in our earth matters series, the world s leading climate scientists today warning the climate crisis is accelerating at an alarming pace. with the earth warming more than previously thought. those details in a landmark u.n. report which the secretary general calls a, quote, code red for humanity. and we re seeing the effects right now with fires burning around the globe. in california the dixie fire has burned close to half a million acres of land, more than twice the size of new york city. and in europe, the second largest island in greece is on fire. thousands of residents forced to evacuate as homes and buildings are destroyed. and in iran the largest lake in the middle east has shrunk to half its size dried up from years of severe drought. cnn s frederik pleitgen is there with a look at how the once-popular beach resort is now
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Environmental Policy and Law special issue - Our Earth Matters: Pathways to a Better Common Environmental Future. We need to accept with all humility our sacred duty for the care,. view more
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Amsterdam, June 2, 2021 - On the eve of the 50th anniversary of the 1972 Stockholm conference that created the United Nations Environmental Programme, it is clear that the global environmental situation has only deteriorated. In Our Earth Matters: Pathways to a Better Common Environmental Future, an extended special issue of
Environmental Policy and Law (EPL), leading scholars from more than five continents call for an honest introspection of what has been attained over the last 50 years relating to regulatory processes and laws and explore future trajectories with new ideas and frameworks for environmental governance in the 21st century.
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It was about a decade ago that carbon offsets became a “thing.” Travelers at San Francisco International Airport could step up to a kiosk and buy carbon offsets to balance out that greenhouse gas-spewing flight. (How does 1,000 pounds of CO2 on an LA-to-Chicago trip sound?)
The idea of an offset is that you can cancel out the harmful effect of your emissions by supporting a project that will eliminate an equivalent amount of emissions elsewhere in the world. But offsets pose practical and moral problems: If harmful pollution is wrong, can you really right that wrong by paying someone else not to pollute?