DeSmogBlog

SEPTEMBER 28, 2023

UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak chose the very day of the summit to announce that his government will push off the deadlines for phase-outs of methane gas-burning boilers, as well as sales of new gasoline and diesel-fueled cars. The success of this case has inspired a wave of similar lawsuits in several other countries, many of them successful.

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DeSmogBlog

JUNE 28, 2021

Attempts to sue polluting companies and governments over their responsibility for climate change would have a greater chance of success if they made better use of the latest science, according to a study by Oxford University researchers. The power of climate litigation is increasingly clear”, said lead author Rupert Stuart-Smith.

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Business Green

AUGUST 9, 2021

Perhaps most worrying of all, impacts such as sea level rise, ocean acidification, and permafrost melt are now inevitable and near-irreversible within timespans stretching from hundreds to potentially thousands of years, leaving only their extent open to question.

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Business Green

AUGUST 9, 2021

As a result, climate change is already affecting every inhabited region on Earth, and impacts such as sea level rise, ocean acidification, and permafrost melt are inevitable and near-irreversible, leaving only their extent open to question.

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Green Business Bureau

JANUARY 18, 2023

These indicators, including but not limited to carbon dioxide, methane, ocean acidification, tropical forest loss, population, GDP, water use, and transportation, have reached the point past natural variation, showing indisputably that the Earth is in a different state than before. . Industry and the Anthropocene.

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Business Green

JUNE 14, 2022

350 ppm) that will not cause serious climate disruption, ice sheet destabilisation (leading to accelerating rate of sea level rise), and ocean acidification that is endangering the marine food chain which provides significant global protein.

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Business Green

AUGUST 9, 2021

Taking immediate action to slash emissions towards net zero by 2050 could make a monumental difference to the level, frequency, and breadth of growing climate impacts, the scientists emphasise. I count on government leaders and all stakeholders to ensure COP26 is a success.". Governments must do all they can to prevent the 1.5C

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