environment, Climate Change
William Wilson
CLIMATE LITIGATION - SWISS CLIMATE CHANGE AND ...

The European Court of Human Rights ‘ECHR’ delivered a landmark ruling on 9 April 2024 in a climate case brought by 2,000 Swiss women, mostly in their 70s


CLIMATE LITIGATION - SWISS CLIMATE CHANGE AND HUMAN RIGHTS CASE
environment
William Wilson
CHEMICALS REGULATION IN THE UK – MISSING KEY ...

Three key components of a credible UK approach to chemicals regulation are, as at April 2024, currently missing.  


CHEMICALS REGULATION IN THE UK – MISSING KEY COMPONENTS
environment
William Wilson
EU PLAN TO HALVE PESTICIDE USE WITHDRAWN IN ...

On 6 February 2024, in the face of strong opposition from farmers in the EU and their trade bodies such as COPA COGECA, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen announced the abandonment of the proposed Sustainable Use of Plant Protection Products Regulation, which contained the Commission’s aim to halve pesticide use. This had been an important part of the Commission’s ‘Farm to Fork’ strategy and its Green Deal. 

EU PLAN TO HALVE PESTICIDE USE WITHDRAWN IN FACE OF FARMERS OPPOSITION
environment
William Wilson
WALES PROPOSES NEW LAW ON ENVIRONMENTAL ...

On 30 January 2024 the Welsh Government issued a White Paper setting out its proposals for new legislation for the Senedd on Environmental Principles, Governance and Biodiversity Targets. The consultation will run until 30 April 2024.

WALES PROPOSES NEW LAW ON ENVIRONMENTAL PRINCIPLES, GOVERNANCE AND BIODIVERSITY TARGETS
environment
William Wilson
RETURN OF DEVOLVED GOVERNMENT IN NORTHERN ...

The re-establishment of devolved government in Northern Ireland was the subject of intense negotiations for months before conclusions were announced by the UK government and the leadership of the Democratic Unionist Party ‘DUP’, and with the publication on 31 January 2024 of the Command Paper ‘Safeguarding the Union’ (CP 1021).  

RETURN OF DEVOLVED GOVERNMENT IN NORTHERN IRELAND

Climate Change

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COP26 and beyond event: Climate Change and Your Career

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TASK FORCE ON CLIMATE RELATED FINANCIAL DISCLOSURE: INSURANCE AND COMPANY REPORTING

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TASK FORCE ON CLIMATE RELATED FINANCIAL DISCLOSURE: INSURANCE AND COMPANY REPORTING

The Task Force on Climate Related Financial Disclosures is becoming increasingly influential, having been taken forward by insurers, applied as a requirement to the assets of pension funds, and its principles are due to be applied as a requirement to all listed companies in the UK next year. Importantly, it is an approach to influencing financial disclosures that is increasingly accepted internationally. In this further update, we set out a short note on two important recent reports.


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Young Climate Activists Launch Mock COP Treaty

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Young Climate Activists Launch Mock COP Treaty

In the absence of world leaders, and with the UNFCCC climate conference at COP26 in Glasgow postponed until November 2021 because of the COVID-19 pandemic, student climate activists decided to press ahead and hold their own online MOCK COP, which took place between 19th November and 1st December 2020. The full Declaration and Treaty can be read here.