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Global Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) Outlook and Regulations: What to Expect in 2023 and Beyond

Environment + Energy Leader

It’s been an eventful last few years for Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG), as increasing stakeholder demand for companies to improve their sustainability transparency has transformed the business world, pushing ESG discussions into places they’d never been.

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Federal Government Advances Big Water Projects

Circle of Blue

By Brett Walton, Circle of Blue – January 17, 2023. Before ending its session and swearing in new members, Congress passed a fiscal year 2023 budget with key provisions for water infrastructure and disaster recovery. The post Federal Government Advances Big Water Projects appeared first on Circle of Blue.

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Future Trends in Climate Litigation Against Governments

Law Columbia

National governments are the most important systemic actors in the governance of climate action, primarily because they are the only actors with the ability to adopt economy-wide decarbonization measures. Over 80 government framework cases have been filed around the world, using a wide variety of legal and factual arguments.

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UK Government Announces New Import Carbon Pricing Mechanism

Clean Energy Law

Green , and James Bee On 18 December 2023, the UK government announced a proposal for a new carbon border adjustment mechanism (UK CBAM). The government intends the UK CBAM to work alongside the UK ETS to mitigate the risk of carbon leakage. Davies , Michael D.

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Sabin Center Publishes Report on Climate Litigation in 2023

Law Columbia

Today, the Sabin Center published an end-of-year report on the state of climate change litigation in 2023. The report begins with a brief analysis of the growth of climate litigation in 2023, both in terms of the number of cases and the jurisdictions included in the databases. Drawing from the Sabin Center’s United States (U.S.)

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Indigenous and Environmental Groups Denounce Government Inaction on First Anniversary of Imperial Oil Tailings Disaster

Enviromental Defense

Governments watch as oil companies break the rules, raking in record profits while leaving an environmental disaster. It must be dismantled and rebuilt with a co-governing body, where downstream impacted Indigenous communities have policy-making authority and leadership roles,” said Jesse Cardinal, Executive Director at Keepers of the Water.

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Montana “Youth Citizens” Win Landmark Climate Change Case Against State Government

Legal Planet

Judge Seeley did so after presiding over a two-week, non-jury trial in June 2023–the first such climate change trial in U.S. In a series of pretrial motions, the Montana government defendants had pressed a number of procedural arguments in an effort to get the Held lawsuit dismissed. legal history. United States. Stay tuned.