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“In short: A landmark ruling in the High Court has found planning authorities in New South Wales are required to consider global climate change impacts when approving local fossil fuel projects.”

“Climate change minister Chris Bowen, in Fiji where he is chairing climate negotiations, said: “The law of the land is law of the land, as interpreted by the high court, and we respect that.”

“The sale brought in $21,490,750, and Gilmour donated the proceeds to ClientEarth, an environmental law charity working to tackle climate change and protect nature.”

“It was negotiated by some of the top climate hawks in the Democratic Party, who argue that it would make it easier to connect renewable energy sources to the grid.”

“The Nobel committee appeared to be aware of the climate within which its decision was made and said in its explanation on choosing Pillay: “We see a shift towards power politics at the expense of legal frameworks and global respects for law and justice.”

“Those include Chinese laws compelling companies to spy for the government, Hikvision’s proximity to the PRC and its ability to access end user data is some cases.”

“But Premier Chris Minns is continuing to stare down calls from One Nation and the Coalition to pass new laws that would bar planning authorities from considering the climate impact of Australian coal burned abroad.”

“UNITED NATIONS: Pakistan has called for urgent action on climate finance, reform of the international debt system and greater cooperation over shared water resources in the UN General Assembly’s (UNGA) Second Committee following the high-level political…”