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California Community Sues Companies over Weather Events
January 08, 2018
The City and County of Santa Cruz, California, have filed lawsuits in a California court seeking compensation from 29 energy companies for damages caused by a rise in sea level, "more frequent and severe wildfires, drought, and extreme precipitation events" allegedly caused by these companies through their contributions to global warming.
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Lawyer: EU Should Adopt Class Actions for Rights Victims
January 08, 2018
Christopher Patz of the European Coalition for Corporate Justice writes that the European Commission should expand proposals permitting consumers based in the EU to pursue class-action lawsuits against companies to people around the world claiming corporate violations of human rights and environmental laws.
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EU Committee Calls for Permanent Panel on Tax Evasion
January 08, 2018
Joe Kirwin reports that the European Parliament's investigative committee on the Panama Papers has called for the creation of a permanent panel to probe alleged tax evasion by multinational companies and the adoption of regulations and mandatory public reporting to prevent banks and accounting firms from helping businesses escape taxes within the EU.
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UN Alliance Calls for Stricter Building Energy Codes
January 08, 2018
A Global Status Report from the UN-launched Global Alliance for Buildings and Construction at the end of 2017 highlights the construction industry as a major target of international organizations seeking to fulfill the UN's Paris climate accord as it calls for countries to adopt global standards on "near-zero energy, zero-emissions" in newly constructed buildings.
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Coalition Seeks "Climate-Smart" Funding in Caribbean
January 08, 2018
The UN Development Programme, the World Bank, and other development institutions are supporting an initiative launched by Caribbean national leaders called the Caribbean Climate-Smart Coalition aiming to divert $8 billion of public and private development funding into projects seeking to make the region more resilient to the impacts of global warming.
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