As has been well documented in the press over this month, a major focus at this COP27 was on the divide between the developed and...
We have now entered the realm of a new sustainable development agenda, known as "climate resilient development". The United Nations’...
With COP27 in Egypt this year and the UAE set to host COP28 next year, the Middle East’s climate credentials were in the spotlight. In...
Seemingly every other day of the 2022 United Nations Climate Change Conference or Conference of the Parties of the UNFCCC (“COP27,” which...
On 22 November 2022, we hosted a webinar where a panel of experts from our offices and alliance firms around the globe in Africa, Middle...
After two weeks of negotiations and complaints from the outside world on the absence of progress, COP27, which ran into Sunday morning,...
As was anticipated, COP27 did not make any great strides when it comes to the carbon markets (aka the “Article 6” rules). At COP26 last...
Before we launch into a summary of some of the key announcements in Week 1 of COP27, it’s important to manage expectations. First things...
With COP27 currently underway in Egypt and COP 28 taking place next year in the UAE, there is a renewed focus on the Middle East to take...
Since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in February this year, inflation has been spiralling and energy, food and cost of living crises are...
There have been some promising announcements on climate finance during Finance Day at COP27. It suggests that momentum may be building to...
The Transition Plan Taskforce (TPT) has published, for consultation, a sector-neutral disclosure framework and accompanying guidance with...
The Glasgow Financial Alliance for Net Zero (“GFANZ") has published its final report on recommendations and guidance on financial...
The second episode of our #LetsTalkESG podcast series is now live. Tune in to hear Linklaters partner, Waleed Rasromani, speak to Habib...
Global heads of state will meet in Sharm El-Sheikh in Egypt on 6-18 November 2022 for COP27, the United Nations annual climate summit, to...
What is COP27? "COP" stands for "Conference of the Parties" – that is, the countries that have signed up to the United Nations Framework...