News & Analysis as of

Energy Policy United Nations

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

COP28 - December 5, 2023 Recap

Akin is participating at COP28 and providing regular updates from the conference. COP28 - December 5, 2023 Recap - - A draft of the first Global Stocktake (GST), the document that assesses countries’ progress toward...more

Gray Reed

COP 27 … More of the Same

Gray Reed on

We’ll end the year end with a look at “COP27”, the all-expense-paid shindig that was the 27th United Nations Climate Change Conference of the Parties, featuring exaggerations, hysteria, and outright misstatements burning with...more

Perkins Coie

COP27: Four Takeaways for Business Leaders

Perkins Coie on

The 27th United Nations Climate Change Conference of the Parties (COP27) was held in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt, in November 2020. While much was discussed, there are four takeaways that may be of greatest interest to business...more

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

This Week’s Climate Policy Update - November 2022 #3

[co-author: Kerry Mackenzie and Leila Fleming] The Federal Acquisition Regulatory Council (FAR Council) released a proposed rule that would establish greenhouse gas emissions reporting requirements that would impact...more

Stikeman Elliott LLP

COP26: Key Takeaways and Action Items on Climate Change (Part II)

Stikeman Elliott LLP on

In our previous post, we highlighted a number of global goals and campaigns aimed at addressing climate change. In this post, we examine climate change-oriented policies and initiatives that are being adopted by many...more

Stikeman Elliott LLP

COP26: Key Takeaways and Action Items on Climate Change (Part I)

Stikeman Elliott LLP on

In recent weeks, there has been a lot written about the COP26 United Nations Annual Climate Change Conference, which was held in Glasgow, Scotland between October 31 and November 13, 2021. The central goal of the COP26...more

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP

New Syria, North Korea and Other Sanctions Provisions Enacted as Parts of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year...

On December 20, 2019, President Trump signed into law the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2020 (“NDAA 2020”), which includes numerous sanctions-related provisions. The law includes the previously introduced...more

Spilman Thomas & Battle, PLLC

Currents - Energy Industry Insights - May 2018 #5

In an Internal Memo, the White House Considered Whether to Simply 'Ignore' Federal Climate Research - "The document, drafted September 18 by Michael Catanzaro, President Trump's special assistant for domestic energy and...more

Mintz - Energy & Sustainability Viewpoints

U.S. States, Cities, & Corporations Unite to Uphold Paris Climate Accord

On June 1st, 2017, President Trump announced that the United States would withdraw from the landmark Paris climate accord, sparking serious concern about the future of global efforts to mitigate climate change. In response,...more

Latham & Watkins LLP

China One of First Countries to Sign Paris Agreement

Latham & Watkins LLP on

China, along with leaders from more than 150 countries, signed the Paris Climate Change Agreement in New York on April 22, 2016. New York Signing Update - Following final negotiation on December 12, 2015, April 22,...more

King & Spalding

Trade & Manufacturing - January 2016

King & Spalding on

Important Decisions Reached in Nairobi at the WTO’s 10th Ministerial Conference - On December 19, the World Trade Organization (WTO) concluded its 10th Ministerial Conference in Nairobi, Kenya. The Ministerial...more

Mintz - ML Strategies

Energy & Environment Update - October 2015

Mintz - ML Strategies on

Energy and Climate Debate - With Congress avoiding a government shutdown by passing a continuing resolution last week, both the House and Senate are in session this week with full schedules, including several energy and...more

King & Spalding

The (further) Global Rise of District Energy: The United Nation’s push for District Energy in World Cities

King & Spalding on

Three years ago, we predicted the global rise of the district energy sector. The key drivers at the time were energy efficiency savings of up to 70% and reductions in greenhouse gas emissions. However, there were no policy...more

Mintz - Energy & Sustainability Viewpoints

Energy and Climate Happenings – Overview for the Remainder of 2015

The Obama Administration’s release of the final Clean Power Plan kicked off a busy second half of the year for climate and energy policy issues. As climate issues increasingly become an important part President Obama’s...more

Beveridge & Diamond PC

China’s International and Domestic Climate Change Policies: An Overview Leading up to Paris

Beveridge & Diamond PC on

In June, China submitted its climate policy pledges to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (“UNFCCC” or “Convention”) for the December 2015 Paris Climate Conference (“COP 21” or the “2015 Paris...more

Mintz

Energy & Environment Update - September 2014 #4

Mintz on

In This Issue: - Energy and Climate Debate - Congress - Administration - Department of Energy - Department of Housing and Urban Development - Department of Interior -...more

Mintz - ML Strategies

Africa Update - June 2014

Mintz - ML Strategies on

In This Issue: - Leading the News - United States – Africa Relations - North Africa - East Africa - West Africa - Sub-Saharan Africa - General Africa News - Excerpt from Leading the News: ...more

Mintz - Energy & Sustainability Viewpoints

ML Strategies’ Energy & Environment Update

The federal government released May 6 the Third National Climate Assessment, a comprehensive examination of peer-reviewed science on climate change impacts in the United States. The assessment echoes the findings of the most...more

18 Results
 / 
View per page
Page: of 1

"My best business intelligence, in one easy email…"

Your first step to building a free, personalized, morning email brief covering pertinent authors and topics on JD Supra:
*By using the service, you signify your acceptance of JD Supra's Privacy Policy.
- hide
- hide