Events for July 23

After two years of delays, COP15 was finally held in December, bringing together nearly 200 governments to negotiate a global agreement on biodiversity and conservation. The resulting Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework is being hailed by some as a ‘Paris Agreement for Nature’. It commits signatories to act to conserve 30% of land, sea and freshwater…

Sustainable finance is a rapidly developing area of legal innovation. Courts are being asked by shareholders to ensure that corporations are sufficiently ambitious in their climate targets and to rule on class actions alleging that companies’ ESG-related disclosures are inaccurate. Outside the courtroom, corporate and finance lawyers have an important role to play in ensuring…