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‘La Acción de Cumplimiento’ as a Legal Mechanism to Implement Colombian Climate Change Laws

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The agricultural, land use and forestry sectors are the largest sources of GHG emissions in Colombia, representing 59.1% By 2030, Colombia aims to reduce its emissions by 51% in all sectors and achieve carbon neutrality by 2050. Among the main legal statutes are: Law 164 of 1994 on the UNFCCC. of the national total.

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Federal Court Limits State Authority to Deny Interstate Transmission Projects

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In an opinion that is currently under appeal in the Third Circuit, the Middle District court held that, because the federal government has authority to determine transmission system needs and potential solutions, a state cannot deny a siting permit based on its own determination that a project is not needed. FERC Order No.

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Why Climate Litigation in South Africa Matters

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But if not properly managed, the transition may leave behind tens of thousands of workers in the coal sector and allied industries, leading to further inequality and instability. The South African Constitution is one of the most progressive in the world. The Thabametsi judgment has received substantial international attention.

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Promulgation of the Interpretation of the Supreme People’s Court on Several Issues Concerning the Application of International Treaties and International Practices in the Trial of Foreign-related Civil and Commercial Cases

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With the implementation of the Civil Code of the People’s Republic of China on January 1, 2021, the provisions of the General Principles of the Civil Law of the People’s Republic of China on the application of international treaties and international practices have been repealed, and the Civil Code has not made specific provisions on this issue.

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December 2020 Updates to the Climate Case Charts

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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. Baltimore and Incinerator Operator Settled Lawsuit over Local Air Law. Oil pump, ( Creative Commons ). By Margaret Barry and Korey Silverman-Roati.

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July 2017 Updates to the Climate Case Charts

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Each month, Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer LLP (APKS) and the Sabin Center for Climate Change Law collect and summarize developments in climate-related litigation, which we also add to our U.S. Circuit Vacated EPA’s Administrative Stay of Methane Standards for Oil and Gas Facilities. and non-U.S. climate litigation charts.

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Third-party arbitration funding – Comparative analysis and Indian Perspective

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Third-party funding is rather a new concept and was adapted by many legislations only recently due to the illegality of the doctrines of maintenance and champerty in common-law jurisdictions in the past. The concept of TPF, though accepted explicitly by the law of the land, has two sides to it similar to the way of a coin.

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