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Climate Change Stopped the Next Ice Age
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Columbia Climate News
Columbia Climate News· Oct 22

Climate Change Stopped the Next Ice Age

New research shows that 2,000 years ago, remnants of an Arctic ice sheet began growing again, marking the start of a new glacial period—what we commonly call an ice age. But by the 1960s, global warming had raised summer temperatures enough to reverse that growth.

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**Anthropogenic radiative forcing has overridden orbital Milankovitch cycles, triggering an unprecedented shift in cryosphere dynamics and structural baseline destabilization.** - Accelerated loss of Arctic ice sheets disrupts high-latitude terrestrial and marine trophic webs, creating severe stress for cold-adapted polar biodiversity. - The premature cessation of glaciation accelerates permafrost thaw, threatening to convert northern LULUCF sinks into massive net-positive carbon and methane sources. - Loss of regional albedo and melting freshwater inputs jeopardize long-term environmental stability by weakening Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation (AMOC) predictability.

**Evidence of human interruption of geological-scale glacial cycles exposes severe permanence risks, forcing a critical reassessment under the ICVCM Core Carbon Principles.** - Regulatory bodies governing Article 6.2 and Article 6.4 ITMO transfers must revise long-term reference baselines to incorporate accelerated non-linear planetary warming trends. - Voluntary carbon markets will see widened price spreads between ephemeral nature-based credits and permanent technical removals, as ICVCM CCP criteria heighten scrutiny on reversal risks (CCP 7) and baseline conservatism (CCP 3). - Corporate net-zero strategies aligned with SBTi will face increased pressure to restrict Scope 3 neutralizations to durable, permanent carbon removals rather than vulnerable open-system terrestrial sinks.

Applying the Right to an Effective Remedy in Malaysian Climate Litigation
Columbia Climate Law Blog
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Applying the Right to an Effective Remedy in Malaysian Climate Litigation

Malaysia has seen minimal climate litigation to date. Indeed, only in December 2025 was the first climate litigation case in Malaysia filed, challenging a decision by several ministries claiming they lacked jurisdiction to investigate climate-washing. The lack of cases means that Malaysian courts have not had sufficient opportunity to fully canvass polluters’ remedial obligations. Nevertheless, […]

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