environment
William Wilson
FROM LONDON TO LAHORE: CUTTING AIR POLLUTION ...

On 11 October 2025 Dawn Media and Breathe Pakistan convened a major conference on air pollution in Lahore, Pakistan.

FROM LONDON TO LAHORE: CUTTING AIR POLLUTION SAVES LIVES
Climate Change
William Wilson
GLOBAL TRENDS IN CLIMATE LITIGATION 2025 ...

On 26 June 2025 as part of London Climate Action Week https://www.londonclimateactionweek.org I attended the launch of the 7th edition of this hugely important and influential report and resource at the LSE Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change and the Environment https://www.lse.ac.uk/granthaminstitute/ .

GLOBAL TRENDS IN CLIMATE LITIGATION 2025 SNAPSHOT REPORT LAUNCH
environment, International
William Wilson
NUCLEAR LIABILITY WORKSHOP IN ACCRA, GHANA

It was great to make a first visit to Accra and Ghana in mid April 2025 to contribute to a workshop on nuclear liability as part of the European Commission programme in support of Ghana’s Nuclear Regulatory Authority, led by friends and colleagues from  Vienna.  I did sessions on nuclear liability, and on nuclear transport.

NUCLEAR LIABILITY WORKSHOP IN ACCRA, GHANA
environment, International
William Wilson
UK-EU SANDEEL DISPUTE ARBITRATION

From 28 to 30 January 2025 the UK and the EU were in an arbitration hearing in the Hague. The hearing concerned the UK and Scottish governments’ decision to ban sandeel fishing in certain areas of the Dogger Bank

UK-EU SANDEEL DISPUTE ARBITRATION
International, environment
William Wilson
ITALIAN STATE’S INACTION ON ILLEGAL WASTE ...

On 30 January 2025 the Chamber of the European Court of Human Rights handed down a judgement in the case of Cannavacciuolo and Others v Italy.

ITALIAN STATE’S INACTION ON ILLEGAL WASTE DUMPING AND BURNING HELD TO BREACH RIGHT TO LIFE
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BREXIT AND CHEMICALS REGULATION

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The chemicals industry in the UK represents about 9% of the industry within the European Union, with trade flows each way exceeding Euros 20 billion each year.

The key legislation governing the chemicals industry in the EU is the REACH chemicals Regulation, which is supervised by the European Chemicals Agency, ECHA, in Helsinki, Finland. REACH requires the Registration of most chemical substances through ECHA.