by Hardwick Legal | Apr 29, 2021 | Purpose Built (LexisNexis)
<p>Over the course of four weeks, <a href="[f669d9a7-009d-4d83-ddaa-000000000002]024750BD-420C-4D62-8AB8-E782FF3E8F96/melissa-moore">Melissa Moore</a> (Lexis®PSL Commercial Property) and <a href="[f669d9a7-009d-4d83-ddaa-000000000002]024750BD-420C-4D62-8AB8-E782FF3E8F96/zahra-ali">Zahra Ali</a> (Lexis®PSL Corporate, Market Tracker), have been involved with other professionals in the <em>Real Estate: Built Environment</em> event series as part of <a data-sf-ec-immutable="" href="https://chancerylaneproject.org/">The Chancery Lane Project</a> (TCLP). </p><p>TCLP involves a collaboration of lawyers and legal professional drafting and peer reviewing climate conscious contractual clauses which, once published, can be adopted into legal work and are available for free. As part of this, Clyde & Co Partner <a data-sf-ec-immutable="" href="https://www.clydeco.com/en/people/w/andrew-wallis">Andrew Wallis</a> and Howard Kennedy Senior Associate <a data-sf-ec-immutable="" href="https://www.howardkennedy.com/en/people/chirag-rao">Chirag Rao</a> co-facilitated the <em>Real Estate: Built Environment</em> event series. They ran two Hackathons on 12 April</p>
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The Chancery Lane Project - Real Estate: Built Environment event series
by Hardwick Legal | Apr 22, 2021 | Purpose Built (LexisNexis)
<p><strong>What can we expect from the 26<sup>th</sup> Conference of the Parties to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP26), and why is it so important in the global fight against a warming climate? </strong></p><p>COP26 is scheduled to take place in Glasgow this November, after having been delayed by a year due to the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. The summit marks five years since the Paris Agreement, when countries around the world agreed a binding treaty to limit global temperature increases to below 2°C. COP26 therefore represents an opportunity to reflect on progress made in achieving this target, and what more needs to be done. To assist our readers in preparing for this crucial climate summit, we are launching a series of News Analyses covering various topics relevant to COP26.</p><p>The first instalment in this series, by <a href="https://www.traverssmith. href=""></a href="https://www.traverssmith.></p>
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Road to COP26—what is it and why is it important?
by Hardwick Legal | Apr 14, 2021 | Purpose Built (LexisNexis)
<p><strong>Has the requirement of ‘non regression’ in the UK-EU Trade and Cooperation Agreement (TCA) prevented the UK from diverging from the environmental protections in place at the end of the Brexit transition period?</strong></p><p>On 24 December 2020, the UK government and the European Commission announced a deal in principle on the legal terms of the future UK-EU relationship. The <a href="https://ec.europa.eu/info/sites/info/files/brexit_files/info_site/tca-20-12-28.pdf" target="_blank" data-sf-ec-immutable="">EU-UK TCA</a> contains, at <a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/948119/EU-UK_Trade_and_Cooperation_Agreement_24.12.2020.pdf" target="_blank" data-sf-ec-immutable="">Part 2, Heading 1, Title XI, Chapter 7</a>, a section on the ‘environment and climate’ which includes complex provisions to maintain a ‘level playing field’ in regard to environmental standards following Brexit. This means that while the UK can adopt its own, different, rules on environment</p>
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What do the ‘level playing field’ provisions in the UK-EU TCA mean for UK environmental law post-Brexit?
by Hardwick Legal | Apr 1, 2021 | Purpose Built (LexisNexis)
<p><strong>What is the Dasgupta review and what do its findings reveal about the economics of biodiversity?</strong></p><article><section><p>On 2 February 2021, HM Treasury published the<a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/final-report-the-economics-of-biodiversity-the-dasgupta-review" target="_blank" data-sf-ec-immutable=""> final report</a> of the Independent Review on the Economics of Biodiversity led by Professor Sir Partha Dasgupta first commissioned in 2019. The review sought to examine the link between biodiversity and economic growth at a time of record-breaking rates of biodiversity loss. The final report outlines a comprehensive economic framework for biodiversity and ‘calls for changes in</p></section></article>
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Biodiversity, business and the Dasgupta Review 2021
by Hardwick Legal | Mar 30, 2021 | Purpose Built (LexisNexis)
<p><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;">How can UK industry sectors contribute to achieving the government’s target of net zero emissions by 2050, while remaining globally competitive?</strong></p><p>On 17 March 2021, the Department for Energy & Industrial Strategy (BEIS) published its <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/industrial-decarbonisation-strategy?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=govuk-notifications&utm_source=219295ba-245d-4daa-a3ce-990f5cfd13d2&utm_content=immediately" target="_blank" data-sf-ec-immutable="">industrial decarbonisation strategy</a> (the Strategy). The Strategy builds on the Prime Minister’s ten point plan for a green industrial revolution and outlines the government’s plan to: </p><ul><li>encourage low carbon options among investors and consumers;</li><li>transform current industrial processes; and </li><li>track and improv</li></ul>
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What can we expect from BEIS' industrial decarbonisation strategy?
by Hardwick Legal | Mar 25, 2021 | Purpose Built (LexisNexis)
<p><strong>In spite of the pandemic, the UK secondary market for offshore wind is transitioning into a mature asset class, as represented by the recent spate of M&A deals successfully run as competitive auction processes. But what are the current market dynamics, and what opportunities should lawyers be aware of?</strong></p><p>In our latest News Analysis, <a href="https://bracewell.com/people/gordon-stewart">Gordon Stewart</a>, <a href="https://bracewell.com/people/jo-en-low">Jo En Low</a> and <a href="https://bracewell.com/people/tom-jami href=""></a href="https://bracewell.com/people/tom-jami></p>
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Comment—the M&A secondary market in UK offshore wind
