In the context of the COP 21, the French Parliament adopted, on July 22, 2015, the Energy Transition Bill, which is currently being reviewed by the French Constitutional Court prior to its publication in the Official Gazette.

The next significant step toward addressing climate change took place on April 22, 2016 in New York, when 175 nations signed the Paris Climate Pact following the agreement reached in Paris in December of last year.

Hubert de Vauplane's article "Dette écologique et justice climatique," appeared in the the February 2016 issue of the French publication Revue Banque...

French regulatory authorities are exploring artificial intelligence to enhance their oversight capabilities, with ARCEP leading discussions on AI-powered tools and shared infrastructure for processing sensitive data. The biannual meeting of France's network of independent administrative authorities addressed both the opportunities and environmental challenges posed by generative AI in regulatory functions.

The European Central Bank's decision to establish a Climate Change Center and invest in a green bond fund launched by the Bank for International Settlements reflects the growing importance of climate change, and ESG more broadly, in ECB policy.

The EU decision follows the ratification by both the United States and China and means that a total of 72 countries have now ratified the Agreement.

Such transition was required by the European Commission, which considers feed-in tariffs as State aids and requests a more stringent review of such aids.

La première édition du « Livre sur les technologies vertes » issue de la collaboration de l'OMPI, du Centre et du Réseau des Technologies Climatiques (CRTC) et de l'Académie égyptienne...

The Global Pact project is extensively built on existing principles, many of them enshrined in the Stockholm Declaration of 1972 and the Rio Declaration of 1992.

Just as the European institutions adopted a Stop The Clock before a deep dive on Omnibus provisions, a coalition of NGOs filed a formal complaint on April 18, 2025...

On April 5, 2022, the EU Commission proposed two new regulations to restrict the emission and use of highly potent greenhouse gases, which heavily contribute to global warming...

European courts, both at the Union level and the Member State level, are continuously facing a rising tide of climate litigation cases, with different responses.

On December 18, 2019, the French Administrative Supreme Court ruled in favor of limiting a hydrocarbon mining permit for climate change reasons.

Since the adoption of the Paris Agreement in 2016 and its entry into force, businesses have struggled to adjust to the increasing regulation of emissions

It can be easy to put defined lines around certain topics and categorise them in isolation, but more and more we are seeing the inclusion of environmental, social and governance...

On August 22, 2021, the French Parliament adopted the Climate and Resilience Law ("2021 Climate Law"). In aiming to accelerate the transition to a carbon-neutral and more resilient society, ...

In what is viewed as a major step toward the country becoming carbon neutral by 2050, the French Parliament has adopted the "Energy-Climate" law, which sets the framework, ambitions, and targets of French climate policy for the next 30 years.

As of January 1, 2022, new French environmental regulations ("RE2020") are coming into force, replacing the former thermic regulations ("RT 2012").

The French government is starting to implement a new "low-carbon label" created by a decree and a ministerial order, both dated November 28, 2018.

La culture de la vigne est particulièrement liée aux conditions météorologiques. Le secteur viti-vinicole est donc l'un des premiers à être violemment touché par le...