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Climate Change Lawsuits Climate Change Litigation

Legal Action on Climate Change a ‘Global Phenomenon’

“Melting sea Ice at Pond Inlet, Nunavut, Canada” by GRIDArendal; licensed under CC BY-NC-SA 2.0

Legal action on climate change is now a global phenomenon.

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Climate Change Law

Top 35+ Climate Change Law Influencers to Follow on Twitter

The following are some of the top climate change legal influencers on Twitter. They are some of the best lawyers, legal academics and legal organisations trying to turn the tide on climate change through change in the law across many different jurisdictions.

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Climate Change Law

The [Chancery Lane] Project is Re-wiring Contracts and Laws to fight Climate Change

Thanks to Lynette Purves for highlighting this to me some time ago, the [Chancery Lane] Project is doing some incredible work in helping to re-wire contracts and create model laws to enable communities and businesses to fight climate change.

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Climate Change Law Climate Change Law & Policy Climate Crisis Legal Regulation

What Is Climate Change Law?

Climate change law encompasses the policies and regulations implemented throughout the world to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, conquer global warming, and prevent climate change.

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Climate Change Law Climate Change Laws Around the World

What Is the UK Doing to Stop Climate Change?

Greenhouse gasses, global warming, and catastrophic climate change have been subjects of controversy for decades, and time is running out, but the UK is making impressive strides in its efforts to protect the planet. 

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Climate Change Law Climate Change Law & Policy Climate Change Laws Around the World Climate Change Legislation Climate Change Regulations Uncategorized

Is the Paris Agreement Legally Binding?

Since President Donald Trump formally began to withdraw from the 2015 Paris Agreement in 2019, the question of whether the agreement is legally binding has been up for debate.

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Climate Change Law Climate Change Laws Around the World

What Is the US Doing to Stop Climate Change?

Although the Trump Administration formally began to withdraw from the 2015 Paris Agreement in April 2019, federal, regional, state, and local efforts to combat global warming remain strong.

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Climate Change Act Climate Change Law Climate Change Law & Policy Climate Change Laws Around the World Climate Change Legislation Climate Change Regulations Climate Change Targets Climate Crisis Legal Regulation

Welcome to Climate Change Blawg – Legal Updates & Insights on our Climate Crisis

Average global temperatures from 2014 to 2018 compared to a baseline average from 1951 to 1980, according to NASA’s Goddard Institute for Space Studies; as per Wikipedia article on Global Warming here.

Welcome to Climate Change Blawg.

With 97% of climate scientists agreeing that human activity is causing a global climate crisis, it’s more important than ever before that the law helps us, and not hinders us, at this critical time.

Our mission is to share useful insights in respect of law and legal regulation in respect of climate change and hopefully to make a contribution in respect of changing and improving climate change law across the world.

Contributions from like-minded people welcome.

Global mean surface temperature change since 1880. Source: NASA GISS; as per Wikipedia’s article on the Global Temperature Record.