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Environmental claims are part of the movement in seeking justice and taking legal action to promote social, economic and environmental sustainability. State and EU-level climate action and policies are being challenged for being insufficient to limit the global average temperature increase to below 2°C, as stipulated i ...

Decarbonizing buildings across their entire life cycle calls for the transformation of the buildings and construction sector.  The transformation requires greater collaboration among policymakers at all jurisdictional levels as well as with urban planners, architects, developers, investors, construction companies, and ...

Developers, investors and policymakers must respond with urgency to the threatening climate and ecosystem crisis and set targets aligning with the 2015 Paris Agreement.  All participants in the new-build and building renovation value chain must cooperate to establish a standard performance system based on sustainable a ...

Environmental defenders are individuals and collectives who take action to protect the environment and to protest unjust and unsustainable use of resources.  This paper provides insight on the characteristics of environmental conflicts, the engaged environmental defenders, and successful mobilization strategies.  The p ...

Under 3.2 °C warming, 49% of insects, 44% of plants and 26% of vertebrates are at great risk of extinction.  Best-case scenarios lead to a median range of 2.9–3.2°C in 2100 for current policies and 2.4–2.9°C in 2100 for 2030 pledges.  If the targets were promptly and fully implemented, some estimate this could bring te ...