Eurocommissaris Hoekstra wil in 2040 90 procent minder uitstoot dan in 1990. Over zijn plan zal maandenlang worden gediscussieerd en onderhandeld.

Canada will cut carbon emissions 45 to 50 per cent below 2005 levels by 2035, the federal government announced today, signaling a small advance over the current target but falling short of what a key ...

Yet Berlin’s support comes with the radical condition that EU countries must be allowed to incorporate international carbon credits in their climate efforts — meaning that instead of reducing pollution at home, they could pay for emissions cuts in non-EU...

A recent review published on February 28, 2025 in Nature Reviews Earth & Environment by Carlos M Duarte, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology, Thuwal, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and team shows that seagrass is declining worldwide due to...

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When it comes to pressing priorities, the vast majority of business leaders are well aware that sustainability should be right at the top of the list. Yet despite this awareness, Ireland’s emissions reduction report card remains firmly in “must do...

India needs to scale up investments by at least three times from Rs 425,300 crore to meet its climate targets, according to a new report by independent non-profit Climate Policy Initiative (CPI). The mitigation sector is estimated to have attracted...

Unceded Anishinaabe Algonquin Territories , 3 October 2024: Today, Climate Action Network Canada (CAN-Rac) released Paving the Way to an Equitable Future, a new analysis on Canada’s progress towards ...

Members of the regular Vigil to End Fossil Fuels delivered a letter to Peter Khalil MP urging him to fight hard for a 100% emissions reduction target. A copy of the letter is below. Member of Vigil…

If an all-renewable electricity grid is the backbone of Canada’s shift to a zero-carbon economy by 2050, our buildings and road transport systems are the flesh and blood. Extensive new modelling by Corporate Knights’ Climate Dollars project reveals that the...

This is the second of two posts exploring the evolution of climate change implementation litigation. Part I detailed how governments’ duties to monitor and meet their climate commitments, and have transparent and attainable climate plans, are well-defined by international, regional, and domestic courts. This post focuses on how implementation cases are responding to a host of new challenges from governments, from overt forms of regression to persistent failures to implement climate commitments. Against the backdrop of these developments, implementation litigation has demonstrated considerable adaptability. Recent cases point to a number of evolving trends, including the strategic use of follow-up litigation, the growing integration of human rights arguments, the expanded role of scientific evidence and monitoring, and an increasing emphasis on consistency across government decision-making. The following sections reveal how these trends are reshaping implementation litigation and enhancing its capacity to strengthen government accountability amidst changing legal and political contexts. Confronting new forms of government regression An especially concerning issue in climate litigation is the markedly overt attempts from governments to avoid responsibility for climate action through regressive measures that include weakening or erasing commitments already enshrined in law. As some acts also involve corporate climate litigation and eliminating tort liability,...