On January 21, 2026, the German Federal Cabinet adopted a draft bill to implement the EU’s revised Industrial Emissions Directive (Directive (EU) 2024/1785, “IED 2.0”), marking a major step toward stricter environmental...more
2/3/2026
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On December 16, 2025, and December 17, 2025, the European Parliament (EP) formally approved simplifications and postponements of the European Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (CSRD), the European Corporate...more
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Latest Developments on the EU Taxonomy Regulation -
As part of the broader "Omnibus" package for the simplification and revision of recent EU ESG rules, the European Commission has moved...more
12/15/2025
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On December 12, 2025, representatives of the European Parliament (EP) and the Council of the European Union (Council) provisionally agreed on a new Regulation concerning the management of end-of-life vehicles and circularity...more
On December 9, 2025, negotiators of the Council of the European Union (Council) and the European Parliament (EP) reached a provisional agreement to simplify the Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (CSRD) and the...more
The European Court of Human Rights ("ECtHR") decision in Hauke Leif Engels and Others v. Germany clarifies how the admissibility of climate-related human rights claims will be assessed following the court's landmark...more
12/10/2025
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11 Germany’s shortage of affordable housing in urban centers remains one of the country’s biggest challenges. After successive federal governments set ambitious nationwide construction targets – culminating in pledges of up...more
11/10/2025
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The German government has taken a significant step to accelerate the hydrogen economy with the recent approval by the Federal Cabinet of the Hydrogen Acceleration Act (Wasserstoff-Beschleungigungsgesetz). This new legislation...more
10/3/2025
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