/Passle/5db069e28cb62309f866c3ee/MediaLibrary/Images/2024-11-29-19-48-10-618-674a1a7a4274e8ce3cc8e67b.jpg)
The COP29 climate summit concluded last Sunday in a flurry of last-minute negotiations met with tempered optimism from all sides. Here...
Reed Smith LLP
viewpoints
Welcome to Reed Smith's viewpoints — timely commentary from our lawyers on topics relevant to your business and wider industry. Browse to see the latest news and subscribe to receive updates on topics that matter to you, directly to your mailbox.
/Passle/5db069e28cb62309f866c3ee/MediaLibrary/Images/63485d80f636e916e4f1fd97/2023-09-29-09-58-05-994-65169fade73dc713446d9f98.jpg)
It is expected that climate finance will be high on the agenda at this years' COP28, which will be held at Dubai's Expo City from 30...
/Passle/5db069e28cb62309f866c3ee/MediaLibrary/Images/5f058bd78cb62a0eb4a69cda/2021-11-05-12-34-51-354-618524ebe5411c051c367f06.jpg)
With just two more days left at COP26, negotiators are facing pressure to agree and finalise a range of outstanding matters that have...
/Passle/5db069e28cb62309f866c3ee/MediaLibrary/Images/5f058bd78cb62a0eb4a69cda/2021-10-25-09-12-14-869-617674ee49b2340ab81367ba.jpg)
Article 6 issues are on the table to be resolved at COP26. Article 6 governs international carbon markets that allow countries to finance...
COP26 kicked off today with several world leaders expressing the need for urgent action to address global climate change. While remarks...
/Passle/5db069e28cb62309f866c3ee/MediaLibrary/Images/5fdc8ac6fac8ca1158b196b5/2023-12-05-22-28-00-481-656fa3f0e731a78dc6b4ae6c.jpg)
The doors have closed at COP28 after almost two weeks of negotiations held in Dubai in the UAE. This year’s conference marked the first...
/Passle/5db069e28cb62309f866c3ee/MediaLibrary/Images/5f058bd78cb62a0eb4a69cda/2021-11-05-13-48-19-371-61853623e5411c051c369815.jpg)
After breakthrough agreements being announced in week one of COP26, the parties refocused their efforts on negotiating remaining key...
/Passle/5db069e28cb62309f866c3ee/MediaLibrary/Images/5f058bd78cb62a0eb4a69cda/2021-10-21-15-05-20-311-617181b017af5b12e45ffb11.jpg)
The fate of carbon market mechanisms, voluntary carbon market transactions, and carbon finance hang in balance pending outcome of...
/Passle/5db069e28cb62309f866c3ee/SearchServiceImages/2024-11-19-12-24-21-599-673c83759e69c3dc65f423e6.jpg)
The first week of the COP29 climate summit in Baku ended with the expected amount of controversy and optimism. Dubbed the ‘climate...
As COP26 enters its second week, climate finance issues remain a notable point of contention in negotiations. Talks with respect to...
A climate pact is set to be unveiled at COP26, which is aimed at reducing methane emissions by 2030. The goal of the Global Methane...
Climate finance issues were the center of discussion on November 3, 2021, but climate finance issues permeated through nearly all other...
A new analysis by the Climate Action Tracker calculates that the world is heading for 2.4C of warming, far more than the 1.5C limit...
On 13 November 2021, the Paris Agreement Article 6 Rulebook was finally approved, after intensive negotiations over the course of COP26,...
Transport Day at COP26 will see the launch of: the declaration on accelerating the transition to 100% zero emission cars and vans;the...
/Passle/5db069e28cb62309f866c3ee/MediaLibrary/Images/5f058bd78cb62a0eb4a69cda/2021-11-03-13-59-47-369-618295d349b2340a4c4854fe.jpg)
Yesterday at COP26 in Glasgow, 42 countries including the UK and the US endorsed the Breakthrough Agenda, which is a commitment to work...