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Topic: Climate and Environment
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Rewriting the Rules – Pathways to Legal Systems Change by Indy Johar
A keynote session at the GAIL Annual Summit 2024 delving into the very roots of our legal systems, challenging conventional thinking and necessitating a re-evaluation of our legal and economic frameworks and the role of lawyers in bringing about this transformation.
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APAC Impact Law Initiatives – From Climate Contracts to Blended Finance
In collaboration with LITE Lab@HKU x TCLP Climate Contracting Initiative, GAIL APAC is organising this in-person roundtable to highlight its recently published “Unlocking the Legal Pathways for Blended Finance” report, in particular its Asia chapter and case studies, together with a spotlight on recent initiatives to develop green legal documentation in Singapore, Hong Kong and beyond.
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Leveraging Law and Economics to Tackle Climate Change by Professor Elizabeth Robinson
A keynote session at the GAIL Annual Summit 2024 on the crucial intersection of law, economics, and climate action, with a focus on attributing health outcomes to emissions, paving the way for accountability among emitters, the potential for litigation for damages and creating incentives to steer large emitters away from fossil fuels.
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Pioneers Post: Why Mother Nature should be a ‘she’ not an ‘it’
Pioneers Post’s Editors Post highlights the role of lawyers in leading the way for nature and takes note of The Global Alliance of Impact Lawyers’ Annual Summit 2024.
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Embracing the Cracks, Midwifing the Convergence, Creating the Coherence
This article by The Uncertain Solicitor illustrates how many significant voices are expressing opinions about the need for new ways to engage with the world around us and identifies roles for lawyers in bringing these individual interventions into a coherent and compelling new narrative.
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Embracing Global Sustainable Corporate Governance
In the evolving global ESG landscape, the European Union stands at the forefront, pioneering a set of regulations reshaping how companies worldwide approach sustainability and social responsibility. Paola Fonseca and Roberto Randazzo illuminate the path for businesses navigating the complex terrain of global ESG implications.
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The Commonwealth Climate and Law Initiative (CCLI) new legal opinion: Nature-related risks and directors’ duties under the law of England and Wales
The Commonwealth Climate and Law Initiative (CCLI) and Pollination publish a landmark new legal opinion: Nature-related risks and directors’ duties under the law of England and Wales.
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GAIL Asia Pacific presents Issue 3 of the Impact Lawyers Journal
The third edition of the Impact Lawyers Journal features articles on Sharing Responsibility for Sustainable Supply Chains under the European Union Deforestation-free Regulation; impact law updates from China and Japan, APAC perspectives on impact approaches in PE and VC, and much more.
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Embracing Global Sustainable Corporate Governance
Join our webinar, “Embracing Global Sustainable Corporate Governance,” to explore the forefront of sustainability-related regulations and their far-reaching impact beyond geographical borders.
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UN Race to Zero consultation on draft guidance on “Serviced Emissions” of professional service providers
Webinar and discussion to explore what the guidance means for the legal profession hosted by the LSA and Legal Charter 1.5. Panel speakers include members of the UN Race to Zero Climate Champions David Hunter (Senior Counsel Bates Wells, and member of the Race to Zero working group) and Rob Clarke (lawyer Client Earth and…