23 May, 2022 REPowerEU: Reinventing Europe's energy architecture By Linklaters Introduction On 18 May 2022, the European Commission presented its €300 billion REPowerEU plan to cut the EU fully loose from its largest...
21 Feb, 2022 ESG Outlook 2022: key global themes and what these mean for business By Sara Feijao David Ballegeer Brad Caswell Benjamin Maconick Gilly Hutchinson +2 more... Show less On 8 February, we hosted a webinar with some of our ESG experts - David Ballegeer, Brad Caswell, Benjamin Maconick and Gilly Hutchinson -...
21 Jan, 2022 ESG Outlook 2022: our top predictions By Sara Feijao Vanessa Havard-Williams Rachel Barrett Elaine Choo Susana Majid +2 more... Show less The Linklaters ESG Outlook 2022 has landed, with our top predictions for key ESG themes globally, as well as in the EU, UK, US, Asia and...
20 Dec, 2021 The Middle East: COP26 and the journey to net zero By Gilly Hutchinson Deepika Sriram There is a renewed focus on the Middle East to show leadership and initiative on tackling issues of climate change with the official...
23 Nov, 2021 COP26: what does the outcome mean for business in Asia? By Gilly Hutchinson As COP26 has now finished, what does it mean for those businesses in Asia? We look at some of the key announcements made during the...
23 Nov, 2021 COP26: Tech in the spotlight By Alexia Christie Post-COP26, the tech sector is squarely in the spotlight. COP26 gives us a clear direction of travel – and the world needs the tech...
22 Nov, 2021 China issues action plan for achieving carbon peak emissions and carbon neutrality ahead of COP26 By Gilly Hutchinson Amy Ding In October 2021, ahead of the start of COP26, the State Council of China (in conjunction with the Central Committee of the Communist...
18 Nov, 2021 COP26 is over: what does it mean for business in the US? By Mas Harntha Doug Davison Jason Manketo Brad Caswell Menaka Nayar Mina Whangbo +3 more... Show less Much of the world’s attention has been riveted by the events at the recently completed COP26, which has so far resulted in a number of...
18 Nov, 2021 COP26 is over: what does the outcome mean for business in Germany? By Sebastian Meyn Markus Appel Alexandros Chatzinerantzis COP26 has come to an end on Saturday 13 November 2021 with a final agreement known as the “Glasgow Climate Pact” after two weeks of...
18 Nov, 2021 COP26: what was decided and what does it mean for business in the UK and EU? By Sara Feijao Vanessa Havard-Williams Rachel Barrett Claudia Parzani Silke Bernard David Ballegeer +3 more... Show less After two weeks of frantic negotiations and a tsunami of net zero announcements, COP26 has finally come to an end. So what does it mean...
16 Nov, 2021 COP26: US and China issue joint statement on enhanced climate action in the 2020s By Sara Feijao Gilly Hutchinson On 10 November 2021, the US and China issued a Joint Statement at COP26 setting out the various climate actions they plan to cooperate...
15 Nov, 2021 COP26: Week 2 recap By Iyes Igiehon Sara Feijao With COP26 now finished, we look at some of the key announcements made during Week 2: Glasgow Climate Pact - The 197 countries...
12 Nov, 2021 Next year's COP to be hosted in Egypt and UAE in 2023 By Sara Feijao As we approach the end of COP26, it's been announced that next year's COP will be hosted in Egypt and the UAE will host the following COP...
12 Nov, 2021 COP26: Russia announces new green taxonomy By Anna Saenko Russia has announced at the United Nations climate summit, COP26, that is taking place in Glasgow that it has adopted a green taxonomy...
09 Nov, 2021 COP26: UK wants to be world first net zero financial centre and more detail about mandatory climate transition plans By Sara Feijao Vanessa Havard-Williams Rachel Barrett Iyes Igiehon Lucy Fergusson Wilma Rix +3 more... Show less The UK Chancellor, Rishi Sunak, announced on 3 November 2021 (i.e. finance day at COP26) that it wants the UK to be the world’s first net...
08 Nov, 2021 COP26: GFANZ members commit $130 trillion of private capital to net zero transition By Iyes Igiehon You may have heard the term GFANZ over the last few days. It is not a new range of green fans or the name of an Ali G fan club. It is in...