Victoria joins New South Wales and Queensland in decentralising the path towards “Net Zero”, setting out a roadmap for development of its renewable energy zones (REZ), including the establishment of VicGrid to oversee planning and development, and allocating a AUS$540 million REZ Fund in the State Budget. Snapshot A new entity ‘VicGrid’ is being established … Read more

We recently published an article on this page highlighting the challenges and opportunities downstream plastics producers face as the world looks at ways of closing the loop on plastic waste (link). In that article, we described some of the emerging technologies to address the issue, as well as took a brief look as some of … Read more

EU Taxonomy Regulation – proposed technical screening criteria for climate change mitigation and adaptation On 20 November 2020 the European Commission published the proposed draft technical screening criteria for climate change mitigation and adaptation in the form of a draft delegated regulation, which was open to consultation until 18 December 2020. The Taxonomy Regulation came … Read more

A French version of this article is available here. France set out in its 2020 hydrogen strategy ambitious goals of becoming a world-leader in the hydrogen sector. One important tool in furthering this strategy is the development of a clear regulatory scheme tailored to the H2 ecosystem. Recently, the Government published a draft hydrogen ordonnance … Read more

Fighting climate change is a particularly relevant goal for Latin America since it is home to half of the planet’s biodiversity and over a quarter of its forests.[1]  It therefore does not come as a surprise that all the Latin American and Caribbean countries ratified the Paris Agreement between 2016 and 2018.  The Paris Agreement aims to limit global warming … Read more

On 4 February 2021, the European Commission’s long-awaited Conference on Competition Policy Contributing to the European Green Deal took place (see our previous blog on the consultation preceding the conference here).  The conference was opened by Commission Executive Vice President and Commissioner in charge of competition policy, Margrethe Vestager. The European Green Deal, announced in December … Read more

The post below was first published on our Public Law Notes blog In November 2020, the government announced an ambitious ten-point plan to boost green jobs and reach net-zero. The plan was the most recent recognition at a national-level of the pressing need to combat climate change. It addresses an expansive set of topics: from offshore wind to walking … Read more

The High Court held in Havant Biogas Ltd & Ors v Gas & Electricity Markets Authority [2021] EWHC 84 (Admin) that Ofgem’s refusal to register the claimants as producers for a subsidy scheme contained public law errors in relation to the registration requirements and so remitted the applications to Ofgem for reconsideration. The case demonstrates the importance of … Read more