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Five Takeaways from CARB’s July 9 FAQs on California’s New Corporate Climate Disclosure Requirements

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The California Air Resources Board (CARB) has published seven pages of FAQs on California’s corporate greenhouse gas reporting and climate-related financial risk disclosure programs. These disclosure requirements are...more

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Climate Resilience Under Legal Scrutiny: France's Adaptation Plan Challenged in Groundbreaking Action

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On April 7, 2025, a coalition of climate-impacted individuals and leading environmental NGOs—including Greenpeace and Notre Affaire à Tous—addressed a formal notice to the French government, challenging France's adaptation...more

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California’s Climate Law Pushes for Financial Impact Disclosures

California’s SB 219 is the first state law requiring broad-based reporting of material climate-related financial risk by US companies. With the initial reporting deadline set for Jan. 1, 2026, companies are actively...more

Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP

Less Than 40 Days to Prepare for ‘Protecting American Energy From State Overreach’ Executive Order

At a Glance - Should the U.S. government declare that the environmental and/or sustainable commodities that have been generated under a state law regime are illegal, lenders and borrowers using state-generated carbon...more

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SEC Signals It Will Abandon Defense of Climate Disclosure Rule

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Acting Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC" or the "Commission") Chairman Mark Uyeda directed SEC staff to request that the Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals not schedule an oral argument in the pending litigation...more

Lowenstein Sandler LLP

Going and Staying Green: Sustainability in Real Estate

Today on “Terra Firma: Conversations on Commercial Real Estate,” Stacey C. Tyler and Zachary L. Berliner talk with Alex Lassiter, the CEO and founder of Greenplaces, which helps businesses navigate the complexities of carbon...more

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Financial Stability Board analytical framework and toolkit to assess climate-related vulnerabilities

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The Financial Stability Board published a report containing a framework and analytical toolkit to assess climate-related vulnerabilities. The report introduces an analytical framework that the FSB will use to trace how...more

Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP

Australian Financial Regulator Mandated to Adopt Climate Reporting Standards

In June 2023, the Australian government published an updated Statement of Expectations for the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA), requiring it to, among other things, “promote prudent practices and...more

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Study: Growing Wildfire Risks Threatening California’s Climate Policies

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The 2020 wildfire season alone released more carbon dioxide than what California reduced through years of emission cuts. California is a recognized leader in climate policy, but a wildfire crisis is threatening to unwind...more

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"Nine Commandments" for the NSW Planning System: Planning Minister Announces Further Planning Reforms

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The NSW Government recently announced the next stage of NSW's ongoing planning reforms which consist of: new ministerial planning principles intended to guide strategic decisions and planning policies; and further...more

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Policy Review Heats Up Under New EPA Administrator Regan

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The swearing-in of Michael Regan as EPA Administrator means that open questions on policy, agenda-setting, and prioritization for the Agency will soon be answered. Issues that have risen to the top of the new EPA...more

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Climate Change for Insurers: When Politics Fail, Flood the Courts

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This article follows on from a series of previous articles seeking to address climate change litigation in the context of insurance and reinsurance. Three different, but important, decisions in December 2019 have once again...more

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Sustainability: Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG)

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Understanding the environmental, social, and governance (ESG) issues of today’s business world are key to understanding the discussion of sustainability and climate change (a sub-topic of each ESG and sustainability). For...more

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The Climate Report Fall 2018

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Climate Change Regulatory Issues & Updates - Comment Period Ending on EPA's Affordable Clean Energy Proposal - A 60-day public comment period on the Affordable Clean Energy rule to replace the Obama Administration's...more

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