22 Jul, 2024 Labour's legislative programme: energy and infrastructure to drive growth By Hywel Davies Michael Corbett Isabel Taylor Alexander Dustan Kathryn Emmett Lisa Sabbage +3 more... Show less For industry, investors and the public alike, the King’s Speech delivered at the State Opening of Parliament serves as a useful barometer...
11 Jun, 2024 The pre-election period: a sensitive time for the energy transition By Oliver Moir Kathryn Emmett Aaron Wu Shortly after Rishi Sunak’s surprise announcement that the General Election will be held on 4 July 2024, the Government and civil service...
29 Apr, 2024 The FCA’s Anti-Greenwashing Rule: New Guidance Released Ahead of Implementation in May By Sabine Dittrich Helena Cameron Andres Chau The FCA’s new anti-greenwashing rule forms part of a package of measures finalised in November 2023 through the FCA’s Policy Statement on...
16 Apr, 2024 European Court of Human Rights confirms right to effective protection from serious adverse effects of climate change By Samantha Holland Smriti Sriram Moira Thompson Oliver Sabine Dittrich +1 more... Show less The Grand Chamber of the European Court of Human Rights has held in a landmark decision that a Contracting State has breached its duties...
04 Apr, 2024 Nature and Biodiversity Round-up: Recent Developments in 2024 By Richard Hilton Helena Cameron George Murray Isabella Nieto +1 more... Show less Nature and biodiversity have at times appeared to be the ‘poor cousin’ of climate change, generally attracting less policy, media, and...
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 Helena Cameron 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...