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ARTICLE · 30 OCTOBER 2019

Environmental Law Fundamentals 2019

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On 2 October, the market-leading Dentons Environment team delivered its eighth annual Environmental Law Fundamentals training day, aimed at helping businesses evaluate risks in the current regulatory and societal environment.

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On 2 October, the market-leading Dentons Environment team delivered its eighth annual Environmental Law Fundamentals training day, aimed at helping businesses evaluate risks in the current regulatory and societal environment. The popular event was a great culmination of the team's "Environmental Law in 2019 and Beyond" series of seminars.

Stephen Shergold began by introducing the audience to the Dentons Climate Change Legal Dashboard, which maps out four key pieces of the climate change jigsaw: (1) the Rule of Law, (2) Impact, (3) Civil Society and (4) The Response.

Before delving into the content of the dashboard, Helen Bowdren opened with a discussion on the impacts of Brexit on environmental law. She set out a post-Brexit roadmap, looking both at UK legislation and policy that is unlikely to be impacted by Brexit, such as the 25 Year Plan and the Net Zero Carbon by 2050 target, and at areas that could be subject to change, such as chemicals regulation, emissions

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