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Report | 2025
Climate Change in the Courtroom: Trends, Impacts and Emerging Lessons
'Climate Change in the courtroom: Trends, impacts, and emerging lessons' is the fourth edition of a series first launched in 2017. Drawing on data from the Sabin Center’s Climate Change Litigation Databases, the report highlights emerging trends and key issues shaping the field of climate litigation.  As of 30 June 2025, a cumulative 3,099 climate-related cases have been filed in 55 national…
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Report | 2023
Global Climate Litigation Report: 2023 Status Review
Climate litigation represents a frontier solution to change the dynamics of the fight against climate change. This Global Climate Litigation Report: 2023 Status Review shows that people are increasingly turning to the courts to combat the climate crisis. As of December 2022, there have been 2,180 climate-related cases filed in 65 jurisdictions, including international and regional courts,…
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Reporting, Reports, Review, Programmes
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Report | 2022
Urban Planning Law for Climate Smart Cities
UN-Habitat is pleased to have collaborated with the Commonwealth Secretariat, the United Nations Environment Programme, and the UNFCCC Secretariat in developing the Urban Law Module of the Law and Climate Change Toolkit – an innovative online tool designed to help countries establish legal frameworks necessary for effective domestic implementation of the Paris Agreement – to which this…
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Planned, Planning, Plans, City
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Report | 2016
UNEP Guide for Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy Laws
The Guide describes the key legal issues associated with efficiency and renewable energy resource development, and presents legislative options from both developed and developing countries for dealing with them, including sample excerpts from legislation.
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Energy efficiency, Renewable energy
UNEP Guide for Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy Laws
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Climate Change International Legal Regime
The Climate Change International Legal Regime course covers the causes and effect of Climate Change; describes the mechanisms established by the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change and explains the key provisions and commitments established by the Kyoto Protocol and the Paris Agreement. It presents the legally binding framework in the fight against climate change. It addresses the mitigation...
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The Paris Agreement Implementation and Compliance Committee
The Paris Agreement Implementation and Compliance Committee (PAICC), established under Article 15 of the Paris Agreement, facilitates the implementation of and promotes the compliance with the Paris Agreement.This course is an introduction to the Paris Agreement Implementation and Compliance Committee (PAICC). It will provide learners with a detailed description of the function, nature, and...
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Paris Agreement, Implementation, Committees
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The National Implementation of the Paris Agreement
The main objective of the international climate change regime established under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) is to limit dangerous anthropogenic interference with the climate system. Domestic legislation is the key to regulate, structure, and implement climate change actions to meet this objective.
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National , Implementation, Paris Agreement
The Climate Change International Legal Regime course covers the causes and effect of Climate Change; describes the mechanisms established by the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change and explains the key provisions and commitments established by the Kyoto Protocol and the Paris Agreement. It presents the legally binding framework in the fight against climate change. It addresses the mitigation of emissions of greenhouse gases and the adaptation to climate change.