by Hardwick Legal | Jul 5, 2021 | Purpose Built (LexisNexis)
<p><span style="background-color:transparent;color:inherit;font-family:inherit;font-size:inherit;text-align:inherit;text-transform:inherit;white-space:inherit;word-spacing:normal;caret-color:auto;"><strong>As climate change litigation against both companies and governments becomes increasingly prevalent, is there a role for international arbitration to help solve disputes relating to climate change?</strong></span><strong><span style="background-color:transparent;color:inherit;font-family:inherit;font-size:inherit;text-align:inherit;text-transform:inherit;white-space:inherit;word-spacing:normal;caret-color:auto;"></span></strong><br></p><p>This November, delegates from around the world will convene at the 26th Conference of the Parties to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP26) to finalise negotiations on the functioning of the Paris Agreement. Outstanding issues in regards to this Agreement include those relating to how it will be enforced—while the Paris Agreement provides that the Parties can agree to accept arbitration as the appropriate mechanism for resolving disputes, the ‘procedures for arbitration’ are yet to be addressed. This raises the question, is arbitration an appropriate means for dealing with international climate change disputes?</p><p>In the latest instalment in our series of News Analyses preceding COP26, <a href="https://www.pinsentmasons.com/en-gb/people/pamela-mcdonald" href="https://www.pinsentmasons.com/en-gb/people/pamela-mcdonald"></a href="https://www.pinsentmasons.com/en-gb/people/pamela-mcdonald"></p>
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Road to COP26—arbitration and climate change disputes
by Hardwick Legal | Jul 5, 2021 | Purpose Built (LexisNexis)
<p>Welcome back to the LexisPSL Environment News podcast. Following the pandemic induced hiatus to the podcast series, <a data-sf-ec-immutable="" href="https://www.6pumpcourt.co.uk/barrister/christopher-badger/" target="_blank">Chris Badger</a> and <a data-sf-ec-immutable="" href="https://www.6pumpcourt.co.uk/barrister/mark-davies/" target="_blank">Mark Davies </a>of 6 Pump Court are back throwing a spotlight on key environmental law news stories. In this July 2021 update, they take us through:</p><ul><li>the climate change litigation judgment of the Dutch Court in Milieudefensie et al v Royal Dutch Shell plc</li><li>the Environment Agency’s National Crime Survey results</li><li>the meaning of waste case looking at ‘fluff’ in Customs and Excise Commissioners v Devon Waste Management Ltd; Customs and Excise Commissioners v Biffa Waste Services Ltd <a data-sf-ec-immutable="" href="https://www.lexisnexis.com/uk/lexispsl/environment/document/393765/8T4F-CM22-D6MY-P3PG-00000-00/linkHandler.faces?psldocinfo=Landfill_tax_England_and_Northern_Ireland&linkInfo=F%23GB%23ALLERD%23sel1%252021%25vol%2504%25year%252021%25page%2586%25sel2%2504%25&A=0.6965495168043776&bct=A&risb=&service=citation&langcountry=GB" target="_blank">[2021] All ER (D) 86 (Apr)</a></li></ul><p>To listen to the whole podcast, click <a data-sf-ec-immutable="" href="https://www.lexisnexis.com/uk/lexispsl/environment/document/408246/632s-xy83-cgxg-01gt-00000-00/environment%20news%20podcast%e2%8 data-sf-ec-immutable="" href=""></a data-sf-ec-immutable="" href="https://www.lexisnexis.com/uk/lexispsl/environment/document/408246/632s-xy83-cgxg-01gt-00000-00/environment%20news%20podcast%e2%8></p>
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Environmental law news podcast – July 2021
by Hardwick Legal | Jul 2, 2021 | Purpose Built (LexisNexis)
<p><strong>Climate change is increasingly becoming a key political issue in countries around the world, particularly in the run up to this November’s crucial international climate change conference (COP26). Our latest news analysis explores the effects, if any, that the focus on environmental protection has had on trade agreements. </strong></p><p>The World Trade Organisation (WTO), which regulates international trade, provides scope for its members to implement environmental protection measures provided they do not fall foul of even-handedness requirements. These sorts of measures have been used before in international, regional and bilateral agreements to address specific domestic environmental concerns such as hazardous substances, as well as concerns abo</p>
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Road to COP26—greening international trade agreement
