Policies and guides

Law Council of Australia Climate Change Policy

Legal Implications of Climate Change Background Paper, Law Council of Australia – November 2021

Law Society of England and Wales Practitioner Guidance

‘A director’s guide to mandatory climate reporting’ (Version 1, 3 October 2023), AICD, Deloittes, MinterEllison

Climate risk governance and greenwashing risks: guidance for solicitors advising companies | The Law Society

Contract clauses

The Chancery Lane Project 

This web resource includes over 100+ climate clauses, glossary terms and tools.

The clauses are freely available for anyone to incorporate into commercial agreements and legal documents to encourage rapid decarbonisation and reduced climate impact. They have been written and peer reviewed by sector and legal specialists.

Litigation

Australian and Pacific Climate Change Litigation, The University of Melbourne database 

Climate Change Litigation Databases (US and Global), The University of Colombia

Organisations

Net Zero Lawyers Alliance

Climate Governance Initiative

International

Law Society of England and Wales Climate page

Climate Change Resolution- The Law Society of England and Wales

The United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change Sixth Assessment Report

Climate change governance, legislation and litigation, Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change and the Environment 

Other resources

Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water

Climate Change Act 2022 (Cth)

Social licence and the energy transition- Better Practice Social Licence Guideline