Clifford Chance

197 Governments (and the European Union) have ratified or acceded to the Paris Agreement, pledging to pursue efforts to limit the global temperature rise to 1.5°C above preindustrial levels. To meet the 1.5°C target, international action will have to bring about a clean energy transition that is unprecedented in scale and opportunity.

This briefing considers the operation of the knock for knock regime specifically in the context of offshore decommissioning contracts and considers its efficacy in managing the risks inherent in international offshore decommissioning operations.

The European Commission is proposing a new Critical Raw Materials Act to ensure that the EU has access to a secure and sustainable supply of critical raw materials which are crucial to clean energy transition. Here our experts explore the proposed Act and how it might protect EU Member States from supply risks.

The European Commission (the Commission) has issued proposals aiming to broadly equalise Europe's net zero industry with the US Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) and China's near-monopoly on many critical exports. As part of the EU Green Deal Industrial Plan, the Commission has released a legislative proposal for a Net-Zero Industry Act (NZIA).

As one of the first countries to enact net zero emissions legislation, the UK has led in its ambitions to deliver the net zero transition. The CBI, in partnership with Clifford Chance, worked with investors and businesses to identify “pull factors” for net zero investments and propose immediate actions that need to be prioritised by the government to strengthen the UK’s offer.

With increasing global demand for batteries to power the clean energy transition (including in automobiles), the opportunities and risks are multiplying. In this webinar, our international team featuring Michelle Williams, Thomas Voland, Rae Lindsay, James Pay, Vicky Ma and Peter Hughes surveyed the issues arising from new technology, new markets, and new deals, including those associated with mineral extraction (human rights and supply chain), regulatory changes and the race to find funding.

Our Worldwide Projects Group came together in Copenhagen to dive deep into the issues businesses face globally in the ambition to becoming Net Zero. Take a look at some of their predictions for what lies ahead around the world.