

Union of Concerned Scientists

APRIL 13, 2023

trillion in the seven years since the adoption of the Paris climate agreement. Since the adoption of the Paris agreement, JP Morgan Chase is at the top of the list of fossil fuel bankers, financing a staggering $434 billion from 2016 through 2022. Those three alone borrowed more than $200 billion between 2016 and 2021.

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Fossil Fuels Paris Agreement 2016 Carbon Dioxide 354

A Greener Life

JANUARY 13, 2023

Suriname is 93% rainforest. According to their first Nationally Determined Contribution to the Paris Agreement, the country emits 192 million tonnes of CO2 and absorbs 215 million. All three countries have relatively modest emissions and extensive areas of forestry for their size. Another factor is low population density.

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Paris Agreement Rainforest Deforestation Carbon Emissions 52

A Greener Life

OCTOBER 21, 2021

Cop stands for conference of the parties under the UNFCCC, and the annual meetings have swung between fractious and soporific, interspersed with moments of high drama and the occasional triumph ( the Paris agreement in 2015 ) and disaster (Copenhagen in 2009). Why do we need a Cop – don’t we already have the Paris agreement?

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Paris Agreement Fossil Fuels Carbon Dioxide 2030 98

Union of Concerned Scientists

DECEMBER 2, 2022

At the beginning of COP 27, the Rainforest Action Network, in a report endorsed by many environmental groups, found that Bank of America, J.P. While Biden pledged to work with Congress to double the US contribution to international climate aid to $11.4

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Fossil Fuels Carbon Dioxide Climate Change Renewable Energy 294

Law Columbia

FEBRUARY 10, 2020

The Court recognized that the measure could lower the cost of fuel but determined that economic considerations must be balanced against the right to a healthy environment and Mexico’s commitment to reduce greenhouse gas emissions as a signatory of the Paris Agreement. Credit Suisse Protesters Trial (Lausanne District Court).

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Law Columbia

NOVEMBER 21, 2022

After all, to achieve the main goal of the Paris Agreement , namely keeping the rising global average temperature below 2°C (35.6°F) C above pre-industrial levels (Paris Agreement, art. After all, to achieve the main goal of the Paris Agreement , namely keeping the rising global average temperature below 2°C (35.6°F)

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Paris Agreement Government Deforestation Sustainable Development 52