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UK Government Publishes Draft Regulations To Implement The Nature Restoration Levy
The UK Government has introduced a new framework for offsetting environmental harms from housing and infrastructure development through the Nature Restoration Fund and Nature Restoration Levy. This approach pools money from individual developments to fund strategic environmental interventions, replacing the previous site-by-site mitigation system that was criticized for failing to halt environmental decline while slowing housing schemes.
United Kingdom Environment
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Mayer Brown
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The New UK Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism
The UK Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism enters into force on January 1, 2027, imposing a carbon price on imports of aluminum, cement, fertilizers, hydrogen, and iron and steel to address carbon leakage and ensure competitive parity with domestic producers under the UK Emissions Trading Scheme. Operating as a tax administered by HMRC, the mechanism will phase out free allowances over nine years while potentially exempting EU imports if UK-EU ETS linking negotiations succeed.
United Kingdom Environment
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Jones Day
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Water, Water Everywhere? Riparian Rights In Scotland
Climate change is reshaping Scotland's water landscape, making riparian rights—the legal rights of landowners over rivers flowing through their property—increasingly important for developers and property owners. This article explores the complex framework of Scottish water law, from ancient Roman origins to modern hydroelectric schemes, and examines how competing interests over this finite resource may lead to future legal reforms.
United Kingdom Real Estate
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Shepherd and Wedderburn LLP
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UK Government Publishes Draft Regulations To Implement The Nature Restoration Levy
The UK Government has introduced a new framework for offsetting environmental harms from housing and infrastructure development through the Nature Restoration Fund and Nature Restoration Levy. This approach pools money from individual developments to fund strategic environmental interventions, replacing the previous site-by-site mitigation system that was criticized for failing to halt environmental decline while slowing housing schemes.
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Mayer Brown
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The New UK Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism
The UK Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism enters into force on January 1, 2027, imposing a carbon price on imports of aluminum, cement, fertilizers, hydrogen, and iron and steel to address carbon leakage and ensure competitive parity with domestic producers under the UK Emissions Trading Scheme. Operating as a tax administered by HMRC, the mechanism will phase out free allowances over nine years while potentially exempting EU imports if UK-EU ETS linking negotiations succeed.
United Kingdom Environment
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Jones Day
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Travers Smith's Sustainability Insights: What Can (Private Markets) Investors Do About Climate Change?
A recent report challenges the conventional wisdom about investor-led climate action, arguing that asset managers and owners play only a supporting role in decarbonisation while government policy and technology development lead the way. The analysis examines whether private markets investors face similar constraints or possess greater agency to drive meaningful climate-related change through their portfolio companies.
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Travers Smith LLP
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Too Big To Ignore: Regulating The Data Centre Boom
As data centres transition from largely unregulated facilities to designated critical infrastructure, their environmental impact and energy consumption have come under unprecedented regulatory scrutiny. With the AI boom driving exponential growth in data centre capacity, new EU reporting requirements, energy audits, and forthcoming rating schemes are reshaping the investment landscape and forcing operators to balance digital expansion with climate commitments.
United Kingdom Energy
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Travers Smith LLP
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