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2 months ago | 
sustainability.slaughterandmay.com | Hywel Davies |Oliver Moir |Alexander Dustan |Aaron Wu
The blog below is an extract from Slaughter and May’s UK Energy and Infrastructure: What’s to come in 2025 publication. For information regarding other sector developments, please click here. North Sea Transition: Balancing energy jobs and Net Zero objectivesThe new Labour government has committed to ensuring a “phased and responsible transition” in the North Sea, the stated aim of which is to balance job protection while recognising oil and gas’s ongoing role in the UK’s energy mix.
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Jan 10, 2025 | 
sustainability.slaughterandmay.com | Hywel Davies |Richard Todd |Moira Thompson Oliver |Aaron Wu
Microplastics infiltrating food chains, the proliferation of plastic bags, and the Great Pacific Garbage Patch's expanding scope all underscore the imperative of mitigating plastic’s detrimental impacts. International efforts have traditionally focused on waste management and recycling, yet momentum toward a legally binding treaty addressing the entire lifecycle of plastics is accelerating.
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Nov 12, 2024 | 
sustainability.slaughterandmay.com | Samay Shah |Oliver Moir |Aaron Wu |Philippa Howell
In a world where borders are often seen as barriers, greenhouse gases remain unconfined, drifting across seas and skies, untethered to nations or geographies. The United Kingdom is now primed to erect a new type of border: motivated not by exclusion, but by accountability.
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Nov 7, 2024 | 
mdpi.com | Ming-Hsu Tsai |Chung-Han Lee |Aaron Wu |Yao-Ning Lei
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Oct 1, 2024 | 
medrxiv.org | Aaron Wu |Elif Coşkun |Malavika Prabhu |Emily Santos
Dr. Prabhu reports royalties from UpToDate, is a consultant for BabyList, Inc, and created a webinar on CMV for Medscape. Dr. Kakkar received research support from Altona Diagnostics. Dr. Pesch serves on the Board of Directors of the National CMV Foundation (unpaid), and is a paid consultant for Moderna Tx, WebMD, and 2ndMD. No other competing interests are reported. Financial support for this study was provided by the James and Audrey Foster MGH Research Scholars Award.
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Sep 16, 2024 | 
lexology.com | James Cook |Aaron Wu
We shared some views back in December 2023 around the UK government’s consultation on proposed regulations to improve the security and resilience of UK data infrastructure, part of which involved consideration as to whether to designate elements of the data centre sector as Critical National Infrastructure ('CNI'). The UK hosts the largest number of data centres in Western Europe, generating an estimated £4.6 billion in annual revenue, and is a key hub for connectivity worldwide.
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Aug 14, 2024 | 
sustainability.slaughterandmay.com | Sofía Hurtado Knaster |Samay Shah |Aaron Wu
Methane (CH4): a formidable greenhouse gas, air pollutant, major component of natural gas and second-largest contributor to climate change after carbon dioxide[1]. It can also be emitted during the production and transportation of oil and natural gas, both unintentionally from equipment imperfections, operations and maintenance, or equipment designed to vent methane for operational purposes.
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Jul 17, 2024 | 
lexology.com | Samay Shah |Aaron Wu
Click here to listen to the audioOver the past few years, the interest in the voluntary carbon market and the opportunities it presents for businesses has grown. Samay Shah and Aaron Wu are joined by Amy Merrill, Chief Executive Officer of The Integrity Council for the Voluntary Carbon Market (ICVCM), an independent, non-profit governance body for the Voluntary Carbon Market (VCM), which aims to maximise its potential to finance climate solutions.
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Jun 11, 2024 | 
lexology.com | Oliver Moir |Kathryn Emmett |Aaron Wu |Lisa Sabbage
Shortly after Rishi Sunak’s surprise announcement that the General Election will be held on 4 July 2024, the Government and civil service entered the “pre-election period of sensitivity”, colloquially referred to as “purdah”.
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May 28, 2024 | 
lexology.com | Philippa Harris |Aaron Wu |Martha Savage
The UN Supervisory Body (“SB”) established under Article 6.4 of the Paris Agreement to create a new international carbon crediting mechanism has created an Appeals and Grievance Procedure, which entered into force on 2 May 2024. The procedure allows people affected by decisions made under Article 6.4 to either appeal, or file a grievance against, those decisions. 1. BackgroundArticle 6.4 of the Paris Agreement establishes a new international carbon crediting mechanism.
