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From 1 January 2023, office buildings must have an energy label of at least level C. Office buildings that do not yet have an energy label C or better must be made more sustainable.

In this post, we answer some frequently asked questions about the specific provisions that apply to the disclosure of environmental information.

One year after the Dutch Supreme Court upheld the Urgenda decision, climate change litigation is still trending. We discuss four developments in the climate change litigation landscape that build on the principles laid down in the Urgenda case law.

On 23 February 2022 the European Commission (the "Commission") published a proposal for a Directive on Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence (the "CSDD proposal").

The ICLG to Environment & Climate Change Law 2024 covers common issues in environment and climate change laws and regulations – including environmental policy and its enforcement, environmental permits, waste, liabilities, a.o. – in 19 jurisdictions.

The Council of State has changed its case law on internal and external netting. This has major implications for activities involving nitrogen. In this blog Anna Collignon discusses the new case law.

The Law of the Seabed reviews the most pressing legal questions raised by the use and protection of natural resources on and underneath the world’s seabeds.

Regarding activities taking place at sea, the applicability of EU law depends on the nature and geographic location of the activity as well as on the formulation of the geographical scope of the legal instrument.

The EFTA Court held that end-use emissions from oil and gas consumption are effects of extraction projects. Guan Schaiko and Sofie Ulrix analyse advisory opinion E-18/24 and the legal obligation to include Scope 3 emissions under the EIA Directive.

The outbreak of the Covid-19 crisis has been officially acknowledged as a pandemic and public health crisis. In response, the Belgian authorities have decided to proceed with the grant of temporary authorisations for certain biocidal product types.

The Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) ruled on the concept of 'biocidal product' on the making available on the market and use of biocidal products, in a case on a cleaning product primarily used "to ensure the absence of mould".

The ICLG to Environment & Climate Change Law 2020 covers common issues in environment and climate change laws and regulations – including environmental policy and its enforcement, environmental permits, liabilities, among others – in 27 jurisdictions.