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Private high-level meeting on climate liability and litigation at Paris COP21
ParisThe Bank of England's Prudential Regulation Authority recently pointed out that fiduciaries, including company directors and pension fund trustees, could be held liable for i) contributing to anthropogenic climate change and ii) not reasonably managing the risks associated with climate change. The Bank, and others, have said that this could potentially have significant implications for…
Climate Change Liability: Directors and Officers
London LondonAlice Garton, part of CCLI, joined a panel examine international developments in the emerging field of climate change litigation. This seminar addresses warnings given in 2015 in a major report by the Prudential Regulation Authority, highlighting potential liabilities for companies and directors in relation to: - contribution to loss and damage caused by anthropogenic climate…
Legal opinion on Directors’ Responsibilities and Climate Change under Singapore law
The legal opinion was launched at a webinar with over 800 attendees in conjunction with the EW Barker Centre for Law & Business at the National University of Singapore and The Law Society of Singapore. Presentations were given by speakers including external speakers Dilhan Pillay Sandrasegara (Executive Director & CEO, Temasek International), Dr Michael Hwang,…