JONES DAY TALKS®: Real Assets Roundup - Episode 5: European Energy Transition, Investment and Security
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
Our energy regulatory teams across Europe provide updates to clients on a regular basis. This newsletter contains a selection of recent UK news items of relevance to the energy transition and more generally to the energy and...more
What a difference a few years can make. Three years ago, American corporations were falling over themselves to make advertising claims that they would achieve “net zero” carbon emissions or would be “carbon-neutral” by a...more
The Conference of the Parties, the decision-making body responsible for monitoring and reviewing the implementation of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, recently convened COP30, the 30th session of...more
HM Treasury (HMT) has published a letter from Rachel Reeves, Chancellor of the Exchequer, to Andrew Bailey, Bank of England Governor, setting out the remit and recommendations for the Financial Policy Committee (FPC) for...more
In July 2025, the UK government (along with the Scottish government, the Welsh government, and the Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs for Northern Ireland) (together "the Authority") published an interim...more
On November 27, 2025, the Governments of Canada and Alberta signed a memorandum of understanding (“MOU”) in which they agreed to collaborate, alongside Indigenous peoples, to develop energy infrastructure that supports...more
The UK Government's final draft of the National Policy Statement for nuclear energy generation (“EN-7”) introduces important changes to UK nuclear energy policy. Whilst further work is still required to give the nuclear...more
Welcome to Edition 38 of P2N0 covering the drive to avoid, reduce and remove greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions to progress to net-zero GHG emissions (NZE). P2N0 covers significant news items globally, reporting on them in short...more
The UK government has set itself an ambitious target for home building: 1.5 million new homes over the next Parliament with a target of 300,000 new homes per year. Originally published in PLC Construction - November 26,...more
This is the fifth in a ten-part article series on the legal strategies shaping the future of data centre development in the UK....more
On October 17, 2025, the International Maritime Organization (“IMO”) voted to delay, for 12 months, its long-awaited decision on adoption of rules to decarbonise international shipping. A new vote on the so-called IMO...more
The new National Policy Statement (NPS) for Nuclear Energy Generation (EN-7) published recently expands the types of nuclear power projects that can be consented under the DCO planning regime and allows for nuclear...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
On 6 November 2025, the Science Based Targets Initiative (SBTi) published a second draft of the Corporate Net-Zero Standard (the Standard) Version 2.0 for public consultation, which marks the next step in the revision process...more
The Energy Act 2023 represented a significant development in the UK’s energy policy. It introduced measures aimed at reducing carbon emissions across various sectors. ...more
Transition finance is emerging as a key market tool to enable companies operating in high-emitting or hard-to-abate sectors to access funding. While it has been much discussed, it has lacked frameworks that provided it with...more
Last year, we posted that the Environmental Working Group (“EWG”) had filed a lawsuit against Tyson Foods in DC Superior Court, accusing the country’s second-largest meat company of falsely claiming it will achieve net-zero...more
It’s that time of year again, time for me to give out the Golden Turkeys. As usual, I wait until the Nobels are done so the Turkeys can get the attention that they deserve. I’ve been in consultation with my editorial team,...more
Canada's budget 2025, released on November 4th, outlines the federal government's "Climate Competitiveness Strategy" as part of the government's new vision for climate-change policy. This is the liberal government's first...more
In the run-up to COP30 in Belém, we hosted “Capital, Carbon and Conservation: Investing in Brazil for Net Zero Gains,” a roundtable discussion in association with the Financial Services Committee and the Energy and...more
In late September 2025, Montana Attorney General Austin Knudsen, joined by 15 other state attorney generals, sent letters to several major technology companies launching an investigation into their renewable energy claims....more
The Arkansas Department of Energy and Environment (“E&E”) issued a November 17th news release stating that ABB Inc. (“ABB”) has become a Diamond Member in the Natural State Stewardship Program (“NSTEP”)....more
The Guide aims to unlock transition capital for hard to abate sectors and accelerate decarbonisation through a clear, cross border framework....more
On 29 October 2025, the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero ("DESNZ") published the Carbon Budget and Growth Delivery Plan (the "Plan")– a policy framework setting out how the UK will meet its statutory Carbon Budgets...more