About the Author : Bio: Juan Carlos Portilla Jaimes is a leading scholar and educator in the field of international financial law. As Professor at Universidad de La Sabana’s Law School, he designs and teaches graduate‐level courses on cross-border banking regulation, anti-money laundering frameworks, asset recovery, and the intersection of financial crime and human rights. His classroom emphasizes case-based learning, comparative analysis, and policy development tailored to e

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Vaishali Patro is a third-year B.A., LL.B. (Hons.) student at the National University of Juridical Sciences (NUJS), Kolkata. A space satellite hovering above the coastline. Available here At COP28 , nearly 200 countries recognized the need to transition away from fossil fuels to achieve net-zero carbon dioxide emissions by 2050. To achieve this, they agreed to have sustained reductions in greenhouse gas emissions of 43% by 2030 and 60% by 2035. Some countries like Germ