10 Dec, 2024 Milieudefensie v. Shell: Appeal verdict key takeaways By Mijke Sinninghe Damsté Moritz Becker Simon Duncombe Cat Greenwood-Smith Juliane Hilf Dimitri Lecat David Livshiz Elizabeth Forster Stefanie Spancken-Monz +6 more... Show less On 12 November 2024, the Court of Appeal of the Hague (the Court) overturned the landmark 2021 decision of Milieudefensie et al...
02 Dec, 2024 COP29: forward or back? By Jake Reynolds The spectacle of COP is over again. A New Collective Quantified Goal (NCQG) on climate finance was agreed (albeit at a level decried by...
06 Nov, 2024 Milieudefensie v. Shell: Key takeaways on the landmark climate case ahead of the Appeal Verdict By Mijke Sinninghe Damsté Moritz Becker Simon Duncombe Cat Greenwood-Smith Juliane Hilf Stefanie Spancken-Monz +3 more... Show less On November 12th 2024, the Court of Appeal of The Hague will hand down its judgment on the appeal of the decision of the District Court...
17 Oct, 2024 Opening of Northern Lights project: key takeaways for CCUS development By James Chapman Lucinda Huntsman Celia Keay On 26 September 2024, the world’s first commercial cross-border, open access CO2 transport and storage infrastructure network, Northern...
10 Oct, 2024 California’s Climate Rules Move Ahead, with Minor Amendments By Pamela Marcogliese Sam Houshower Ginger Hervey On September 27, California Governor Gavin Newsom signed minor amendments (SB 219) to California’s landmark 2023 Climate Accountability...
07 Oct, 2024 Electric vehicle charging: new EU regulatory requirements By Jonas Köster Sebastian Himmelseher Leonard Funk The European Green Deal calls for a 90% reduction in transport emissions as part of the EU’s aim to become climate-neutral by 2050. As a...
10 Sep, 2024 Further shareholder litigation in Australia seeking disclosure around bank’s financing of coal and gas projects By Anthea Bowater Maisie Stewart Ella Cox An application has been filed against National Australia Bank (NAB) in which a shareholder is seeking disclosure of the circumstances in...
06 Sep, 2024 California’s Climate Disclosures - New Legislative Developments By Pamela Marcogliese Sam Houshower David Cornell Ian Good +1 more... Show less California legislature rejects Governor’s proposal to delay compliance with California’s landmark greenhouse gas emissions and...
01 Aug, 2024 Great British Energy’s Founding Statement confirms vision for energy champion By James Chapman Caroline Gregson Charlotte Aspin Myah Popat +1 more... Show less The new Labour government in the UK has delivered a key election manifesto promise by introducing a bill to establish Great British...
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...