GreenBiz

JUNE 2, 2021

Together, they argued that the company had violated human rights by extracting fossil fuels and that despite the company’s commitment to achieve net-zero emissions by 2050, it nonetheless was undermining the Paris Agreement’s goal to limit temperature rises to less than 1.5 degrees Celsius. Duty calls. And it’s not just climate.

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Grist

APRIL 8, 2022

But a group of nations led by the Republic of the Marshall Islands — a low-lying island nation at risk of being swallowed up by sea-level rise if the world warms by 2 degrees — formed a “High Ambition Coalition” which sought to enshrine a lower, more ambitious temperature target. As of 2020, the planet had already warmed by 1.2

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Grist

JUNE 15, 2021

As the earth’s temperature warms, coastal populations around the world are wrestling with how to adapt to rising seas. Coastal armoring refers to the construction of hard structures like seawalls along coasts, and nearly 14 percent of American coastline is already armored. This armor could actually be doing more harm than good.

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DeSmogBlog

SEPTEMBER 28, 2023

In a statement responding to the summit’s shortfalls, Greenpeace International Executive Director Mads Christensen said that lagging governments should expect to be held accountable “on the streets, in the courts and at COP28,” the last a reference to the upcoming international climate treaty conference in Dubai.

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GreenBiz

JULY 6, 2020

And a good thing that is, with climate scientists predicting sea level rise of at least a foot by 2050, which will make the Rockaways more prone to climate change-fueled flooding and storm surges than they already are. . The conversation of Black lives mattering isn't just limited to police violence.

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Business Green

JUNE 4, 2021

Together, they argued that the company had violated human rights by extracting fossil fuels and that despite the company's commitment to achieve net zero emissions by 2050, it nonetheless was undermining the Paris Agreement's goal to limit temperature rises to less than 1.5C. Duty calls. At issue is a legal concept called "duty of care."

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DeSmogBlog

DECEMBER 11, 2022

Every policy, law, regulation, study, analysis, proposal or action that has the climate crisis in mind is built on the basis of those two figures: 1.5 Nor did they appear at the same time, nor has the same language always been used to refer to them, as will be seen below. ” These limits imply different levels of risk, they say.

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