COP16 en Colombia: El Futuro de la Biodiversidad
The 30th United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP30) ended on November 22, 2025. Among other things, the package of decisions reflected in the Belém Political Package brings renewed focus on scaling up climate finance...more
Other than almost burning down the pavilion as a preview of the warmth of collectivism, and constructing a new highway through the diminishing Brazilian rain forest, nothing much, which means a lot. Minor dignitaries,...more
In November 2025, nearly 60,000 delegates arrived in Belém, Brazil for the 30th Conference of the Parties to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (“COP30”). Brazil, holding the presidency, promised a “COP of Truth”...more
The thirtieth Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), or COP30, concluded on Saturday 22 November 2025. Held in Belém, Brazil, it was marked by extreme weather...more
The 30th Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP30) carried lower expectations than some prior COPs. Without an official delegation from the U.S. in attendance and the 2015...more
Welcome to Horizon, DLA Piper’s monthly bulletin reporting on late-breaking legislative and policy developments in sustainability. Our aim is to scan the litigation, enforcement, and regulatory horizon to help inform business...more
Welcome to Edition 37 of P2N0 covering the drive to avoid, reduce and remove greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions to progress to net-zero GHG emissions (NZE)....more
With the 30th United Nations Climate Change Conference, “COP30” taking place in Belém, Brazil from the 10th to the 21st of November 2025, BCLP explore key themes emerging from the COP30 Agenda, and the potential discussions...more
The 30th UN Climate Change Conference of the Parties (“COP30”) will be held in Belem, Brazil from 10 to 21 November 2025. This COP is billed as the “COP of truth”, the implementation COP, where States will weigh how they are...more
In this article, we reflect on key trends in ESG over the second half of 2024 and look ahead at trends that may emerge in 2025. We analyze developments in the latter half of 2024, which were similar to those highlighted in...more
As delegates from the Indonesian government were in Azerbaijan making headline grabbing announcements at COP29, Baker Botts was pleased to host an evening seminar in Jakarta on 13 November 2024 with a panel of experts sharing...more
Baker Botts Partner, Michael Harrison, delves into the drive to achieve net-zero greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions (NZE). P2N0 highlights major global news items in concise summaries, with a focus on policy changes and project...more
Badged as “The Finance COP”, the UN Climate Change Conference in Baku (COP29) has drawn mixed reactions to its climate finance deal. However, the recognition of the role for both the private sector and multilateral agencies...more
With the CFTC still in the early stages of its fiscal year, in the month of November, we did not see a lot of action by way of publicly-released enforcement actions from the CFTC or enforcement-related public statements from...more
The 29th Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change ('UNFCCC') ('COP29') adopted decisions on Article 6 of the Paris Agreement. After nearly a decade of negotiations, the outcome of...more
During the 2024 campaign, President-elect Donald Trump promised his supporters that he would direct federal agencies on day one to “immediately remove every single burdensome regulation driving up the cost of goods.” For the...more
As we have previously reported over the last two weeks, the 29th Annual United Nations (UN) Climate Change Conference (COP29) focused heavily on climate finance and implementing key strategies for global emissions reduction,...more
With the commitment of no less than 22 countries at COP 28 to triple global nuclear power capacity by 2050, and the UK government’s announcement in its Spring Budget that it would buy two sites for two new nuclear power...more
The decarbonisation of the built environment is likely to be on the UK Government’s agenda as it looks to make good on its commitment at COP29 to cut carbon emissions by 81% from 1990s level by 2035. How will this be...more
Welcome to the Edition 19 of P2N0 covering the drive to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions to net-zero (NZE). P2N0 identifies significant news items globally, reporting on them in short form, focusing on policy settings...more
On November 11, 2024, one of the first substantive outcomes of the 29th Session of the UN Conference of the Parties to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP29) was approved. The President of COP19 introduced a...more
The previous annual finance goal (the New Collective Quantified Goal (NCGC)) of $100 billion expires this year. However, wealthy countries only met the pledge in full starting in 2022. Negotiation teams are working on draft...more
In this article, we provide an overview of country-led and private sector-driven key developments surrounding the recent United Nations Biodiversity Conference (COP16). The world is progressively recognizing that biodiversity...more
Day three of the 29th Annual United Nations Climate Change Conference COP29 saw the end of the first part of the high-level segment for heads of state and other global leaders in Baku as well as the announcement of...more