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The Australian government has agreed to publish a statement in relation to the impacts of climate change as part of the settlement of a claim brought by Kathleen O’Donnell, a student and retail invest...
Author(s): Maisie Heath, Anthea Bowater, Simon Orton, Simon Duncombe
We are living through an extraordinary period. With significant geopolitical, social and climate changes. As actors in the real estate transactional/investment market, we want to contribute some of ou...
Author(s): Victoria Hills, Lydia Kent-Smith
The UK’s Green Technical Advisory Group (GTAG) has recently published several new pieces of technical advice for HM Treasury. Established in 2021 to provide non-binding technical advice in respect of...
Author(s): Elisabeth Overland, Anthea Bowater, Emily Smith
On 31 August 2023, the High Court of England and Wales dismissed ClientEarth’s application for permission to appeal the May 2023 and July 2023 rulings which held that ClientEarth’s case against Shell ...
Author(s): Simon Duncombe, Cat Greenwood-Smith, Kate Collister, Emma Franck-Gwinnell, Lizzy Matthams
In 2022, the European Commission put forward proposals for two new regulations intended to better protect ecosystems and address species loss within the EU. Both are key pillars of the EU’s Green Deal...
Author(s): Simon Duncombe, Chris Bellringer, Kieran Watkins, Toby Freedman
“Greenwashing” is a clear buzzword in the UK and EU. Greenwashing is the use of false, misleading, or unsubstantiated claims about the environmental friendliness of products, services, or practices. T...
Author(s): Nicola Fish, Lutz Riede, Alexandra Morgan
In July 2023, the German government updated its National Hydrogen Strategy (NHS), initially adopted in 2020. The NHS is not directly enshrined in law, but is rather a political statement of intent, se...
Author(s): Mesut Korkmaz, Marie von Falkenhausen, Hendrik Wessling, Philipp Reinecke, LL.M., Ulrich Scholz, Mirko Masek, Sascha Arnold
After a lengthy legislative process, the new EU Batteries Regulation has finally been published in the Official Journal of the EU, entering into force later this month and commencing from 18 February ...
Author(s): Kieran Watkins, Marlen Vesper-Gräske, Hilke Boedeker