Smaller international deals and fossil free zones point a way forward.
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The agreed loss and damage fund was a breakthrough in an otherwise inconclusive conference.
A managed fossil fuel phasing-out offers a chance for producers – including governments, corporations and unions – to negotiate the terms of a ‘just transition’ to renewable energy.
In several countries, court rulings have forced governments to make stronger cuts to emissions. But New Zealand courts have so far stayed clear of imposing legal steps, calling for regulation instead.
COP26 saw progress and announcements, but the commitments made by states — in addition to having to pass the test of implementation —fall far short of what the science requires.
The recent climate conference in Glasgow, Scotland, shows that climate change deniers have shifted their tactics to thwart the efforts of countries to phase out fossil fuel use.
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Professeur en droit, Section de droit civil, Université d’Ottawa (Canada), membre du Conseil scientifique de la Fondation France Libertés, L’Université d’Ottawa/University of Ottawa
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Director of the International Centre for Climate Change and Development, Independent University, Bangladesh
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Professeur au Département des sciences juridiques, Université du Québec à Montréal (UQAM)
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Regents Professor and Dresser Professor Emeritus, Oklahoma State University
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Associate Professor in Political Theory and Public Policy, UCL
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Professor of Physical Geography, Swansea University
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Lecturer in International Development, UCL
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Professor of Sociology, University of British Columbia
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Periset Iklim & Laut. Kepala Pusat Riset Laut Dalam BRIN., Badan Riset dan Inovasi Nasional (BRIN)
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Msc Student in Environmental Sciences, Wageningen University
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Climateworks Centre Country Lead, Australia, Monash University
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Professor of Earth System Science, UCL
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Professor, Geography Department and School of Public Policy & Global Affairs, University of British Columbia
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Assistant Professor, Lincoln Alexander School of Law, Toronto Metropolitan University
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Hatton Professor of Climate Law, University of Cambridge