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Both countries will explore opportunities to develop zero greenhouse gas emission fuel supply chains for the maritime industry.
Herbert Smith Freehills
On 13 February 2024, the Environmental Protection (Powers and Penalties) and Other Legislation Amendment Bill 2024 (Qld) (Powers and Penalties Bill) was introduced to the Queensland Parliament.
Corrs Chambers Westgarth
Transcript & link to podcast discussing reforms to the EP&BC Act.
Herbert Smith Freehills
The Minister for Climate Change and Energy announced this week he is seeking public feedback on a proposed new declared area for offshore...
K&L Gates
The Australian Government recently released an exposure draft of the legislation to implement mandatory climate-related financial disclosures (Draft Legislation).
Jones Day
In recent years, the Australian federal government has committed, at both the domestic and international levels, to ambitious renewable energy targets.
Herbert Smith Freehills
On 12 January 2024, the Department of Industry, Science and Resources released a paper on the consultation requirements under the Offshore Petroleum and Greenhouse Gas Storage...
Ropes & Gray LLP
On Friday, the Australian government released an Exposure Draft proposing amendments to the Australian Securities and Investment Commission Act...
Herbert Smith Freehills
2024 is tipped to be a big year for environmental law reform, as the Commonwealth Government prepares to introduce legislation...
Herbert Smith Freehills
Lewis McDonald, Carolyn Pugsley and Tim Stutt set the scene ahead of COP28 in Dubai with a stocktake of past COPs and sign-posts to the way forward...
Herbert Smith Freehills
Tim Stutt and Mel Debenham are joined by Silke Goldberg to debrief COP28 through the lens of four paradigm shifts – (1) climate finance, (2) fast tracking the energy transition and emissions...
Herbert Smith Freehills
The Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water (DCCEEW) has released the draft National Environmental Standard (NES)...
Herbert Smith Freehills
NSW takes action on climate change with legislated 2030 and 2035 targets to achieve net zero emissions by 2050. A new Net Zero Commission will be established by mid-2024 to oversee the State's progress.
Herbert Smith Freehills
The Nature Repair Act 2023 (Cth) came into effect on 15 December 2023. The new law delivers one of the key commitments of the Government's Nature Positive Plan...
Corrs Chambers Westgarth
This final ACCC guidance provides further clarification to assist businesses mitigate the risk of greenwashing.
Herbert Smith Freehills
On 12 December 2023, the Western Australian (WA) Government published the ‘Independent Review of WA Environmental Approval Processes and Procedures', prepared by former Environmental Protection Authority...
Norton Rose Fulbright Hong Kong
The first week of COP28 saw some key outcomes, in particular financial commitments to the Loss and Damage Fund, and an emerging consensus around a pledge to triple renewable energy and increase...
Gilchrist Connell
Companies 'overreaching' on their sustainability claims are the biggest cause of greenwashing in corporate Australia.
K&L Gates
As previously reported by K&L Gates (blog post | October ESG Update), the Australian Accounting Standards Board released its exposure draft of the Australian Sustainability Reporting Standards (ASR Standards)...
Fasken
On November 27, we began a series of two bulletins on Australia's and Canada's Critical Minerals Strategies. In this second bulletin, we start by discussing Canada's approach to exploration...
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