Posted on November 30th, 2009 by Andrew Long
A recent study by 12 authors from governmental, academic and non-governmental organizations highlights what may be at stake in cases such as Stop the Beach Renourishment v. Florida Department of Environmental Protection (being argued before the US Supreme Court on Wednesday, Dec. 2) and Severance v. Patterson. In addition to the article reporting the study, the [...]
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Posted on November 28th, 2009 by Dr. Wil Burns
Title: World Ethics and Climate Change: From International to Global Justice Author: Paul G. Harris Publication Date: Nov 2009 Dimensions: 234 x 156 mm Length: 224 pages Series: Edinburgh Studies in World Ethics http://www.eupjournals.com/book/978-0-7486-3910-6 Summary: More than two decades of international negotiations have failed to stem emissions of greenhouse gases that are causing global warming [...]
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Posted on November 28th, 2009 by Dr. Wil Burns
Title: World Ethics and Climate Change: From International to Global Justice Author: Paul G. Harris Publication Date: Nov 2009 Dimensions: 234 x 156 mm Length: 224 pages Series: Edinburgh Studies in World Ethics http://www.eupjournals.com/book/978-0-7486-3910-6 Summary: More than two decades of international negotiations have failed to stem emissions of greenhouse gases that are causing global warming [...]
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Posted on November 25th, 2009 by Dr. Wil Burns
The Dag Hammarskjöld Foundation, as part of its occasional paper series, has just published a series of essays on climate justice issues, Contours of Climate Justice: Ideas for Shaping New Climate & Energy Policies. Many of these essays would be excellent student readings, presenting voices from the feminist community and the South that are often [...]
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Posted on November 24th, 2009 by Dr. Wil Burns
The Road to Copenhagen: Understanding the Negotiating Table at COP-15 Friday, December 4, 2009 12:00 pm – 1:30 pm (Eastern) Please visit http://www.ACCOonline.org/events.html to register for this event. SPEAKERS: Glenn Prickett – Senior Vice President & Executive Director, Conservation International Lisa Jacobson – President, Business Council for Sustainable Energy David Thomas – First Secretary, Energy [...]
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Posted on November 23rd, 2009 by Dr. Wil Burns
Many of the articles on ocean acidification denominate it the “other carbon dioxide problem,” emphasizing that it is a discrete manifestation of rising carbon dioxide levels. However a new article in the journal Science, Yamamoto-Kawai, et al., Aragonite Undersaturation in the Arctic Ocean: Effects of Ocean Acidification and Sea Ice Melt, 326 Science 1098-1100 (2009) [...]
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Posted on November 20th, 2009 by Lesley McAllister
This is the second in a series of posts about participatory learning activities for a Climate Change Law & Policy course. Several weeks into the semester, I teach a class on state and local efforts to address climate change, and I set up a debate. This post will describe how this class works. The first [...]
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Posted on November 19th, 2009 by Andrew Long
The European Tropical Forest Research Network (ETFRN) recently released a report titled “Forests and Climate Change: adaptation and mitigation.” Among other things, the report highlights the importance of ensuring that adaptation be considered in the mechanism addressing reduced emissions from deforestation and degradation (REDD) likely to be a part of a post-Kyoto agreement. As I’ve said previously [...]
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Posted on November 19th, 2009 by Dr. Wil Burns
For those of you who like to include webcasts in your classes, there’s a good one coming up from Earthscan publications. Tim Jackson, who developed the first Index of Sustainable Economic Welfare for the UK, has published a new book entitled Prosperity Without Growth, which focuses on the climate issue. Earthscan will be featuring him [...]
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Posted on November 19th, 2009 by Dr. Wil Burns
FACTBOX: Climate Negotiating Positions Of Top Emitters Date: 19-Nov-09 Country: US Author: Reuters Russia toughened on Wednesday its goal of cutting greenhouse gas emissions, saying it would target a 25 percent reduction from 1990 levels by 2020 compared with a 10-15 percent pledge previously. Following are the negotiating positions of the top greenhouse gas emitters [...]
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