On 2 July 2025, the European Commission introduced its 2040 climate target of reducing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by 90% compared to 1990 levels. One of the key features of this strategy is the possibility to introduce...more
On 19 May 2025, the UK and the EU announced plans to link the EU Emissions Trading System ("ETS") with the UK ETS. Concurrently, the European Commission is preparing for a review of the EU ETS slated for 2026 by launching a...more
The European Commission published an "Omnibus" package of proposed changes on 26 February, marking the start of a process that could result in significant changes to key EU laws on sustainability reporting, diligence and...more
3/10/2025
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The European Commission is expected to unveil an "Omnibus package" that would modify certain key EU laws on sustainability reporting, towards the end of February. The reported aim is to simplify sustainability-related...more
The 29th Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change ('UNFCCC') ('COP29') adopted decisions on Article 6 of the Paris Agreement. After nearly a decade of negotiations, the outcome of...more
The 29th Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change ('COP29') may offer opportunities for key stakeholders to foster international cooperation on using market-based cooperative...more
The Bonn Climate Change Conference saw limited progress resolving open issues related to Article 6 of the Paris Agreement, which aims to incentivize international cooperation in mitigating climate change through carbon credit...more
The 60th sessions of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change Subsidiary Body for Implementation and Subsidiary Body for Scientific and Technological Advice from 3 to 13 June 2024 in Bonn, Germany (the "Bonn...more
The EU's Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism ("CBAM") reporting obligations started applying from 1 October 2023. As the first reports are due in January 2024, the Commission has released a list of some of the most frequently...more
On December 13, 2022, the Council of the European Union ("the Council") and European Parliament came to a provisional agreement on the final text of a Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism ("CBAM") regulation. The compromise...more
The European Parliament and Council of the European Union have reached an agreement on the text of the EU Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism regulation and the directive providing an updated EU Emissions Trading System....more
12/28/2022
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A look at three key regulatory developments in the EU and US - proposed EU Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence and Reporting Directives and US SEC Climate Change Disclosure Rules...more
7/15/2022
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The EU "Fit for 55" package, if adopted, will significantly reshape environmental regulation in Europe, with impact beyond the EU's borders. In this alert, we focus on developments in two of the most impactful files, the...more
7/8/2022
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The Paris Agreement approved by the 21st Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change ("UNFCCC") aims to (i) hold the increase in the global average temperature to well below 2 °C...more
As a key part of the "Fit for 55" European Green Deal package, the European Commission has published its controversial proposal for a carbon border adjustment mechanism ("CBAM"). The CBAM, if adopted, will impose a levy on...more
As yet another sign of the surge of climate change litigation around the world, yesterday the Brussels Court of First Instance found the Belgian federal and regional governments in breach of their duty of care and human...more