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Australia
Holding Redlich
Climate-related risks associated with purchasing and developing land for infrastructure and how to mitigate the risks.
Stacks Law Firm
The federal government can effectively ignore the risk that fossil fuel projects pose to the environment.
Brazil
Tauil & Chequer
On March 28, 2024, Brazil's National Petroleum Agency (ANP) published the mandatory individual targets for reducing greenhouse gas emissions for 2024. These targets consider the global target of 38.78...
Leão Advogados Associados
Due to rapid industrialization and the consequent exacerbated use of fossil fuels, which are most responsible for global warming...
Tauil & Chequer
Following discussions during the 81st meeting of the Marine Environment Protection Committee (MEPC 81), which took place March 18–22, 2024, member states of the International Maritime...
Canada
Burnet, Duckworth & Palmer LLP
Since the release of the International Sustainability Standards Board's (ISSB) two international environmental-related disclosure standards last year (IFRS S1 and IFRS S2)...
Pallett Valo LLP
In March, the Canadian Sustainability Standards Board (CSSB), an organization formed to advance the adoption of sustainability disclosure standards in Canada...
McCarthy Tétrault LLP
On March 6, 2024, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC") adopted S7-10-22 – The Enhancement and Standardization of Climate-Related Disclosures for Investors (the "U.S. Rules").
Fasken
On April 4, 2024, less than one month after their release, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC") final climate disclosure rules (the "Rules") have been put on hold.
Davies Ward Phillips & Vineberg
March 2024 saw a flurry of significant climate-related disclosure announcements by North American securities regulators and standard setting bodies.
McCarthy Tétrault LLP
Car makers and electric vehicle battery makers (often referred to as "OEMs," or original equipment manufacturers) are increasingly moving upstream in the global metals supply chain to secure units of critical minerals.
India
BTG Advaya
On 28 February, 2024, the Reserve Bank of India ("RBI") released the Draft Disclosure Framework on Climate-related Financial Risks, 2024, for addressing climate-related financial risks...
Vaish Associates Advocates
Securities Exchange Board of India ("SEBI"), vide its circular dated August 24, 2023 ("FPI Circular"), had mandated additional disclosures for foreign portfolio investors ("FPIs") fulfilling certain objective criteria.
Ireland
Matheson
On 16 April 2024, the Central Bank of Ireland ("Central Bank") published S.I. No. 147 of 2024 Central Bank (Supervision and Enforcement) Act 2013 (Section 48(1))...
Arthur Cox
The provisional timetable for the RESS 4 auction is available. The qualification information pack will be published on 1 May 2024 and final auction results are expected...
Japan
Anderson Mori & Tomotsune
The Japanese Government has set targets to achieve carbon net-zero in 2050 and reduce greenhouse gas ("GHG") emissions by 46% in 2030 as compared to 2013...
Mongolia
GRATA International
The Financial Regulatory Commission of Mongolia ("FRC") approved the revision of the Corporate Governance Code ("Code") on March 23, 2022. Additionally, in August 2022...
Nigeria
Stren & Blan Partners
In recent years, Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) has emerged as a crucial method for assessing the sustainability and ethical practices of companies and projects across various industries.
Alliance Law Firm
Global warming, or climate change, is a phenomenon that occurs naturally, but over time, human activities have tripled the amount of greenhouse gases (GHGs) released into the atmosphere.
Schoenherr Attorneys at Law
As noted in our previous article on this topic, the CBAM is a new carbon tariff instrument introduced as part of the EU's Fit for 55 package, a strategy to reduce the EU's greenhouse gas...
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