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Environment & Planning - Horizon Scanner Infrastructure, Construction, Energy, July 2025

The Council of the EU's position on the proposal to simplify due diligence rules for batteries has been approved by the Committee of Permanent Representatives.

Ireland Environment

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Arthur Cox

Draft Regulation On Emissions Trading System Released For Public Consultation

The Climate Law No. 7552, published in the Official Gazette on July 9, 2025 and entering into force on the same date, serves as Turkey's first comprehensive framework law providing a legal basis for national policies and strategies in the fight against climate change.

Turkey Environment

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LBF Partners

ICJ Issues Landmark Opinion On Climate Change

On 23 July 2025, the International Court of Justice (ICJ) issued its landmark Advisory Opinion on Obligations of States in Respect of Climate Change, a defining moment in the legal response to the climate crisis.

European Union Environment

WL

Withers LLP

Emisyon Ticareti Sistemi'ne Dair Yönetmelik Taslağı Görüşe Açıldı

09 Temmuz 2025 tarihli Resmî Gazete'de yayımlanarak yürürlüğe giren ve Türkiye'nin iklim değişikliğiyle mücadelesine ilişkin ulusal politika ve stratejilerini yasal zemine kavuşturan ilk çerçeve kanun olan 7552 sayılı İklim Kanunu ("Kanun"), ...

Turkey Environment

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LBF Partners

7552 Sayılı İklim Kanunu: Türkiye'nin Karbonsuz Geleceğe Yasal Geçişi

Turkey Environment

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LBF Partners

Türkiye'nin İlk İklim Kanunu Yürürlüğe Girdi

Turkey Environment

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Sakar Law Office

Türkiye's First Climate Law Enters Into Force

Turkey Environment

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Sakar Law Office

First Informal Guidance Letters On Sustainability-Related Agreements: Key Takeaways From The European Commission

Belgium Environment

AP

Arnold & Porter

ESG Legal Update: Central And Eastern Europe And Central Asia Regions (Q2 2025)

Worldwide Environment

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Kinstellar

Judicial Review Of Planning Decision On Climate Grounds Successfully Defended

Ireland Environment

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William Fry

A Turning Point For Ocean Protection: The High Seas Treaty

Malta Environment

GA

Ganado Advocates

Climate Change And Property Law: How Changes Impact Real Estate

United Kingdom Environment

TS

Teacher Stern

Ympäristöasioiden yhden luukun palvelumalli käyttöön vuoden 2026 alusta alkaen – näin lupamenettelyt muuttuvat

Finland Environment

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Hannes Snellman Attorneys Ltd

Loi AGEC : SHEIN sanctionné, quelles obligations pour les entreprises ?

France Environment

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Haas Avocats

Government Announcement Of Changes To PRS Rent Controls (Video)

Ireland Real Estate

AC

Arthur Cox

'Good Jobs' Proposals: What Changes May Be Happening To Pay And Benefits In Northern Ireland?

Ireland Employment

LS

Lewis Silkin

ThinkHouse TUPE Club: Key Questions On A Service Provision Change (Video)

United Kingdom Employment

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Gowling WLG

Scheme Sessions Vol1.2025 - A Year Of The New DB Funding Regime: Where Are We Now? (Video)

United Kingdom Employment

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Gowling WLG

UK Creative Worker Visa: Key Requirements (Video)

United Kingdom Immigration

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Latitude Law

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Environment and Climate Regulation

Environmental Law

Environment & Planning - Horizon Scanner Infrastructure, Construction, Energy, July 2025

The Council of the EU's position on the proposal to simplify due diligence rules for batteries has been approved by the Committee of Permanent Representatives.

Ireland Environment

AC

Arthur Cox

Draft Regulation On Emissions Trading System Released For Public Consultation

The Climate Law No. 7552, published in the Official Gazette on July 9, 2025 and entering into force on the same date, serves as Turkey's first comprehensive framework law providing a legal basis for national policies and strategies in the fight against climate change.

Turkey Environment

LP

LBF Partners

ICJ Issues Landmark Opinion On Climate Change

On 23 July 2025, the International Court of Justice (ICJ) issued its landmark Advisory Opinion on Obligations of States in Respect of Climate Change, a defining moment in the legal response to the climate crisis.

European Union Environment

WL

Withers LLP

Emisyon Ticareti Sistemi'ne Dair Yönetmelik Taslağı Görüşe Açıldı

Turkey Environment

LP

LBF Partners

7552 Sayılı İklim Kanunu: Türkiye'nin Karbonsuz Geleceğe Yasal Geçişi

Turkey Environment

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LBF Partners

New US-DRC Minerals Dialogue Signals Long-Term Investment Potential

United Kingdom Energy

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IR Global

Announcement On The Draft Regulation Regarding The Turkish Emissions Trading System

Turkey Commercial

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Nazali

7554 Sayılı Kanun İle Maden Mevzuatında Yapılan Kapsamlı Değişiklikler

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Sakar Law Office

Comprehensive Amendments To The Mining Legislation Introduced By Law No. 7554

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Sakar Law Office

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Clean Air / Pollution

7552 Sayılı İklim Kanunu: Türkiye'nin Karbonsuz Geleceğe Yasal Geçişi

9 Temmuz 2025 tarihli Resmî Gazete'de yayımlanarak yürürlüğe giren 7552 sayılı İklim Kanunu ("İklim Kanunu" veya "Kanun"), Türkiye'nin iklim değişikliğiyle mücadeleye ilişkin...

