UK, Emissions Trading System, Environmental Policies

Upcoming Revisions to EU Carbon Pricing and UK Linkage

White & Case LLP on 5/22/2025

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 UK gives the green light to a UK CBAM and consults on the UK ETS

A&O Shearman on 12/20/2023

The UK has finally confirmed that it will be following the EU and introducing its own Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM) to be implemented by 2027. It published the eagerly awaited outcome of its consultation on...more

UK Government Announces Review of Net Zero Target

Latham & Watkins LLP on 9/27/2022

The outcome of the review may signal what climate-related laws and policies to expect in the UK in the coming years. On 8 September 2022, newly appointed UK Prime Minister Liz Truss announced that Chris Skidmore MP, a...more

UK Navigates Post-Brexit Challenges in the Environmental Regulatory Landscape

Latham & Watkins LLP on 12/16/2021

The triggering of the CCM under the UK ETS and ongoing consultations under UK Reach signal speedbumps in the transition process. On 30 November 2021, the UK government’s Department of Business, Energy and Industrial...more

Developments in Emissions Trading in the U.K. and EU

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP on 11/18/2021

As the delegates of the 26th Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) (COP26) return from two hard weeks in Glasgow, significant progress has been made on establishing...more

How Will Brexit Impact Environmental and Energy Law?

Latham & Watkins LLP on 7/21/2016

Following the recent UK referendum result, attention is now turning to the legal implications for specific policy areas. While the overwhelming majority of the UK’s environmental legislation is derived from EU...more