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 →
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 →
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 →
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 →
Supply Chain Considerations and Climate Change
The principles of a circular economy offer one solution to improving supply chain issues. More →
Tort Law and Climate Change
Tort law, traditionally focused on personal injuries and property damage, may also address damage caused by climate change. More →
Trade Law and Climate Change
Trade mechanisms are becoming a central aspect of international climate policy and diplomacy. More →
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