The last seven years have been the seven warmest on record for the planet, new data shows, as Earth’s temperature continues its precarious climb due to heat-trapping fossil fuel emissions. A new analysis by the European Union’s Copernicus Climate Change Service, which tracks global temperature and other climate indicators, found 2021 was the fifth-warmest year […]

From plastic pollution to extreme weather and the extinction crisis, the year ahead promises tough fights, enormous challenges and critical opportunities. A new year brings with it new opportunities — and more of the same environmental threats from the previous 12 months. But as we see year after year, many environmental issues tend to fly […]

The European Commission has proposed plans to classify some categories of gas and nuclear energy as green, drawing criticism from Germany. The proponents argue that the gas and nuclear energy sectors are necessary to aid the transition to cleaner energy use. But Germany’s environment minister called the plan “completely wrong”. This comes two months before […]

The ESG landscape will become more complex in 2022, and in-house counsel and compliance professionals should be aware of five emerging trends, say Crowell & Moring’s Thomas A. Lorenzen and Elizabeth B. Dawson. Findings of a recent Crowell survey shows that only about two-thirds of in-house counsel said they were up to speed on environmental […]