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In this issue: COP30 Air emissions and climate change Energy for environmental lawyers Hazardous substances and chemicals ESG and sustainability Nature, biodiversity and habitat conservation Waste Waste producer responsibility regimes Daily and weekly news alerts New and updated content COP30 Council of EU approves updated NDC ahead of COP30 The Council of the EU has endorsed a refreshed nationally determined contribution (NDC) on behalf of the EU and its Member States, to be lodged with the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) in advance of COP30 in Belém, Brazil. Spanning to 2035, this revision builds upon the EU’s 2020 filing and its 2023 revision. It restates the current aim of cutting net greenhouse gas emissions by 55% by 2030 relative to 1990. It further notes the Council’s backing for a 90% net cut by 2040 and sets out an indicative 2035 contribution of 66.25% to 72.5%, designed to keep the EU on...

In this issue: Electricity and gas market regulation and licensing Networks and network connections Nuclear energy Air emissions, efficiency, and climate change International energy Dates for your diary Trackers Energy resources on Lexis+® Daily and weekly news alerts Electricity and gas market regulation and licensing Ofgem launches dual Calls for Input on 'Consumer Outcomes' and a review of supplier GSoP Ofgem has launched two connected Calls for Input on: (1) proposals for a new suite of cross-cutting 'Consumer Outcomes' to steer an outcomes-based regulatory model; and (2) a root-and-branch review of the supplier Guaranteed Standards of Performance (GSoP). Both remain open until 22 January 2026, aiming to create a simpler regime that safeguards consumers while enabling innovation. See: LNB News 10/11/2025 8. Electricity Code Modifications Information on every live change to the Connection and Use of System Code (CUSC), the Grid Code (GC), the System Owner—Transmission Owner Code (STC), and the...

Boohene & Ors v The Royal Parks Ltd [2024] EWCA Civ 583 On 24 May 2024, the Court of Appeal delivered a significant ruling on the reach of contract worker discrimination. Sixteen contract workers providing services for The Royal Parks (TRP) under an agreement between TRP and Vinci, a major outsourcing company, brought the claim. The claimants said TRP applied a provision, criterion or practice (PCP) of paying its own employees the London Living Wage (LLW), yet did not require its contract workers to receive the LLW. They maintained that TRP’s stance favoured its own staff over contractors. They alleged this was indirectly discriminatory on the ground of race, as advanced in their case. The Court of Appeal dismissed the workers’ appeal; more critically, it also decided that a claim for contract worker discrimination cannot be advanced where the alleged discrimination derives from the terms of the contract worker’s own contract with their employer; and that remains so even if those terms are, to a greater or lesser degree,...

Scope of this Practice Note This Practice Note sets out the main types of radioactive waste and examines disposal against the EU-defined waste hierarchy. It places contemporary management of radioactive waste within the historical development of the nuclear industry from a planning standpoint. Principal policy documents are reviewed to chart the evolution of government thinking over time. Geological disposal of Higher Activity Waste (HAW) under the Planning Act 2008 (PA 2008) is compared with alternative disposal routes under the Town and Country Planning Act 1990 (TCPA 1990) and the Planning (Wales) Act 2015. Consultation duties, application processes and required consents are identified for both regimes. Notable planning appeals and judicial review cases are highlighted before looking at international approaches to radioactive waste. What is radioactive waste? In the UK, radioactive waste arises—and will arise—from past, current and future programmes for electricity generation from nuclear fission, the reprocessing of nuclear fuel, the development of nuclear weapons, the nuclear submarine fleet and wastes from radioactive materials used for civil...