Incoming: Mandatory Climate Risk Disclosures in Australia -
The Climate-Related Financial Disclosure Consultation Paper proposes that, commencing with the 2024/2025 financial year, large, listed entities and large...more
REGULATORY ISSUES & UPDATES -
European Taxonomy Regulation Extended to Natural Gas and Nuclear Energy -
The regulation is likely to create new opportunities for natural gas and nuclear energy in the European Union,...more
REDD+ National Strategy -
In its effort to tackle climate change and the registered emissions in the country, Mexico has developed the National Strategy for Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation...more
The delegated regulation includes a new comprehensive and unified reporting methodology to direct investments toward environmentally sustainable economic activities....more
3/1/2022
/ Climate Action Plan ,
Climate Change ,
Environmental Policies ,
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) ,
Environmental Social & Governance (ESG) ,
EU ,
Greenhouse Gas Emissions ,
Investment ,
Investor State Dispute Settlement (ISDS) ,
Net Zero ,
Real Estate Development ,
Regulatory Reform ,
Taxonomy
Climate Change Regulatory Issues & Updates -
New NEPA Proposed Rule from CEQ Leaves Uncertain How U.S. Federal Agencies Must Assess Climate Change Impacts -
On October 7, 2021, the Council on Environmental Quality...more
11/5/2021
/ Advertising ,
Biden Administration ,
Carbon Emissions ,
CEQ ,
Climate Action Plan ,
Climate Change ,
Environmental Policies ,
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) ,
Greenhouse Gas Emissions ,
Greenwashing ,
Marketing ,
NEPA ,
Oil & Gas ,
Regulatory Agenda
On September 30, 2021, Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador sent the Reform Initiative to the House of Representatives and the United Commission of Constitutional and Energy Matters for review and plenary voting....more
Climate Change Regulatory Issues & Updates -
European Climate Law Sets a Binding Objective of Climate Neutrality by 2050 -
The recently adopted European Climate Law calls for the necessity to address "the growing...more
7/28/2021
/ Cap-and-Trade ,
Carbon Emissions ,
Climate Change ,
Environmental Policies ,
Fair Dealing Exception ,
Greenhouse Gas Emissions ,
Infrastructure ,
Mineral Leases ,
NEPA ,
Offshore Lease ,
Oil & Gas
Precedents and Goals on Climate Change -
In accordance with Mexican legal precedents, climate change is the "[v]ariation of the climate directly or indirectly attributed to human activity, which alters the composition of...more
Climate Change Regulatory Issues & Updates -
Interim Update on Biden Administration Climate Change Initiatives -
The last edition of the Climate Report discussed President Biden's signing, on his first day in office,...more
On March 26, 2021, Mexico President López Obrador sent a bill to Congress to modify the country's hydrocarbons law (the "Draft Bill").
Under the Draft Bill, (i) the granting of import, commercialization, and distribution...more
The Situation: In March 2021, the reform to the Mexican Electricity Industry Law (the "Electricity Reform") came into effect. It is a material modification of the sector rules that attracted national and foreign investment to...more
Climate Change Regulatory Issues & Updates -
Biden Administration Takes Early Action on Climate Change -
In its first week in office, the Biden Administration took initial steps to meet its ambitious goals to address...more
[co-author: Juan Huertas]
Even as the world gradually eases out of lockdown, deals are rekindled and services are remobilized, no one doubts that the impact of the pandemic will continue to be felt for months and, some...more
6/26/2020
/ Construction Contracts ,
Construction Industry ,
Construction Project ,
Contract Disputes ,
Contract Terms ,
Coronavirus/COVID-19 ,
Force Majeure Clause ,
General Contractors ,
Infrastructure ,
Performance Standards ,
Subcontractors
Climate Change Regulatory Issues & Updates -
Trump Administration Plans Overhaul of NEPA Review Process
The proposed rule changes would considerably limit the scope of environmental reviews of planned energy and...more
3/9/2020
/ Clean Air Act ,
Climate Change ,
Deregulation ,
Energy Sector ,
Environmental Policies ,
Environmental Social & Governance (ESG) ,
Greenhouse Gas Emissions ,
NEPA ,
Power Purchase Agreements ,
Renewable Energy ,
Trump Administration
Climate Change Regulatory Issues & Updates -
French Parliament Adopts Ambitious Energy-Climate Law -
On September 26, 2019, the French Parliament adopted the "Energy-Climate" law, which sets the framework, ambitions,...more
US. REGULATORY AND LITIGATION DEVELOPMENTS -
EPA PROPOSES TO RESCIND CLEAN POWER PLAN -
What EPA Did -
In a decision expected and promised since the election of President Donald Trump, the United States...more
11/27/2017
/ Air Pollution ,
Carbon Emissions ,
Clean Air Act ,
Clean Power Plan ,
Climate Change ,
Company Vehicles ,
Electric Vehicles ,
Energy Sector ,
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) ,
Fracking ,
France ,
Global Warming ,
Greenhouse Gas Emissions ,
Investors ,
Land-Use Permits ,
Netherlands ,
Nonprofits ,
Oil & Gas ,
Paris Agreement ,
Popular ,
Renewable Energy ,
Rescission ,
Stakeholder Engagement ,
Sustainable Business Practices
On March 31, 2017, the Ministry of Environment and Natural Resources published general administrative provisions in the Official Gazette of the Federation. These administrative provisions establish the guidelines for...more