18 Mar, 2024 Unravelling the UK’s Energy Charter Treaty Withdrawal By Samay Shah Aaron Wu Demosthenes Caldis A formerly-stalwart champion of the Energy Charter Treaty (‘ECT’), the UK confirmed its intention on 22 February 2024 to withdraw from...
03 Dec, 2023 Our reflections from the 12th UN Forum on Business and Human Rights By Moira Thompson Oliver Rosie Duthie This week, Moira Thompson Oliver (Senior Counsel) and Rosie Duthie (Associate) from our Sustainability team attended the 12th UN Forum on...
16 Aug, 2023 Sustainability reporting in the UK: what’s next? By David Watkins Moira Thompson Oliver Lucy Scaramuzza Helena Cameron +1 more... Show less There has been a flurry of activity in the sustainability reporting landscape in recent weeks. We discussed the launch of the...
16 Mar, 2023 Spring Budget 2023 and the UK's clean energy and infrastructure future By Hywel Davies Michael Corbett Azadeh Nassiri Richard Todd Samay Shah Oliver Moir Aaron Wu Kathryn Emmett +5 more... Show less On Wednesday 15 March, the Chancellor, Jeremy Hunt, delivered his Spring Budget, positioning it as a “budget for growth” and an...
02 Feb, 2023 Feet to the fire: Is an action in the UK courts an effective way to enforce compliance with the Paris Agreement? By Julius Handler Sam Edwards Case Analysis: R (Friends of the Earth) v UKEF [2022] EWHC 568 (Admin) The Paris Agreement and its legacy (so far) The long-term goal of...
25 Nov, 2022 The UK's Autumn Statement 2022: a power perspective By Lisa Sabbage Oliver Moir Kathryn Emmett On 17 November, two months after his predecessor’s ill-fated Growth Plan of unfunded tax cuts, chancellor Jeremy Hunt issued his Autumn...
07 Nov, 2022 COP27 – looking back, going forward By George Murray Last year, we presented our top takeaways for GCs and in-house legal teams from the UN’s COP26 climate change conference in Glasgow. A...
07 Nov, 2022 Climate Change “Loss and Damage”: what is it and will meaningful progress be made at COP27? By Helena Cameron Kathryn Emmett The COP27 summit in Egypt has invigorated debate over “loss and damage”, with several developing nations renewing calls for financial...
20 Oct, 2022 Private companies are falling behind on net zero, to their peril By George Murray With COP27 starting next month, eyes are turning to both public and private businesses’ efforts to meet net zero by 2050 – and private...
27 Sep, 2022 Net Zero Review: Is the UK Government set to 'detour' on the 'path to Net Zero'? By Dean Hickey On Monday 26th September, the UK Government officially launched its Net Zero Review. As part of the launch, it was announced that Chris...
02 Aug, 2022 Energy security: are all approaches equal? By Kathryn Emmett Will Wilson The European Commission’s REPowerEU plan (“EU Plan”), published on 18 May 2022, shares common decarbonisation and security of supply...
22 Jul, 2022 Case Review: R (On the Application Of) Friends of the Earth Ltd & Ors v Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy By Dean Hickey This week the High Court ruled in favour of three claimants who had each brought separate (albeit subsequently joined) proceedings for a...
29 Jun, 2022 Key takeaways from the ClimateTech Summit (part of London Tech Week) By Simon Agar Harry Hecht During the hectic schedule of London Tech Week - the flagship annual tech event in the UK – we were lucky enough to attend the...
07 Jun, 2022 Net Zero: can tax help guide a unified approach? By Victoria Hine It is perhaps trite to say that tax can be used as the proverbial carrot and stick alike - or simply as a revenue raiser. It also goes...
31 Mar, 2022 Not zero: UK off track to hit 2050 targets By James Brown In June 2019, Parliament passed legislation requiring the government to reduce the UK’s net emissions of greenhouse gases by 100%...
30 Mar, 2022 The Russia-Ukraine crisis: boon or bane for the clean energy transition? By Elizabeth Huang We recently published a briefing on the implications of the Russia-Ukraine crisis for energy markets. Here, we take a deeper dive into...