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Comments on the Draft Fifth National Climate Assessment: Sabin Center Urges Deeper Discussion of Climate Resilience Planning, Barriers to Climate Action by Local Governments, and Other Key Topics

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Global Change Research Program (the “Program”) for the purpose of “developing and coordinating a comprehensive and integrated United States research program which will assist the Nation and the world to understand, assess, predict, and respond to human-induced and natural processes of global change.” 3096-3104, § 101(b).

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Environmental Rights in State Constitutions

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As John Dernbach wrote in a recent blog for ACOEL, on July 21, 2021 the Pennsylvania Supreme Court held that this amendment required all state revenues from oil and gas leases to go to conserve and maintain public natural resources for the benefit of future generations. Not so in the United States.

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Eliminate Waste by Going Paperless with Legal Practice Management Software

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And since the average pine tree produces 10,000 pieces of paper , this means that one lawyer alone can consume the paper of 10 trees each year. Paper production contributes to deforestation, which is a leading cause of climate change, and its production requires an enormous amount of energy, water, and land.

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7 Steps for Turning Uncertainty into Transformative Opportunity

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Doing Your Head Work, Heart Work and Homework. . A good friend recently sent me a clever cartoon. A Buddhist-like character, wearing a loosely hanging white garment, shoulder exposed, is driving a car, seemingly in the dark. You may need a shoulder to lean on to get the journey started. . Conferring with Trusted Others. with trusted others.

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7 Steps for Turning Uncertainty into Transformative Opportunity

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Doing Your Head Work, Heart Work and Homework. . A good friend recently sent me a clever cartoon. A Buddhist-like character, wearing a loosely hanging white garment, shoulder exposed, is driving a car, seemingly in the dark. You may need a shoulder to lean on to get the journey started. . Conferring with Trusted Others. with trusted others.

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December 2020 Updates to the Climate Case Charts

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Oil pump, ( Creative Commons ). By Margaret Barry and Korey Silverman-Roati. Each month, Arnold & Porter and the Sabin Center for Climate Change Law collect and summarize developments in climate-related litigation, which we also add to our U.S. and non-U.S. climate litigation charts. FEATURED CASE. WildEarth Guardians v.

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Conference Report: The Private Side of Transforming our World – UN Sustainable Development Goals 2030 and the Role of Private International Law

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September 9-11, 2021, Hamburg, Germany, Max Planck Institute for Comparative and Private International Law. By Madeleine Petersen Weiner and Mai-Lan Tran. Formulated by the United Nations in 2015, they form the core of the 2030 Agenda and aim to enable people worldwide to live in dignity while respecting the earth’s ecological limit.

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