Philippa Harris

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.

Dec 18, 2023 | lexology.com | David Watkins |Harry G. Hecht |Azadeh Nassiri |Samantha Brady |Gabriel Lim |George Murray | +4 more

The 28th Conference of the Parties to the UN's Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP28) drew to a late close last week following last minute negotiations over the headline text from the negotiations, the Global Stocktake Text (GST). Below, we summarise the international commitments made in the GST, and consider three significant developments for businesses coming out of COP28: the energy transition, climate finance, the just transition, and the role of nature.

May 17, 2023 | thelancet.com | Esther Lau |Sabine Kleinert |Philippa Harris |Jie Cai

As we mark the 200th anniversary of The Lancet in 2023, we are using this opportunity to draw attention to health issues that we see as critical priorities (“Spotlights”) for the present century. One of the five Spotlights is on child and adolescent health, which has the following key asks.