Welcome to the latest edition of the Linklaters global ESG Newsletter. This issue covers key developments from April 2026 - in the UK,...

On 28 April 2026, France announced a national roadmap with explicit end‑of-consumption targets for coal (by 2030), oil (by 2045) and...

On 22 April 2026, the European Commission published its AccelerateEU – Energy Union: Affordable and Secure Energy through Accelerated...

Welcome to the latest edition of the Linklaters global ESG Newsletter. This issue covers key developments from March 2026 - in the UK,...

The UK’s Energy Savings Opportunity Scheme ("ESOS") is an energy usage assessment scheme that requires in-scope organisations to audit...

On 10 March 2026, the European Commission published its Strategy for the development and deployment of Small Modular Reactors (SMRs) in...

On 4 March 2026, the European Commission published its long-awaited proposal for a regulation establishing a framework of measures for...

The Hamburg Declaration, signed in January 2026 by nine North Sea nations, represents an exciting opportunity for cross-border offshore...

On Tuesday 10 February 2026, our panel of experts explored the Energy & Infrastructure Legal Outlook 2026 and what it means for those...

Welcome to the latest edition of the Linklaters global ESG Newsletter.  This issue covers key developments from December 2025 and January...

The Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM) is a framework that addresses the risk of carbon leakage by ensuring that goods,...

The results of the seventh renewable contract for difference auction round (AR7) in January 2026 delivered the biggest single procurement...

On 28 November 2025, the Carbon Dioxide Storage and Transport Act (Kohlendioxid-Speicherungs- und Transportgesetz, KSpTG) entered into...

The December edition of our Global ESG Newsletter is now available and can be accessed here.  Our December issue covers key developments...

The Nuclear Regulatory Taskforce (the “Taskforce”), commissioned by the prime minister and led by John Fingleton, an economist and former...

On 14 November 2025 the English High Court handed down judgment in Município de Mariana v BHP. The court ruled in favour of the claimants...