DeSmogBlog

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

Investors in foreign development projects have “weaponized” a system of secretive tribunals, delaying progress on climate change and other environmental crises and having “enormous impacts on human rights,” according to a new report by a United Nations expert. In 2016, TransCanada — since renamed TC Energy — sued the U.S.

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DeSmogBlog

APRIL 10, 2023

In a ruling issued on April 6, he noted that the youth plaintiffs “allege nothing less than that they stand to inherit a world with severe climate change and the resulting damage to our natural resources.” District Judge Ann Aiken wrote in a 2016 order in the federal youth constitutional climate case Juliana v.

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The Verge: Energy

NOVEMBER 16, 2023

Brausch for The Verge The effort to climate-proof our housing is running into a mess of problems, including aging housing stock, out-of-date zoning laws, and NIMBY-ism. As the frequency and devastation of disasters increase, we’re starting to realize how infrastructure, climate, and longtime institutions interconnect.

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DeSmogBlog

MAY 2, 2023

The GWPF is a member of the Tufton Street network – an interconnected hub of think tanks and pressure groups that lobby against state action, including in the realm of climate change. The GWPF has criticised both the policies adopted by governments to address climate change, and the science underpinning these policies.

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DeSmogBlog

JANUARY 26, 2024

In a letter addressed to ING CEO Steven van Rijswijk and the first step in litigation, Milieudefensie says it believes the bank is in breach of its “duty of care” obligation under Dutch law. ING’s climate policy is miles away from what is necessary to achieve the 1.5°C We will of course respond in court if necessary.”

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Grist

MARCH 8, 2021

“We have failed to understand in the past that we can’t have tackling climate change as a side issue. It can’t be about one law or policy, it has to be put at the heart of all policy,” she said. Every strategy and every plan from every government must be consistent with tackling climate change.”.

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Business Green

MAY 7, 2021

Household appliance manufacturer Whirlpool Corporation has vowed to achieve net zero emissions across its plants and operations by 2030, arguing that tackling climate change is core to its brand mission to "improve life at home".

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Energy Innovation

DECEMBER 17, 2018

Mach and Miyuki Hino of the Stanford Woods Institute for the Environment, and a full list of AGCI’s quarterly research updates covering recent climate change research on clean energy pathways is available online at [link]. 2015; Bukvic and Owen 2016). Nature Climate Change 6:691–695. Disasters 41:101–123.

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DeSmogBlog

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

The new lawsuit against BNP Paribas, filed February 23 in the Paris Judicial Court, claims that the French bank is in breach of France’s “duty of vigilance” law. This first climate litigation against a commercial bank is undoubtedly the first of many around the world.” They also say that the financial sector more broadly is on notice.

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Rinexii

JUNE 13, 2020

It has been 5 years since countries from around the world gathered together to talk about climate change. They enacted laws aligning themselves with the Paris Agreement in 2016 on an individual basis. In order to stop climate change, we need to do what ever we can on every level.

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DeSmogBlog

MAY 13, 2022

billion respectively in fossil fuel investments that would need to be divested if the law went into effect. The drought and heat have been made far worse by climate change and the burning of fossil fuels. Extraordinary sums of money, invested on behalf of California’s public employees and teachers, are on the line.

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Business Green

MARCH 16, 2021

Greener UK - a coalition of 13 green groups set up in 2016 to campaign for a post-Brexit Britain governed by robust environmental standards and protections - today released its final major assessment of the government's progress since the pivotal EU membership referendum in 2016.

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DeSmogBlog

AUGUST 23, 2023

Greenpeace Italy and Re:Common have alleged in their climate lawsuit — Italy’s first — that despite knowing at least as early as 1970 that burning fossil fuels posed a serious climate risk, Eni went on to promote “natural” –- or methane – gas as a safe energy source for decades.

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Business Green

MARCH 4, 2021

Their findings, which were published yesterday in the journal Nature Climate Change , show that even despite the freak decline in annual emissions last year in the wake of the coronavirus crisis, far greater annual reductions in CO2 emissions are required every year from now on to hit climate goals.

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Business Green

NOVEMBER 22, 2020

A UK-qualified barrister, environmental policy expert, and former journalist and theatre critic, Shine brings huge experience to the role gained during a varied career that has spanned four continents and many sectors including business, law, policy, media, and the arts. Courtice said Shine would be "an outstanding director" of CISL.

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DeSmogBlog

AUGUST 13, 2021

Instead, a rapid shift towards clean energy and a decarbonized society is needed, experts say, to avoid catastrophic climate change. declared this August that the latest Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) research was “a code red for humanity.”. Bankers Plan to Fund Fossil Fuels As Long As It Pays.

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DeSmogBlog

MAY 10, 2021

The online event on 4 May, which included a keynote speech from Canada’s Infrastructure and Communities Minister, was organised by the British High Commission in Canada and the Canada Climate Law Initiative (CCLI) to mark six months to the COP26 conference in Glasgow.

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GreenTechMedia

OCTOBER 25, 2019

Biering, a partner at law firm Ellison Schneider Harris & Donlan who focuses on energy regulation and compliance but who is not involved in this case. They’re asking PG&E to pay those costs or enter into the contracts at the rates they allege the law requires. But threats of climate change are only growing.

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Business Green

SEPTEMBER 30, 2021

A recent study by the RSPB and WWF estimated that an area equivalent to 88 per cent of the UK's total land area was required annually for each year between 2016 and 2018 to satisfy UK demand for beef, leather, cocoa, palm oil, pulp and paper, rubber, soy and timber. then stopping deforestation needs to be at the top of their list.".

