28 Jun, 2024 On land and at sea: States’ climate change obligations By Carsten Wendler Alexandra van der Meulen Simon Duncombe Cat Greenwood-Smith Gregorio Pettazzi Domen Tursic +3 more... Show less On 21 May 2024, the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea (ITLOS) issued an advisory opinion (the Opinion) on the climate change...
28 Jun, 2024 Top 10 sustainability topics for business in the UK election manifestos: Change or status quo? By Vanessa Jakovich Caroline Gregson Kieran Watkins Introduction Government policy on sustainability and decarbonisation will increasingly affect all UK businesses over the next five-year...
12 Jun, 2024 A (late) comeback for CCUS in Germany? By Sascha Arnold Hendrik Wessling Oliver Neuner On 29 May 2024, the German government adopted a draft bill to amend the existing Carbon Dioxide Storage Act of 2012 (Draft CCUS Bill) and...
24 May, 2024 EU gas market rules aim to promote hydrogen and decarbonise gas consumption By Ulrich Scholz Philipp Reinecke, LL.M. Kieran Watkins Marie von Armansperg +1 more... Show less The European Parliament has endorsed a provisional deal on the hydrogen and gas markets decarbonisation package, paving the way for new...
17 May, 2024 UK Sustainability Disclosure Requirements: Implementation Update 2024 By Caroline Gregson Charlotte Aspin Lucinda Huntsman Erin Field +1 more... Show less On 16 May 2024, the UK Government published an update on its development of Sustainability Disclosure Requirements (SDR): a framework...
09 May, 2024 Key takeaways from Freshfields' Sustainability Horizon Scanning webinar By Teresa Ko Ninette Dodoo Sebastian Fain Philip Morgan Gordon Palmquist Joaquin Terceño Don Methven Nicola Jones Sam Cheung +6 more... Show less On 24 April 2024, Freshfields’ sustainability experts distilled for our clients the most pertinent global and local developments in key...
25 Apr, 2024 Greenwashing in the spotlight - recent developments in the Netherlands By Mijke Sinninghe Damsté Alvaro Pliego Selie Felix Roscam Abbing Jan-Jaap Koningsveld +1 more... Show less On 20 March 2024, the Amsterdam District Court rendered its judgment in a class action case brought by the Foundation Fossil Free...
11 Mar, 2024 Part 2: Indonesia paves the way for CCUS: considerations for the future By Philip Morgan Anthony Ong Jeremy Tan In Part 1 of this blog series, we provided a broad overview of Indonesia's new Presidential Regulation No. 14/2024 on Carbon Capture and...
08 Mar, 2024 Stocktake on the EU and UK Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanisms By Vanessa Jakovich Martin McElwee Lorand Bartels Hendrik Wessling Francesca Triggs Charlotte Aspin Marie von Armansperg Fabian Bickel +5 more... Show less Stocktake on the EU and UK Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanisms (CBAMs) Just as the first reporting period for the EU carbon border...
28 Feb, 2024 Part 1: Indonesia further paves the way for CCUS By Philip Morgan Anthony Ong Jeremy Tan What has happened? The Indonesian Government has pledged to achieve net-zero by 2060 and, with an estimated 400 to 600 gigatons of carbon...
17 Jan, 2024 Hydrogen horizons: new developments for a global hydrogen market at COP28 By Marie von Armansperg Ulrich Scholz Hendrik Wessling Philipp Reinecke, LL.M. +1 more... Show less Two goals of the recent COP28 discussions in Dubai in December 2023 were the development of international hydrogen value chains and the...
19 Dec, 2023 COP28: the transition moment? By Jake Reynolds Joe Amann Caroline Gregson Clara Menke +1 more... Show less UN Climate Conferences (COPs) grab world attention, with COP28 being no exception. In this blog, we set out its most significant outcomes...