LSE, the Grantham Research Institute and the Sabin Center for Climate Change Law have a database on climate litigation and climate laws/policies around the world.
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Data type: Legal research sources,
Legal Topic: Climate change,
A website that provides updates on new climate litigation cases.
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Columbia Law School’s database provides a comprehensive collection of different pieces of climate litigation brought across the world.
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Legal Topic: Climate change,
UNEP releases annual reports which compare the actual GHG emissions reductions with the GHG emissions reductions we have to make to avoid temperature rises of 1.5°C and 2°C. It considers different scenarios and makes projections on the basis of current policies. It also outlines the level of GHG emissions reductions that need to be made […]
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Data type: Legal references,
Legal Topic: Climate change,
This is the most recent climate change agreement under the UNFCCC. Its key features are: It sets an objective of limiting global temperature rises to well below 2°C, while pursuing efforts to limit temperature rise to 1.5°C; All countries have an obligation to reduce their GHG emissions; and Countries have to submit nationally determined contributions, which detail countries […]
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This was the first international agreement on climate change. It sets the global framework for negotiations on climate change and 197 countries are parties. It contains general obligations for countries to: Take mitigation measures to avoid dangerous climate change; and Take adaptation measures to protect impacted communities. But, as a framework convention, its commitments are […]
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This is the latest of the World Health Organisation’s assessments of the health impacts that climate change is projected to have. The assessment concludes that climate change is expected to cause approximately 250,000 additional deaths per year between 2030 and 2050; 38,000 due to heat exposure in elderly people, 48,000 due to diarrhoea, 60,000 due […]
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Existen alternativas para responsabilizar a las fuerzas policiales y / u organizaciones por abusos contra los derechos humanos. Piense si alguno de las siguientes opciones podría ser adecuada para usted.
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Legal Topic: Arresto,
El derecho administrativo, los derechos humanos y el derecho constitucional componen lo que es llamado el derecho público. El derecho público regula la relación entre el Estado y las personas. Define qué derechos (es decir, las cosas a las que las personas tienen derecho) tienen las personas ante las agencias y departamentos gubernamentales y qué […]
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Legal Topic: Arresto,
This guide has given you an introduction into climate litigation and what options you can have when it comes to using legal action for climate justice. Having information and support is key if you want to take climate litigation. If after reading this guide you are thinking about taking legal action, the organisations and resources outlined […]
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Legal Topic: Climate change,
