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COP27: what were the key legal outcomes and successes?
World leaders and delegates came together at COP27 to coordinate their fights to end the climate crisis. But what do their decisions mean for the...
27 Jun 2023
Environmental Outcomes Reports consultation – Law Society response
We’ve responded to a government consultation on proposals for a new system environmental assessment.
20 Jun 2023

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Green leases: what are they and how do you draft them?
Green leases are one way both landlords and tenants can reduce the environmental impact of property. Georgia Jones outlines the key issues.
02 Feb 2023
Contracts, clauses and climate change: the net zero toolkit
We talk to The Chancery Lane Project about what lawyers can do to address the climate crisis and how the net zero toolkit can help....
13 Dec 2021
Q&A with Greener Litigation: environmentally sustainable litigation
Climate change is the greatest perceivable threat facing humanity. Greener Litigation explains more about its Pledge and how the legal profession can work towards environmentally sustainable litigation....
24 Nov 2021
Climate change: what will life look like in 2050?
In 2021, we asked experts to predict what life will be like in 2050. The remarkable findings were published in a report called Future Worlds...
22 Oct 2021