Turkey Environment

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LBF Partners

The Pioneers: Financial Times Interview With Kimin Tanoto

'By embracing sustainability and focusing on lower-carbon steel processes, Kimin Tanoto is boldly reinventing his family's steel production company'.

Worldwide Energy

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Withers LLP

Plastics: Next Steps For The UN Global Plastics Treaty And Key UK And EU Regulatory Developments

The latest round of negotiations on the development of the UN Global Plastic Treaty will commence in Geneva, Switzerland, in August, aiming to deliver the first legally binding treaty tackling plastic pollution...

United Kingdom Tax

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Addleshaw Goddard

The Expanding Reach Of Environmental Criminal Law

United Kingdom Environment

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Devonshires

The Parent Trap: When UK Companies Face Liability For Overseas Harm

United Kingdom Commercial

HC

Herrington Carmichael

Winning Off the Pitch with vPPAs

United Kingdom Environment

TRAction

Energy And Infrastructure - Carbon Capture & Storage (Video)

United Kingdom Environment

TS

Travers Smith LLP

İmar Kirliliğine Neden Olma Suçu

Turkey Real Estate

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Urey Law Firm

Environment & Planning - Horizon Scanner Infrastructure, Construction, Energy: May 2025

Ireland Environment

AC

Arthur Cox

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EU & Regulatory Law

Environmental Law

Most of the Danish environmental regulation is based on directives from the EU.

Denmark Environment

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Moalem Weitemeyer Bendtsen Advokatpartnerselskab

Government Undecided On Company Reporting Of GHG Emissions

On 27 March 2011 the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) laid a report before Parliament on company reporting of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions.

United Kingdom Environment

CC

CMS Cameron McKenna Nabarro Olswang

CRC Simplification Consultation Launched

On 27 March 2012 the Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC) published long awaited proposals to simplify the CRC Energy Efficiency Scheme (CRC), the mandatory UK-wide scheme in respect of carbon emissions.

United Kingdom Energy

CC

CMS Cameron McKenna Nabarro Olswang

Evolution Not Revolution For The Water White Paper Says Lawyer

United Kingdom Government

BD

Bircham Dyson Bell LLP

Launch Of The LuxFLAG Environment Label

Luxembourg Strategy

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Wildgen

Developments In EU Ecodesign Law Reveal Forthcoming Product Categories

European Union Environment

VB

Van Bael & Bellis

Questions For The International Comparative Legal Guide To Environment Law And Climate Change Law 2011, Luxembourg Chapter

Luxembourg Environment

KG

KLEYR GRASSO ASSOCIES

Streamlining The CRC Energy Efficiency Scheme

United Kingdom Environment

MB

Mayer Brown

The Government Reliance On Market Mechanisms To Meet Carbon Emission Reduction Targets Is Too Narrow An Approach For These Critical Times, Says Lawyer

United Kingdom Environment

BD

Bircham Dyson Bell LLP

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Climate Change

Environment & Planning - Horizon Scanner Infrastructure, Construction, Energy, July 2025

The Council of the EU's position on the proposal to simplify due diligence rules for batteries has been approved by the Committee of Permanent Representatives.

Ireland Environment

AC

Arthur Cox

Draft Regulation On Emissions Trading System Released For Public Consultation

The Climate Law No. 7552, published in the Official Gazette on July 9, 2025 and entering into force on the same date, serves as Turkey's first comprehensive framework law providing a legal basis for national policies and strategies in the fight against climate change.

Turkey Environment

LP

LBF Partners

ICJ Issues Landmark Opinion On Climate Change

On 23 July 2025, the International Court of Justice (ICJ) issued its landmark Advisory Opinion on Obligations of States in Respect of Climate Change, a defining moment in the legal response to the climate crisis.

European Union Environment

WL

Withers LLP

Emisyon Ticareti Sistemi'ne Dair Yönetmelik Taslağı Görüşe Açıldı

Turkey Environment

LP

LBF Partners

7552 Sayılı İklim Kanunu: Türkiye'nin Karbonsuz Geleceğe Yasal Geçişi

Turkey Environment

LP

LBF Partners

Announcement On The Draft Regulation Regarding The Turkish Emissions Trading System

Turkey Commercial

N

Nazali

Türkiye's First Climate Law Enters Into Force

Turkey Environment

SO

Sakar Law Office

Türkiye'nin İlk İklim Kanunu Yürürlüğe Girdi

Turkey Environment

SO

Sakar Law Office

Climate Change And Property Law: How Changes Impact Real Estate

United Kingdom Environment

TS

Teacher Stern

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Latest Videos

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Climate Transition Planning: The Why And How (Video)

TS

Travers Smith LLP

S4:E11 – Beyond The Blueprint - Creating Places That Matter: 'Fear Less, Do More' With Helen Taylor (Video)

SO

Square One

COP28 Insights Mini-Series – Part 1 (Video)

MB

Mayer Brown

Hazardous Materials & Waste Management (Video)

WM

Walker Morris

Climate Change And Your Property Portfolio: Understanding The Long-Term Risks (Video)

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WTW

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