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Can private capital fill the ‘climate finance gap’, the trillions of dollars shortfall between what is needed to mitigate and adapt to...
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On 25 June 2025, the UK government launched a consultation on mandatory disclosure of climate transition plans for UK-regulated financial...
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Following a long hiatus since the announcement at COP26 in Glasgow in late 2021, the UK has commenced formal processes toward the...
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The Council of the European Union has reached a highly anticipated agreement on the content part of the sustainability-related Omnibus...
Building on our earlier analysis of the ESG Rating Regulation (February 2024), we now turn to its implementation phase: The European...
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Today (3 April 2025), the European Parliament adopted the Omnibus Stop-the-Clock proposal (STC) for the CSRD and CSDDD. As discussed in...
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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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The European Commission (EC) has published its highly anticipated sustainability-related Omnibus simplification package (Omnibus...
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The FCA identifies climate adaptation challenges for financial services firms Every five years, the UK government produces an assessment...
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In her first Mansion House speech (on 14 November 2024), Rachel Reeves, the UK’s Chancellor of the Exchequer covered, amongst other...
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This part continues our blog on Voluntary Carbon Credits: A regulatory grey area in the EU? (Part I). It discusses (IV) the applicability...
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This is the first part of a two-part series on the Regulation of the Voluntary Carbon Credit Market (VCM) in the EU. The financial...