Jul 22, 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...
Jun 11, 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...
Mar 18, 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...
Dec 18, 2023 COP28: Central Themes and Impacts for Businesses By George Murray The 28th Conference of the Parties to the UN's Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP28) drew to a late close in December after two...
Nov 20, 2023 Brighter prospects for UK offshore wind By Azadeh Nassiri Kathryn Emmett Adam Morland Just two months ago the absence of any offshore wind projects in the UK government’s contracts for difference (CfD) allocation round 5...
Nov 14, 2023 The Energy Act 2023 enters into force: a milestone in the UK’s energy transition By Kathryn Emmett Charlotte Burgess Following its introduction in July 2022, the Energy Act 2023 (the “Act”) finally gained royal assent on 26 October 2023. Dubbed the “the...
Mar 10, 2023 Investors step up pressure on boards to keep pace with climate targets in upcoming AGM season By Stephanie Schiller In its annual letter to investee companies at the beginning of 2023, Aviva Investors issued a warning that, in the upcoming AGM season,...
Feb 02, 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...
Jan 20, 2023 The UK Climate Change Committee’s Take on High-Integrity Carbon Crediting By Henry Turrell In the lead-up to the first UNFCCC Global Stocktake later this year, countries’ and corporations’ net-zero pledges will be put under the...
Nov 25, 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...
Nov 21, 2022 COP27 round up – a good compromise leaves everyone unhappy? By Helena Campbell Will Wilson Jeff Twentyman George Murray +1 more... Show less The Sharm el-Sheikh Climate Change Conference (“COP27”) officially came to a close on Friday 18 November. The last two weeks have been...
Aug 03, 2022 Competition law and sustainability objectives – the waters are still murky By Slaughter and May The Financial Times reported in July that the Net-Zero Insurance Alliance (NZIA), a UN-convened group of 28 leading insurers and...
Aug 02, 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...
Jul 19, 2022 Reforms to the Energy Charter Treaty : what you need to know By Maria Shepard Peter Wickham Samantha Holland On 24 June 2022, the 53 signatory states to the Energy Charter Treaty reached an “agreement in principle” to the Treaty’s amendment and...
Jul 11, 2022 UK renewables: Offshore wind dominates the latest CfD auction By Azadeh Nassiri Richard Todd Oliver Moir Kathryn Emmett +1 more... Show less And breathe. You could almost hear the collective exhale from the UK renewables industry as the fourth allocation round (AR4) for...
Jul 05, 2022 Key talking points from the Climate Change Committee’s 2022 Progress Report By Kathryn Emmett The UK’s independent Climate Change Committee (CCC) has issued a “some progress but needs to do better” report card to the UK Government....