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Inquiry into the Western Australian Domestic Gas Policy – Interim Report

COP27 and the EU energy sector – great expectations

The EU enters the COP27 summit with an ambitious vision to tackle climate change – will rhetoric match reality?The EU's climate commitments On 4 October …

Global M&A Outlook 2022: FOMO overcomes FOGO

Our annual M&A review covers key trends like ESG, activist investors and security screening as the post-Covid rebound drives acquirers back to the …

Climate change: succeed in a net-zero future

The risks associated with climate change go way beyond the purely environmental.In our climate change briefing we consider at a high level the political, …

German energy law violates EU directive - Unbundling and regulatory independence fall short

Uncertainty for business as ECJ presses Germany to bolster watchdog independence and extend scope of unbundling rulesOn 2 September 2021, the European …

The EU is defining green business – now it has social factors in its sights

Brussels considers extending the Taxonomy Regulation to include social objectives like human rights. The implications – and complications – are hugeIf …

Key UN climate panel issues 2021 report - Signalling the way

As the UN's Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change releases its AR6 report - we assess the ramifications for business.The United Nations …

Future Cities Series: A delicate symbiosis – Green cities and the mining sector

The next chapter for mining: Bigger, cleaner and more crucial than ever for low carbon cities.By now, it’s widely accepted that our cities of the future …

Future Cities Series: Smart joint ventures and the climate challenge

With Covid-19 and climate change targets set to drive dramatic change in property use, we explore smarter ways to deploy city real estate.Great change is …

Future Cities Series: Key themes and industry perspectives

Our experts zero in on a cross-section of key topics as policymakers and businesses regroup for a post-pandemic era.  As part of our series exploring the …

Hydrogen in Germany – Can it live up to billing?

With Germany setting out ambitions to be a world leader in green hydrogen, we ask if its clean energy agenda is on course.The energy transition is …