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A court in the Netherlands just handed down a landmark ruling, ordering Shell to slash its carbon pollution 45% by 2030. It’s hard to overstate how radical the ruling is and the far-ranging impacts it could have not just for the Dutch oil giant but oil companies around the world. ....
These updates are republished press releases and communications from members of the Science|Business Network University of Eastern Finland: New international research project to support achievement of ambitious climate goals Scholars of climate law at the University of Eastern Finland are participating in NDC ASPECTS, an extensive, international project seeking to provide research-based knowledge to support the achievement of the goals of the Paris Agreement, and to promote increasingly ambitious Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs). To be launched in May, the project has secured three-year funding from the EU’s Horizon 2020 programme. The total budget is five million euros, with UEF’s budget in the project amounting to nearly 340,000 euros. ....
Realizing the Promise of Paris: Three Ways of Strengthening Non-State and Subnational Climate Action By Harro van Asselt, Sander Chan, Idil Boran, Thomas Hale, Lukas Hermwille and Charles Roger - 11 December 2020 Harro van Asselt, Sander Chan, Idil Boran, Thomas Hale, Lukas Hermwille and Charles Roger examine opportunities to strengthen climate action by non-state and subnational actors. Five years ago, governments from across the world came together in Paris to chart a new course for global climate policy. The Paris Agreement put in place a ‘ratchet mechanism’ through which countries submit national climate plans in the form of Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs), which should be reviewed and strengthened periodically. ....