Nov 30, 2023 Germany’s revision of the Energy Industry Act: a highway for hydrogen? By Philipp Reinecke, LL.M. Ulrich Scholz Mirko Masek Hendrik Wessling Marie von Armansperg +2 more... Show less Following Germany’s recent revision of the Energy Industry Act (Energiewirtschaftsgesetz – EnWG), the legislator significantly...
Nov 29, 2023 Too little, too late? Challenges to deploying CCUS at scale By Selina Pope As we continue to face a global climate crisis, there is an urgent need to decarbonise all sectors of the economy. Ambitious global...
Nov 20, 2023 Germany’s revision of the Energy Industry Act: a paradigm shift for gas and electricity grid regulation (Part 1) By Ulrich Scholz Sascha Arnold Philipp Reinecke, LL.M. Hendrik Wessling Marie von Armansperg +2 more... Show less On 10 November 2023, the German parliament (Bundestag) adopted a major amendment to the Energy Industry Act (Energiewirtschaftsgesetz -...
Nov 14, 2023 Road to COP28: Climate change - business and the just transition By Deba Das Jake Reynolds Marlen Vesper-Gräske Elizabeth Forster +1 more... Show less Introduction As the global response to climate change gathers pace, the policies and practices we put in place to enable transition...
Oct 31, 2023 Road to COP28: Energy transition: where are critical minerals on the COP28 agenda? By Vanessa Medina Jake Reynolds Hannah Hiller-Addis o Introduction The global transition to a low-carbon energy system is progressing at pace, with the world set to add as much ‘clean’...
Oct 23, 2023 Road to COP28: net zero or not zero? By Jake Reynolds Joe Amann At the end of November, world leaders will gather in Dubai for the UN Climate Change Conference, better known as COP (Conference of the...
Oct 13, 2023 Freshfields x Chapter Zero - Legal considerations in transition planning for UK non-executive directors: Legacy business and risk By Jake Reynolds Simon Orton Vanessa Jakovich In a new series of events, Freshfields has partnered with Chapter Zero and the Centre for Climate Engagement to explore key...
Sep 08, 2023 Nature Restoration Regulation generates storm in European Parliament By Simon Duncombe Chris Bellringer Kieran Watkins Toby Freedman +1 more... Show less In 2022, the European Commission put forward proposals for two new regulations intended to better protect ecosystems and address species...
Aug 29, 2023 At a glance - the updated German National Hydrogen Strategy By Mesut Korkmaz Marie von Armansperg Hendrik Wessling Philipp Reinecke, LL.M. Ulrich Scholz Mirko Masek Sascha Arnold +4 more... Show less In July 2023, the German government updated its National Hydrogen Strategy (NHS), initially adopted in 2020. The NHS is not directly...
Aug 11, 2023 New EU sustainable batteries regulation becomes law – what you need to know By Kieran Watkins Marlen Vesper-Gräske Hilke Boedeker After a lengthy legislative process, the new EU Batteries Regulation has finally been published in the Official Journal of the EU,...
May 23, 2023 Indonesia's new regulation on CCS and CCUS: a step rather than a leap? By Philip Morgan James Chapman Anthony Ong What has happened? Indonesia has recently released new regulations on the implementation of carbon capture and storage (CCS) and carbon...
May 16, 2023 English High Court dismisses ClientEarth’s climate claim against Shell’s directors By Kate Collister Emma Franck-Gwinnell Amy Allison On 12 May 2023, the High Court of England and Wales dismissed ClientEarth’s application for permission to bring a claim against Shell...