Governments and businesses alike are increasingly forced to make policy changes to take account of the challenges of climate change. Coupled with ongoing mandatory policy change is a shift in thinking where the same entities introduce additional voluntary, and often more stringent, changes to policy. These voluntary changes are dictated by the way society views its role in combating climate change. Whilst recognising the role it has to play in combating climate change, the business community at large also recognises that this constantly changing and evolving policy landscape presents new opportunities.
At A&L Goodbody we have developed a market-leading practice, to advise on climate change issues and how they may affect our clients on an all-island basis. The heads of our Energy and Natural Resources and Environmental and Planning practices oversee this multi-disciplinary team, bringing a practical approach to providing commercial and strategic expert solutions and advice.
Our Approach
Climate change and its regulation is a very broad and diverse area of law, with the potential to affect many areas of your operations and interests. For this reason we adopt an integrated approach, bringing together a team of experts from across a range of legal disciplines to provide seamless advice on all aspects of climate change policy and law. Our Climate Change team consists of specialist lawyers drawn from our Energy and Natural Resources, Environmental and Planning, Property, EU and Competition, Corporate, Banking, Taxation, and Litigation Dispute Resolution teams. We have expertise in advising clients on the many issues relevant to climate change risks and opportunities
Our Services
Our team advises on all legal areas including:
- Kyoto and EU emissions regulation and trading
- Greenhouse gas permitting
- Renewable energy developments, investments and financing
- Carbon funding and derivatives
- Demand reduction and auto production
- Project finance (including application of the equator principles)
- Energy and carbon taxation
- Green procurement
- Green real estate
- Renewable energy incentive schemes