The Energy Charter Treaty (ECT) has long been the cornerstone of investment protection in the energy sector, offering enhanced legal...
Freshfields Sustainability
The spectacle of COP is over again. A New Collective Quantified Goal (NCQG) on climate finance was agreed (albeit at a level decried by...
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An application has been filed against National Australia Bank (NAB) in which a shareholder is seeking disclosure of the circumstances in...
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California legislature rejects Governor’s proposal to delay compliance with California’s landmark greenhouse gas emissions and...
On 20 June 2024, the UK Supreme Court handed down its long-awaited judgment in R (on the application of Finch on behalf of Weald Action...
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The Federal Court of Australia (the Court) has ruled in favour of the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) in two...
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On 21 May 2024, the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea (ITLOS) issued an advisory opinion (the Opinion) on the climate change...
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Introduction Government policy on sustainability and decarbonisation will increasingly affect all UK businesses over the next five-year...
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The European Parliament has endorsed a provisional deal on the hydrogen and gas markets decarbonisation package, paving the way for new...
Carbon capture, use and storage (CCUS) is a key technology to help achieve global net zero goals,[1] particularly for hard to abate...
Mandatory Net-Zero Regimes Global efforts to deal with climate change have accelerated in the 30 years since the 1994 United Nations...
Due to its economic characteristics - large-scale storage issues, very different cost structures between players, demand that is not very...