12 Dec, 2023 First appeal court judgments in climate-related lawsuits against German car manufacturers By Stefanie Spancken-Monz Theresa Schumacher On 12 October 2023 and on 8 November 2023, the Courts of Appeal Munich and Stuttgart upheld the first instance courts’ rulings which had...
30 Nov, 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...
29 Nov, 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...
20 Nov, 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 -...
11 Aug, 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,...
03 Nov, 2022 The Energy Transition: Recent Developments in Trade and Competition Law By Martin McElwee Merit Olthoff Thomas McGrath Sarah Jensen Lorand Bartels Bola Ajayi +3 more... Show less World leaders and legislators, particularly in the EU and UK, have set ambitious goals as they seek to combat climate change. Similarly,...
30 Sep, 2022 A peek at the (UK hydrogen) pipeline: market, policies and opportunities By Serena Chang Caroline Gregson As the world continues to look for progress with the energy transition process, hydrogen’s contribution is needed to hit global net zero...
01 Aug, 2022 NEC X29: A new tool in the construction industry’s fight against climate change? By Jon Gilbert Vanessa Medina Earlier this year, we considered the use of sustainability provisions in construction contracts as a way to reduce the industry’s carbon...
21 Mar, 2022 Four things to consider in a green Hydrogen Purchase Agreement By Philipp Reinecke, LL.M. Hendrik Wessling Kieran Watkins Mirko Masek Ulrich Scholz +2 more... Show less Hydrogen is arguably the energy sector’s rising star commodity. The hydrogen market is developing rapidly, and industry is seeking to...
21 Jan, 2022 Sustainability provisions in construction contracts: a way to reduce the industry’s carbon footprint? By Vanessa Medina Jon Gilbert With the recent conclusion of COP26, the challenges posed by climate change are at the forefront of the agendas of governments and...
25 Nov, 2021 Extreme weather events and the risk of delay and disruption on construction projects By Jon Gilbert Tom Hutchison Elizabeth Forster Alexia Millett +1 more... Show less In our previous blog post, we considered how extreme weather events could give rise to an increase in the number of disputes on major...
11 Nov, 2021 Asset resilience in the face of climate change: How extreme weather events may lead to disputes on major construction projects By Jon Gilbert Tom Hutchison Elizabeth Forster Alexia Millett +1 more... Show less In the first in a series of blog posts exploring the potential impacts of climate change and energy transition on global projects...