Samay Shah

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.

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.

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.

Mar 18, 2024 | lexology.com | Samay Shah |Aaron Wu

A formerly-stalwart champion of the Energy Charter Treaty (‘ECT’), the UK confirmed its intention on 22 February 2024 to withdraw from the treaty. Its actions, in untethering itself from the ECT, follows those of nine EU Member States,[1] and calls from the European Commission for a co-ordinated EU withdrawal.[2] The UK’s withdrawal significantly shifts its approach to energy policy and international investment protection.

Feb 15, 2024 | lexology.com | Hywel Davies |Samay Shah |Oliver Moir |Aaron Wu |Kathryn Emmett

The European Commission’s ambitious recommendations to dramatically reduce the EU’s net greenhouse gas emissions by 90 per cent by 2040, published last week, foreshadow new regulatory measures to establish a European carbon dioxide (CO2) transport and storage market. In this article, we investigate certain regulatory barriers that the Commission may seek to address. At the outset, several interlocking international legal instruments regulate the transboundary shipment of CO2.