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We organise free online events to share our legal insights on integrating climate and nature risks into corporate and investor governance frameworks and strategies. With input from various disciplines, our events are designed to help directors, officers and trustees navigate fast-changing landscapes amid the disruptions of climate change, the global net-zero transition and nature degradation.
Our experts regularly speak at webinars, conferences and other public or private events. If you’re interested in collaborating with us, please get in touch.

Our upcoming events

16 July 25

Litigation risk in the new physical and transition risk landscape: who will pay? – Oxford Sustainable Finance Summit 2025

Business and investors face increasing risks of climate-related shock and disruption – both physical and transition. As damage crystallises, litigation is a key mechanism by which market actors seek to…

Past Events

24 — 25 April 25

Non-Executive Directors Climate Governance Workshops (ChangeNow 2025)

The Commonwealth Climate and Law Initiative (CCLI) lawyer Sarah Hill-Smith will be speaking at The NED Climate Governance Workshops in Paris on 24 April 2025 and leading the session “Navigating Legal Duties & Sustainability in an Era of Divergence and Disruption.
09 April 25

Directors’ Duties Regarding Climate Change in Japan – Launch webinar

The Commonwealth Climate and Law Initiative (CCLI) and Japan Climate Leaders' Partnership (JCLP) will be hosting a webinar on Directors' Duties Regarding Climate Change in Japan: 2025. The webinar will provide legal guidance on how climate change affects directors' duties and potential liability under Japanese law.
25 — 26 March 25

Nature Actions Dialogue – UNEP-WCMC

The CCLI and Influence at Work will be delivering a joint session at the UNEP-WCMC's second Nature Action Dialogue. This two-day event brings together leaders from the private sector and the conservation community.
10 May 24

Private Roundtable: Global Regulatory Enforcement Approaches to Tackle Greenwashing: Lessons for Asia

The Commonwealth Climate & Law Initiative (CCLI), a UK-based charity, and the EW Barker Centre for Law and Business, National University of Singapore (EWBCLB), a premier business law research centre…
25 March 24

Climate and ESG Legal Risk Management Summit 2024 – A practical guide for companies and their investors

In the context of a rise in climate change-related litigation and activism, City & Financial Global hosted an event titled, ‘Climate and ESG Legal Risk Management Summit’ in London, on…

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Commonwealth Climate and Law Initiative

The CCLI examines the legal basis for directors and trustees to consider, manage, and report on climate change and broader environmental risks, opportunities and impacts, and the circumstances in which there may be liability for failing to do so. We also work to advance knowledge on effective sustainable governance practice.

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The Commonwealth Climate and Law Initiative is a company limited by guarantee registered in England and Wales with company number 11813153, REGISTERED CHARITY NUMBER 1203501 and with registered office at 128 City Road, London, United Kingdom EC1V 2NX.

Commonwealth Climate and Law Initiative

The CCLI examines the legal basis for directors and trustees to consider, manage, and report on climate change and broader environmental risks, opportunities and impacts, and the circumstances in which there may be liability for failing to do so. We also work to advance knowledge on effective sustainable governance practice.

Contact

The Commonwealth Climate and Law Initiative is a company limited by guarantee registered in England and Wales with company number 11813153, REGISTERED CHARITY NUMBER 1203501 and with registered office at 128 City Road, London, United Kingdom EC1V 2NX.

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