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UK's Climate Change Committee Publishes Seventh Carbon Budget

Jones Day on 6/16/2025

The UK's Climate Change Act 2008 requires the UK government to set five-year carbon budgets that cap total greenhouse gas ("GHG") emissions. The UK is currently operating within its Fourth Carbon Budget, which covers the...more

Transition Focus: 2024 in Review – transition finance and transition planning developments in the UK and Europe

Hogan Lovells on 6/13/2025

We review 2024 developments and thought leadership in transition planning and transition finance. We reflect on the progress made in 2024 following the Transition Plan Taskforce’s publication of its Disclosure Framework in...more

Sustainable Aviation Fuel: An Overview of the Current Regulatory Landscape in the UK, EU And USA

Bracewell LLP on 5/22/2025

We have set out below an overview of the current regulatory frameworks governing Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF) in the key jurisdictions of the UK, EU and USA. SAF has emerged as a critical component in the global drive...more

The UK's carbon border adjustment mechanism continues to take shape

A&O Shearman on 5/8/2025

Ahead of the commencement of the UK Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM), key building blocks for its regulatory framework are moving into place. Following consultations in 2023 and 2024, draft legislation and a policy...more

Climate Reporting in 2025: Looking Ahead

Proskauer - Regulatory & Compliance on 1/16/2025

In this alert, we reflect on recent climate reporting updates and analyze expectations for 2025 that are relevant for international businesses....more

Global Supply Chain Horizons - December 2024

Eversheds Sutherland (US) LLP on 12/18/2024

Welcome to the latest edition of our quarterly global supply chain horizons providing you with an update on the key developments from around the world - Asia - China: Export ban of critical minerals to the US - On December...more

COP29: What Can We Expect?

BCLP on 11/7/2024

The 29th Conference of the Parties (“COP29”) of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (“UNFCC”) is set to take place in Baku, Azerbaijan, from 11 to 22 November 2024. This is the first in a series of posts BCLP’s...more

Following Finch: Planning Permission for Coal Mine Quashed

King & Spalding on 10/31/2024

In the recent case of Friends of the Earth v Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities & others; South Lakeland Action on Climate Change v Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities & others...more

UK Supreme Court Quashes Planning Permission Due to a Failure to Consider Downstream (Scope 3) Greenhouse Gas Emissions

Jones Day on 7/19/2024

The Situation: On June 20, 2024, the UK Supreme Court handed down a landmark decision in R (on the application of Finch on behalf of the Weald Action Group) (Appellant) v Surrey County Council and others (Respondents) [2024]...more

The Road to Net Zero: Core Principles to Prevent Greenwashing

American Conference Institute (ACI) on 7/18/2024

“Net zero” is a topic as hot as the climate these days. With so much regulatory attention being placed on it, companies that do not communicate their net zero efforts appropriately or, worse, intentionally make false and...more

Tax based finance leasing: a forgotten tool for green finance in the UK?

A&O Shearman on 12/15/2023

Decarbonisation is the process of reducing greenhouse gas emissions and transitioning to a low-carbon economy. Decarbonisation requires significant investment in green technologies, such as renewable energy, energy...more

Funding the energy transition: the role of Islamic finance

White & Case LLP on 12/8/2023

Access to energy underpins our day-to-day and powers global economic prosperity and development, yet consumption of energy is the dominant contributor to climate change, accounting for approximately 60% of total global...more

Update to UK Green Finance Strategy

Morrison & Foerster LLP on 5/3/2023

The UK government (the “Government”) has long spoken of its commitment to tackling greenwashing and creating the world’s first net-zero emissions financial centre. Read more about this in our client alert on the “Green...more

Greening Real Estate - Where are we now? - Energy Efficiency Series - Part 1

BCLP on 12/16/2022

Against the ambitious backdrop set by the Paris Climate Agreement to reach net-0 by 2050, there is a clear drive by corporations to move forward on their environmental, social and governance (ESG) or sustainability...more

UK Consultation Process Underway On Mandatory Climate Disclosures

Vinson & Elkins LLP on 4/22/2021

On 24 March 2021, the UK government’s Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy (“BEIS”) launched a consultation seeking views on its proposals to mandate climate-related financial disclosures by publicly quoted...more

Currents - Energy Industry Insights: Issue 38, October 2020

Spilman Thomas & Battle, PLLC on 10/13/2020

Noble Energy Shareholders OK $4.1B Sale to Chevron - "The addition of Noble will boost Chevron's U.S. shale oil holdings, making it the No. 2 producer behind EOG Resources, according to data from Rystad Energy." Why this is...more

Currents - Energy Industry Insights - September 2018 #2

Spilman Thomas & Battle, PLLC on 9/14/2018

As Storm Looms, 4th Circuit Reverses Ruling Against Dominion on Coal Ash Pollution at Chesapeake Site - "Water pollution from a coal ash landfill and settling ponds at a closed power plant in Chesapeake is not a violation of...more

Private Equity Goes Green

Latham & Watkins LLP on 4/20/2016

In December 2015, world leaders met to negotiate the Paris Agreement. Setting aside whether the Paris Agreement goes too far, not far enough or is just right, one cannot dispute that government commitments to limit an...more

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