United States: Climate Change

California AG Rob Bonta settled for a total of over $3.35 million with three plastic bag producers to resolve allegations that their bags failed to meet...

On January 9, 2026, the Ninth Circuit heard oral argument in an appeal challenging California's climate reporting laws: SB 253 (emissions disclosure) and SB 261...

As previously reported in earlier forecasts, New York enacted the Climate Change Superfund Act (CCSA) in December 2024, adding ECL Article 76 and establishing a climate-change adaptation cost-recovery program administered...

California's corporate climate disclosure litigation now turns on a question bigger than climate policy: how far a government can go in drafting corporate speech for regulated businesses.

On December 9, 2025, the California Air Resources Board (CARB) issued draft regulations for implementing California's climate disclosure laws, SB 253 (the Climate Corporate Data Accountability Act) and SB 261...

The sector is in growth mode, but when assessing investment opportunities and hold periods, and negotiating contracts and pricing, sustainability-related regulatory...

On December 1, the California Air Resources Board ("CARB") issued an Enforcement Advisory stating that it will not enforce California Health & Safety Code § 38533 against covered entities for failing to post and submit their Climate-Related Financial Risk Report under Senate Bill 261 (the Climate-related Financial Risk Act) by the reporting deadline of January 1, 2026.

As things stand, the common consensus is that all NDCs, taken together, will not be sufficient to achieve the objective of the Paris Agreement (the Reduction Gap).

The Middle East has long been at the heart of the global energy story. For decades, the region's oil exports have powered the global economy and fuelled national development.