Summary In the third and final Insight in our series on the planning changes in the Levelling Up and Regeneration Bill (the first was on the proposed changes to local plans and the second on the new Infrastructure Levy), we examine the proposed new environmental assessment regime and how itContinue Reading
The Environment Act 2021 (the Act), first introduced to Parliament in 2019 finally received royal assent and became law on 9 November 2021. This is an important and wide reaching Act that has been closely scrutinised, debated and amended during its lengthy passage through Parliament (please see our previous blogContinue Reading
Renewable energy and carbon reduction in Indonesia Overview Indonesia’s efforts to achieve their Nationally Determined Contributions (NDC) established in accordance with the Paris Agreement are still considered by Climate Tracker to be “Highly Insufficient”. Whilst this keeps them out of the lowest categorization of global nations (referred to as “CriticallyContinue Reading
Summary Last month, the UK Supreme Court overturned the judgment of the Court of Appeal and allowed a claim for damages from claimants in the Niger Delta to proceed against Royal Dutch Shell plc and its local subsidiary Shell Petroleum Development Company of Nigeria Ltd. The principle that English courtsContinue Reading
While the technical feasibility of a decarbonised economy essentially based on renewable energies is taking shape,[1] the French Republic has just been found liable for environmental harm in relation to climate change by the French administrative judge. At stake, France’s breach of the objective of reducing greenhouse gas emissions andContinue Reading
