Past Events
09 August 22
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10 December 21
Directors’ duties and disclosure obligations under Hong Kong law regarding climate change
The legal opinion and white paper were discussed at a virtual event co-hosted with the Asian Institute of International Financial Law (AIIFL), part of the University of Hong Kong. Speakers…
04 October 21
Directors’ duties and climate change in India
We discussed the legal opinion and white paper at a webinar co-hosted with the Society of Indian Law Firms (SILF). This event was focused on the legal community, which we…
01 June 21
Primer on Climate Change: Directors’ Duties and Disclosure Obligations
The Global Primer was launched in EMEA, Latin America, Asia Pacific and North America. Our supporters for these events included the Canada Climate Law Initiative, Aviva Investors, Chapter Zero UK,…
14 April 21
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…
01 February 21
Directors’ Duties Regarding Climate Change in Japan
The report was launched at a webinar hosted by the Japan Climate Leaders’ Partnership, with presentations from the authors of the report, as well as Mr. Satoshi Ikeda (Chief Sustainable…
01 April 18
CCLI Country Report Launch and Reception
To coincide with the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting in London in April 2018, the Commonwealth Climate and Law Initiative (CCLI) launched and published a series of research reports, including…
01 December 17
Directors’ duties and liabilities around climate risk: the TCFD recommendations
This webinar provided an overview of the regulatory landscape in relation to the TCFD recommendations and climate risk, in addition to a detailed analysis of the current situation in Australia…
20 January 18
Symposia on Directors’ Liability for Climate Change Damages
The Commonwealth Climate and Law Initiative (CCLI) organised two high-level symposia in South Africa on the legal basis for directors and trustees to consider, manage, and report on climate change-related…
01 October 17
Symposia on Climate Change and Liability Risks to Directors, Officers and Companies in Canada
The symposia highlighted what leading companies are doing to manage climate change risk and to develop opportunities from the policy transition underway to a low-carbon economy. The symposia did involve…
20 August 17
National Environmental Law Association Annual Conference ‘Addressing Past Harm, Managing Future Risks’
The 2017 NELA conference brought together a range of experts to discuss the state of Australia’s environment, how various States are addressing past impacts, and innovative mechanisms being explored to…
01 July 17
Roundtable on The Climate Disclosure Challenge – Can existing accounting, reporting and assurance standards accommodate the Financial Stability Board Taskforce recommendations?
This Roundtable was arranged by Chartered Accountants ANZ and CPA Australia, in cooperation with the Commonwealth Climate & Law Initiative (CCLI). The Financial Stability Board (FSB) Taskforce on Climate-Related Financial…
01 May 17
FT Climate Finance Summit: Scaling up Finance for Climate Action
Alice Garton, co-investigator at CCLI and Company and Financial Project Leader at ClientEarth, spoke at the FT Climate Finance Summit in London, which gathered some of the leading decision makers,…
01 February 17
Castle Debate: Legal Liability for Climate Change
As business steels itself to deal with seismic changes in the world’s climate, what is legally expected of directors is becoming more stringent. The Paris Climate talks in December 2015…
17 — 17 January 22
Climate Change Liability: Directors and Officers
Alice 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…
12 January 17
Value Creation in a Sustainable Manner
Panel featuring Prof Mervyn King SC and CCLI’s Australian convenor, Sarah Barker (Minter Ellison), hosted by CPA Australia and Melbourne Law School’s Centre for Resources, Energy and Environmental Law (CREEL)…
03 January 17
Climate Risk and the Law Breakfast Seminar
CCLI through ClientEarth, together with IIGCC, PRI, CDP, Influence Map and Bentham Europe, co-organised a breakfast seminar to explore the liability risks that climate change poses to companies, and what…
01 August 16
Climate Change Risk and Corporate Governance Directors’ Duties and Liability Exposures in a post-Paris World
Climate change presents material – if not unparalleled – economic risks and opportunities. These emerging exposures have implications for corporate governance in climate-risk exposed industries (from financial services to mining,…
15 June 16
International Symposium on Directors’ Liability for Climate Change Damages
The first of three high-level international symposia on the legal exposures of company directors for climate change damages. The first symposium was held at Lady Margaret Hall, a college within…
15 — 15 December 22
Private high-level meeting on climate liability and litigation at Paris COP21
The 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…