Posted on October 26th, 2011 by Andrew Long
A new study in the journal Nature Climate Change examines the level of permissible greenhouse emissions to limit temperature increases to less than 2C relative to pre-industrial levels, Joeri Rogelj, et al., Emission Pathways Consistent with a 2C Global Temperature Level 1-6 (Oct. 2011). The study extends path-dependent assessments such as UNEP’s The Emissions Gap [...]
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Posted on June 1st, 2011 by Andrew Long
A recent New York Times article justifiably questions the future of cap and trade in light of a recent ruling putting implementation of California’s climate change law on hold. The basic argument against cap and trade in the case is one of environmental justice: if regulators focus too intently on GHG emissions, they may allow harmful concentrations [...]
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Posted on May 16th, 2011 by Andrew Long
NYT reports that the Brazilian Congress is considering legislation to exempt small farms from current requirements to maintain forest on property within the Amazon, which would allow significantly more deforestation than current law. Along with the traditional concerns about deforestation, the effort to relax deforestation restrictions comes at a time when large sections of the [...]
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Posted on March 5th, 2011 by Andrew Long
I have just participated in the wonderful 2nd Annual Conference of the Association for Law, Property and Society. An excellent array of papers from the conference is available here, including several of direct relevance to climate change law and policy. The 3rd Annual Meeting will be held March 2-3, 2012 — highly recommended for attorneys, [...]
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Posted on December 25th, 2010 by Andrew Long
Whilst the theory of climate change being caused by man’s industrial activity is new, what is not new is the fact that over many years climate does change. The history of the earth indicates many periods of climate change, either getting warmer, or getting colder.
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Posted on November 28th, 2010 by Andrew Long
The Earth Negotiations Bulletin notes that for some, the CBD COP-10 in Nagoya “marked the re-birth of environmental multilateralism” and suggests it “exorcise the ghost of Copenhagen.” Unfortunately, Nagoya’s successes, while significant, do not resonate that profoundly.
The 10th Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity in Nagoya produced a “package” of results, [...]
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Posted on November 23rd, 2010 by Andrew Long
For the final installment of this series of posts on the 12th Annual Northeast Florida Environmental Summit, I’d like to highlight the presentation by Dr. Stephen Leatherman (see also here), titled “Oil Spills & Hurricanes.” While not strictly a legal presentation, Dr. Leatherman’s talk provides an engaging expert’s perspective on the potential for a combination of [...]
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Posted on November 15th, 2010 by Andrew Long
One very important aspect of climate change law and policy that receives too little attention is the role of insurance as a driver of behavior, including solutions to climate change risks and impacts. Professor Sean Hecht provided a very cogent analysis of the topic at the 2010 Northeast Florida Environmental Summit in a presentation titled The Role of Insurance [...]
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Posted on November 10th, 2010 by Andrew Long
Last week, I hosted the 12th Annual Northeast Florida Environmental Summit at Florida Coastal School of Law. Presenters offered various perspectives on the theme “Environmental Disasters: Linking Law, Science, & Policy.” Several of the presentations may be of interest to readers of this blog, and I’ll highlight them in a series of posts complete with links to the [...]
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Posted on October 26th, 2010 by Andrew Long
The article, Global Climate Governance to Enhance Biodiversity & Well-Being: Integrating Non-State Networks and Public International Law in Tropical Forests, 41 Environmental Law __ (forthcoming 2011), may be of interest to readers of this blog. The article is available for free download at: http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1694859
Here is the abstract:
Environmental governance frequently represents a leading edge of global [...]
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