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Law beyond Modernity #4: Future Fit Legal Learning? That would be a good idea The urgent need to train lawyers to offer valuable advice in VUCA times.

Law beyond Modernity #4: Future Fit Legal Learning? That would be a good idea

French court convicts TotalEnergies over misleading climate claims

The Hyper Political Nature of International Environmental Law The recent post by Daniel Bodansky and Suan Biniaz on the possible chilling effects of the ICJ’s advisory opinion on climate change, as well as the recent ruminations on the state of the world  and th...

The Hyper Political Nature of International Environmental Law

Pakistani farmers to sue German polluters over climate-linked flood damage Claimants seek compensation from RWE and Heidelberg Materials after extreme flooding destroyed harvests

Pakistani farmers to sue German polluters over climate-linked flood damage

Singapore drafts framework for cross-border trade of renewable energy certificates within Asean It aims to help countries standardise their approaches for tracking and accounting of RECs Read more at The Business Times.

Singapore drafts framework for cross-border trade of renewable energy certificates within Asean

Let the courts decide? The Potential and Limitations of Climate Litigation from a Democracy Perspective Climate litigation has emerged as an important tool in addressing the gap between climate commitments and implementation. Since the late 1980s, nearly 3,000 cases have been brought worldwide, with a m...

Let the courts decide?
The Potential and Limitations of Climate Litigation from a Democracy Perspective

ESG's Green Loans and the governing Green Loan Principles

A Legal Perspective on Impact Investing and Greenwashing Risk For Ocean Protection: The Case of Blue Bonds

Systemic biodiversity litigation: how litigation addresses structural causes and drivers of biodiversity loss

Framework for environmental, social and human rights impact assessments and the right to a clean, healthy and sustainable environment

A scandal waiting to happen A case almost unknown to the British public raises profound questions of justice in the UK.

A scandal waiting to happen

Opportunities for corporate climate litigation in Southeast Asia

A Legal Perspective on Impact Investing and Greenwashing Risk For Ocean Protection: The Case of Blue Bonds

The pollution court case that could reach far beyond the banks of the River Wye The legal action is being taken on behalf of thousands of claimants.

The pollution court case that could reach far beyond the banks of the River Wye

Welcome! You are invited to join a webinar: ASEAN Taxonomy Board Version 4 Insights. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the webinar. Welcome! You are invited to join a webinar: ASEAN Taxonomy Board Version 4 Insights. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the webinar.

ASEAN Taxonomy Board Version 4 Insights

Guide to Transition Loans

Thousands in UK take legal action against Johnson & Johnson over alleged talc cancer link High court claim says company knowingly sold product containing asbestos and ‘concealed’ risk to public

Thousands in UK take legal action against Johnson & Johnson over alleged talc cancer link

US fiduciary duty law can justify both action and inaction on climate risk, report says Legal minefield makes fiduciaries afraid of misinterpreting their duties on climate, says report co-author Cynthia Hanawelt of the Sabin Center for Climate Change Law.

US fiduciary duty law can justify both action and inaction on climate risk, report says

Law beyond Modernity #3: Whatever happened to the Climate Emergency (and what does it mean for the role of law in the 21st century)? How the political pushback may force us to be lawyers first, businesses second, as the same attitude threatens rule of law, democracy and justice

Law beyond Modernity #3: Whatever happened to the Climate Emergency (and what does it mean for the role of law in the 21st century)?

Landmark global shipping deal abandoned under US threats - BBC News President Trump intervened in the talks calling the deal a "green scam".

Landmark deal to cut global shipping emissions in tatters after US pressure

The IMO and the law of the jungle The IMO has delayed its big climate vote for a year, avoiding its moment of truth on adopting the world’s first global carbon price. The anticlimax leaves shipping in the green purgatory to which it has become accustomed

The IMO and the law of the jungle

Red Tractor ad banned for misleading environmental claims - BBC News The Advertising Standards Authority upheld a complaint by environment charity River Action.

Red Tractor ad banned for misleading environmental claims

Singapore to impose green aviation fuel levy Singapore passes a new Bill to impose a fixed levy on departing flights, funding sustainable aviation fuel to decarbonize the industry. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at straitstimes.com.

Parliament passes Bill to allow Singapore to impose green aviation fuel levy on departing flights

The Right to a Healthy Environment in Practice: A Decade Before the Courts (2015-2025) The Right to a Healthy Environment in Practice: A Decade Before the Courts (2015-2025) Report identifies and examines trends and developments in the interpretation of the Right to Healthy Environment ...

The Right to a Healthy Environment in Practice: A Decade Before the Courts (2015-2025)

Environmental Justice in Law School Curricula and The Hong Kong Context

CCS Issues Guide to Help Businesses Make Clear and Accurate Product Claims

CCS Issues Guide to Help Businesses Make Clear and Accurate Product Claims

SVI and GAIL join forces to advance the True & Fair Project worldwide — Social Value International What does it take to make company accounts reflect reality? At Social Value International (SVI), we believe the answer lies in bringing together legal requirements with accounting frameworks. That’s w...

SVI and GAIL Join Forces to Advance the True & Fair Project Worldwide

Movement Lawyering Matters By Cynthia Houniuhi, Aditi Shetye, Johanna Gusman, and Joie Chowdhury Since the delivery of the historic International Court of Justice (ICJ) Advisory Opinion on States’ obligations in respect of c...

Movement Lawyering Matters

Over 3,000 climate litigation cases are reshaping global climate policy today Nairobi, 3 October 2025 – Climate litigation is now being pursued across more countries than ever before, according to a report published today by the UN Environment Programme (UNEP) and the Sabin Cen...

Over 3,000 climate litigation cases are reshaping global climate policy today

Climate risk is professional risk - new tools for commercial lawyers

Climate risk is professional risk – new tools for commercial lawyers