Ahead of the 26th United Nations Climate Change Conference of the Parties (COP26) in November, organizations worldwide have committed to net zero targets and are working on how to deliver them. Legal professionals supporting these efforts by drafting climate-aligned legal agreements have a new resource: the Net Zero Toolkit from The Chancery Lane Project (TCLP). It’s based …
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Spotlight on the Legal Industry’s Climate Change Allies: Squire Patton Boggs
More than 200 legal professionals participated in a Net Zero Toolkit launch party with The Chancery Lane Project (TCLP) last week, demonstrating the strong interest in resources for lawyers drafting climate-aligned legal agreements. As organizations prepare to deliver their net zero targets ahead of the 26th United Nations Climate Change Conference of the Parties (COP26) in November, …
How Policy Traction on the Paris Climate Change Agreement May Take Hold
On April 22, 2016 – Earth Day – delegates from 150 nations gathered at United Nations headquarters in New York to sign the Paris Climate Change Agreement. The agreement was the signature product of the COP21 climate change talks held in Paris late last November, calling for participating countries to actively reduce greenhouse gas emissions …
