complaint

Better Path Coalition Planning Group v. City of Harrisburg - complaint

First Amendment challenge by climate activists to City of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania's system for regulating use of its traditional public forums for expressive purposes.

Better Path Coalition Planning Group v. City of Harrisburg

motion

Better Path Coalition Planning Group v. City of Harrisburg - motion

memorandum

Pennsylvania Federal Court Declined to Dismiss Climate Change Event Organizers’ First Amendment Claims Against City of Harrisburg

order

Better Path Coalition Planning Group v. City of Harrisburg - order

stipulation

Better Path Coalition Planning Group v. City of Harrisburg - stipulation

settlement agreement

Activists and City of Harrisburg Reached Interim Settlement for Climate Change Awareness Event to Proceed

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An aim to achieve a quantifiable outcome within a given time-frame, set by an institution such as a national government.

Policy instruments are techniques or tools used by governing authorities to promote certain policies in order to achieve predetermined goals. Put simply, instruments are how a government tries to achieve its goals, with this taxonomy being focused on national policy instruments.

Risk is the potential for adverse consequences resulting from the dynamic interplay between (climate-related) hazards, exposure, and vulnerability of affected human or ecological systems.

Groups  of people who are adversely affected by climate change or the response to it

A set of principles, processes, and practices that build economic and political power to shift from an extractive economy to a regenerative economy.

Renewable energy means all forms of energy produced from renewable sources in a sustainable manner.

Fossil fuel is a generic term for non-renewable energy sources such as coal, fossil gas, and oil (including crude oil, and petroleum products), that can be used for electricity and heat generation. Fossil fuels are hydrocarbons formed from pressurised and heated organic material buried over millions of years.

Molecules in the atmosphere that play a key role in the greenhouse effect by trapping heat radiating from Earth’s surface.

Area of the economy in which actors engage in identical or related activities.

In human systems, the process of adjustment to actual or expected climate change and its effects, in order to moderate harm, increase resilience or exploit beneficial opportunities. In natural systems, the process of adjustment to actual climate change and its effects; human intervention may facilitate adjustment to expected climate change and its effects.

The management and allocation of funds, assets and investments to meet various objectives

Financial support to help individuals manage the effects of unexpected events, securing their livelihoods and increasing the resilience of people and businesses to the changing climate. It’s especially vital in developing regions where everyday risks, climate-related weather extremes, or crop failures can push people into poverty. Without insurance, people may have to resort to selling assets or cutting consumption to cope with losses.

Either money or something of monetary value is transferred between two or more organisations, people or countries.

This sector involves activities to move goods and people, alongside the storage of products.

Better Path Coalition Planning Group v. City of Harrisburg - complaint

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Renewable energy

Fossil fuel

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Finance