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Energy Innovation

SEPTEMBER 16, 2020

Energy Innovation partners with the independent nonprofit Aspen Global Change Institute (AGCI) to provide climate and energy research updates. Discouragingly for many, it may already seem too late to stave off the worst impacts of climate change. Observed climate trends across California. While Williams et al.

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DeSmogBlog

SEPTEMBER 9, 2022

In 2012 she tweeted that “climate change policies are pushing up domestic gas & elec prices” and wrote a Telegraph article that year headlined “Green policies are costing Britons the earth” making the same point and citing IEA research. She has blamed previous energy bill rises on renewables.

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Clean Energy Canada

APRIL 16, 2021

Carbon offsets have been enabled under international law in the 1997 Kyoto Protocol and were first used internationally in 2001. An approach to use them also exists under Article 6 of the 2016 Paris Agreement. Climate Policy 16 , 973–992 (2016). based solutions to climate change. Climate Policy (2012).

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DeSmogBlog

NOVEMBER 23, 2022

James, with the help of Tulane’s law clinic, fought to protect their constitutional right to protest in Gramercy. The law is on our side,” Lavigne told me. Taylor, a retired general contractor, was driven to form the community group in 2016 after learning that the U.S. A few days later, RISE St. Credit: Julie Dermansky.

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Econaur

APRIL 22, 2020

In his response to the socio-economic impacts of COVID-19, United Nations Secretary-General, António Guterres noted that, “Had we been further advanced in meeting the Sustainable Development Goals and the Paris Agreement on Climate Change, we could better face this challenge.” ” Background on Earth Day.

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DeSmogBlog

OCTOBER 29, 2021

s investigative journalism arm, and the British Channel 4 News this summer exposing how the oil giant and lobby groups such as the American Petroleum Institute seed doubt about climate change and undermine legislation to stop global warming. And you’re right. It’s basic science.

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Business Green

NOVEMBER 22, 2020

A UK-qualified barrister, environmental policy expert, and former journalist and theatre critic, Shine brings huge experience to the role gained during a varied career that has spanned four continents and many sectors including business, law, policy, media, and the arts. Courtice said Shine would be "an outstanding director" of CISL.

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DeSmogBlog

OCTOBER 18, 2021

billion in coal, oil and gas between 2016-2020. JPMorgan financed £230 billion in fossil fuels between 2016 and 2020. A spokesperson for the Department for International Trade said: “The UK’s climate change and environment policies are some of the most ambitious in the world. ‘Concrete Commitments Needed’.

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DeSmogBlog

NOVEMBER 4, 2021

The activist is one of two hundred plaintiffs suing Italy for taking insufficient action to fight climate change. If successful, their lawsuit could spur Italy to make major cuts in climate pollution by 2030. Italy’s current climate plan is to reduce emissions by around 55 percent by 2030 compared to 1990 levels.

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Grist

MARCH 30, 2022

In February, on the eve of the release of a major new report on the effects of climate change by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, or IPCC, several of its authors met with reporters virtually to present their findings. A sort of climate boomerang. Here’s how: After blowing past 1.5

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Renewable Energy World

NOVEMBER 17, 2021

Though it’s insulated from sea level rise, the state of Iowa faces many dangerous climate change impacts — which in turn threaten the nation’s food supply. Part of responsible land use, says Carney, is considering its impact on the climate. Originally published on ILSR.org . Des Moines Citizens Task Force on Sustainability.

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Green Tech Challenge

MAY 3, 2019

In order to reverse climate change and secure sustainable gains, each of us must be in favour of the former rather than the latter. increase from 2016. This calls for consumer behaviour change, impact innovation in the business sector, policy change and law enforcement by governments. Thailand earned US57.5

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Business Green

MARCH 7, 2022

New report comes as Greenpeace reveals continued lobbying by soya suppliers against EU's landmark rainforest protection law. Researchers from the University of Exeter, the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK) and Technical University of Munich used satellite data to analyse the forest's response to periods of drought.

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AGreenLiving

JULY 29, 2020

Although there are laws that prohibit the trade of painted snails in Cuba, the illegal wildlife trade continues to threaten their existence. Between 2012 and 2016, about 23,000 painted snails were seized on their way to the U.S. Currently, all of the six species have been classified as being critically endangered.

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Business Green

JANUARY 21, 2020

All this is in the context of recent advice from the Committee on Climate Change that, to keep up with climate targets, the UK ought now to be growing its onshore wind capacity by almost threefold, from 13GW now to about 35GW by 2035. In other words: that means you, Boris.

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DeSmogBlog

JULY 27, 2023

This comes as major polluters are increasingly deploying digital tactics to detract from negative headlines about their record profits and decades-long contribution to climate change. While there’s more knowledge in general around climate change and the harms of fossil fuels, I think that people have a lot of trust in creators.

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Grist

JULY 26, 2023

One reader, Katrina Amaral, shared a response that struck at this balance: As part of the resources for dealing with extreme heat, I would love to see examples of heat-adaptation and climate-change mitigation ordinances or laws that have passed at municipal / state / federal levels.

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Business Green

MARCH 2, 2021

Crucially, the interim body will be able to receive complaints from members of the public about failures of public authorities to comply with environmental law ahead of the formal launch of the new agency. This means bringing the Environment Bill back to parliament at the earliest opportunity.".

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