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On 11 March, the European Commission launched a public consultation on its draft State aid Framework accompanying the Clean Industrial...
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Introduction On 26 February, the European Commission (EC) published its Clean Industrial Deal (CID), which is expected to be this term’s...
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On 12 November 2024, the Court of Appeal of the Hague (the Court) overturned the landmark 2021 decision of Milieudefensie et al...
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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The new Labour government in the UK has delivered a key election manifesto promise by introducing a bill to establish Great British...
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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...
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On 16 May 2024, the UK Government published an update on its development of Sustainability Disclosure Requirements (SDR): a framework...
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On 24 April 2024, Freshfields’ sustainability experts distilled for our clients the most pertinent global and local developments in key...
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On 20 March 2024, the Amsterdam District Court rendered its judgment in a class action case brought by the Foundation Fossil Free...
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On 9 April 2024, the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) issued its first substantive decision on human rights aspects of climate...