Just Transition

Antitrust (Competition) Law and Climate Change

Antitrust law not only prevents anticompetitive practices but acts as a catalyst for green innovation and technologies. More →

Climate Change Litigation in the US

Climate change litigation is an avenue for challenging insufficient government and private industry responses to climate change. More →

Company Law and Climate Change

Companies have a key role to play in the net zero transition, and are subject to a growing number of legal requirements related to climate change. More →

Contract Law and Climate Change

Contracts can create specific obligations that may be pivotal to the transition to net zero. More →

Corporation Law and Climate Change

Legal tools are being deployed within existing corporation law frameworks to hold corporations accountable for their environmental impacts. More →

Criminal Law and Climate Change

Both climate activists and greenhouse gas emitters may need to worry about criminal law. More →

Employment Law and Climate Change

The net zero transition is changing workplaces, creating climate-related employment law issues. More →

Environmental Law and Climate Change

Climate change is linked to many other environmental issues and the legal regimes that aim to address them. More →

Environmental Law and Climate Change

Environmental law remains one of the principal legal areas in which climate change is confronted directly. More →

European Union Law and Climate Change

The European Union has many important climate laws which remain relevant to the UK. More →

Human Rights and Climate Change

Over the last two decades, a global consensus has emerged that climate change has human rights implications. More →

Human Rights Law and Climate Change

Human rights are closely linked to climate change, creating challenges and opportunities for human rights law regimes. More →

Immigration Law and Climate Change

Climate change will drive migration, which immigration law must facilitate. More →

Immigration Law and Climate Change

Immigration law in the US in its current form is ill-equipped to deal with the challenges posed by climate change. More →

Insurance Law and Climate Change

The interplay between insurance law and climate change raises complex legal questions. More →

Intellectual Property Law and Climate Change

Intellectual property law is highly relevant to the many new products and technologies that address climate change. More →

International Trade Law and Climate Change

Trade law and policy has been central to the growth of global emissions and will be instrumental to effectuating a global green transition. More →

Investment Treaty Arbitration and Climate Change

Investment treaty arbitration plays an increasingly important role in disputes over policies aimed at mitigating climate change. More →

Maritime Law and Climate Change

Climate change is having a significant impact on oceans, which in turn influences the legal frameworks which govern them. More →

Planning Law and Climate Change

Planning law can be leveraged to ensure low-carbon development and accelerate the deployment of green infrastructure. More →

Property Law and Climate Change

Legal mechanisms may help buyers, sellers, and renters address climate change. More →

Public International Law and Climate Change

A new international law regime has emerged to address climate change, and the climate crisis is closely intertwined with many other areas of international law. More →

Public International Law and Climate Change

The international climate regime works in conjunction with public international law to address the direct and indirect impacts of climate change. More →

Securities Law and Climate Change

The convergence of climate change and financial regulations has implications for the financial sector and its regulatory frameworks. More →