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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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Voting Is Open! Pick the 15 Finalists to Compete At Startup Alley at ABA TECHSHOW 2024 in February

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Please review them. Once you have done so, you can FIND THE BALLOT HERE. DEADLINE FOR VOTING IS FRIDAY, DEC. 29, 2023, AT 11:45 P.M. Note: You will be able to cast your ballot just once, and on each ballot, you will be limited to five votes. Most of the startups have also provided a link to a demo video. BriefCatch. Briefpoint. descrybe.ai.

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Guest Commentary: The Role of Human Rights Institutions In Tackling Climate Change: A Case Study of the Philippines

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Earlier this year, the Commission on Human Rights of the Philippines released its final report detailing the findings of a groundbreaking inquiry ( In re Greenpeace Southeast Asia and Others ) into the responsibility of “ Carbon Majors ”—large global fossil fuel and cement companies—for the adverse effects of climate change on human rights.

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February 2021 Updates to the Climate Case Charts

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Circuit Vacated Trump EPA’s Affordable Clean Energy Rule. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA’s) Affordable Clean Energy Rule (ACE Rule) for greenhouse gas emissions from power plants rested on an erroneous interpretation of the Clean Air Act that barred EPA from considering measures beyond those that apply at and to an individual source.

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July 2021 Updates to the Climate Case Charts

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The federal district court for the Western District of Louisiana issued a nationwide preliminary injunction barring the Biden administration from implementing a “Pause” on new oil and natural gas leases on public lands or in offshore waters. By Margaret Barry and Korey Silverman-Roati. and non-U.S. climate litigation charts.

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