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100 Days of Trump 2.0: Carbon Management and Negative Emissions

The second Trump Administration’s first 100 days dealing with carbon management and negative emissions can be summed up in one word – incoherence. The administration has shown some signs of support for efforts to capture carbon dioxide at power plants and other industrial facilities and remove carbon dioxide directly from […]

100 Days of Trump 2.0: The US Weakens Regulations Addressing the Financial Cost of Climate Change

Under new leadership appointed by the Trump administration, federal agencies have weakened key regulations meant to protect the economy from the financial harms of climate change. Some of the targeted regulations seek to manage climate risk; others constrain corporate actions or investment strategies on a range of environmental, social, or […]

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100 Days of Trump 2.0: Considerations for Cities and Community Partners

The first 100 days of the second Trump administration have proved volatile for local governments working to advance ambitious climate action. We have seen the freezing or termination of federal grants and other financial assistance, executive orders seeking to usurp state and local authority, the initiation of extensive deregulatory efforts, […]

100 Days of Trump 2.0: Laying the Groundwork for Future Climate Litigation Battles

This post is part of a new Climate Law Blog series, 100 Days of Trump 2.0, in which the Sabin Center offers reflections on the first 100 days of President Trump’s second term across a variety of climate-related topics. To read other posts from the series, which will roll out over […]

100 Days of Trump 2.0: The Inflation Reduction Act

This post is part of a new Climate Law Blog series, 100 Days of Trump 2.0, in which the Sabin Center offers reflections on the first hundred days of President Trump’s second term across a variety of climate-related topics. To read other posts from the series, which will roll out […]

100 Days of Trump 2.0: Updates from the Climate Backtracker

This post is the first of a new Climate Law Blog series, 100 Days of Trump 2.0, in which the Sabin Center offers reflections on the first hundred days of President Trump’s second term across a variety of climate-related topics. To read other posts from the series, which will roll […]

Sweden’s first systemic climate mitigation case and the application of KlimaSeniorinnen: unpacking the Supreme Court’s judgment in the Aurora case

On February 19, 2025, the Swedish Supreme Court dismissed the Aurora case (Anton Foley and others v Sweden), the first systemic climate change case brought in Sweden. The case is among the first in which a national apex court has applied the principles developed by the European Court of Human […]