by Hardwick Legal | Jul 6, 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>In light of current policy and funding measures, can the UK achieve its target of zero new polluting vehicles by 2030, and can it inspire other countries to do the same?</strong></span></p><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;">In its role as president of the 26th UN Climate Change Conference (COP26), the UK has pledged to show<a data-sf-ec-immutable="" href="https://ukcop26.org/uk-presidency/uk-climate-leadership/" target="_blank"> </a><a data-sf-ec-immutable="" href="https://ukcop26.org/uk-presidency/uk-climate-leadership/" target="_blank">domestic leadership on climate action</a>. One of its key commitments in this regard is ending the sale of new petrol, diesel and hybrid cars by 2030, putting it ‘</span><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;">on course to be the fastest G7 country to decarbonise cars and vans’. The ban on new polluting cars is also supported by measures to promote grea</span></p>
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Road to COP26—decarbonising transport
by Hardwick Legal | Jul 6, 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>Will current plans to make new homes ‘net zero ready’ by 2025 help the UK reach its emission reduction targets? Or has the government missed opportunities to make its plans efficient and enforceable?</strong></span></p><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></strong></span><strong 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 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></p><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;"></span><br><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;">The UK government has pledged to show Climate Leadership in its role as host of the 26th UN Climate Change Conference (COP26), including by taking steps to ensure the achievement of the UK’s legally binding target of net zero emissions by 2050. As part of its plans to reduce domestic emissions, the gover</span></p>
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Road to COP26—decarbonising domestic buildings
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
by Hardwick Legal | Jun 24, 2021 | Purpose Built (LexisNexis)
<p>On Monday 21 June, a group of lawyers and corporate stakeholders from the UK, Australia, and New Zealand came together to kick off <a data-sf-ec-immutable="" href="https://chancerylaneproject.org/">The Chancery Lane Project</a>’s (TCLP) latest event series on Corporate Governance. </p><p><strong>Why corporate governance?</strong></p><p>Corporate Governance refers to the system by which companies are directed and controlled—typically through a board of directors tasked with formulating corporate strategies and managing risks. </p><p>While there is increasingly an expectation that boards will take a strategic approach to climate-related risks, including reputational risks associated with unsustainable practices, corporate documents still largely prioritise profit-maximisation without considering environmental impacts. </p><p>TCLP, an initiative which brings together lawyers and industry stakeholders to draft and peer review climate conscious model contract clauses and laws, hopes to change this. </p><p><strong><span style="text-decoration:underline;"></span></strong></p><p><strong>What took place during Monday’s event?</strong></p><p><strong></strong>In traditional TCLP fashion, t</p>
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The Chancery Lane Project—Greening Corporate Governance
