Navigating the Legal and Regulatory Landscape of Getting to Net-Zero

In 2021, Singapore’s Parliament declared climate change to be a global emergency. This was a milestone in Singapore’s rapid law and policymaking towards the goal of net-zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050. This goal is enshrined in international law and Singapore has committed in its Paris Agreement Nationally Determined Contribution (NDC) to achieve it. At the same time, Singapore has identified growth opportunities in the transition towards a low-carbon economy. It aspires to be a regional carbon trading and services hub.

Singapore’s growing body of climate change law features climate change disclosure requirements for major corporations and a Carbon Pricing Act which is accompanied by an International Carbon Credit (ICC) framework. Company directors are being advised to consider climate impacts carefully in their decision-making at the risk of failing to fulfill their legal duties. Regulators are also stepping up against greenwashing to protect consumers and businesses.

This course is designed by the Asia-Pacific Centre for Environmental Law and the Centre for Nature-based Climate Solutions to provide a comprehensive overview of this rapidly developing regulatory landscape that lawyers and their clients have to navigate.

For more information, please refer to the course brochure here.

To register click here. Please register before 13 May 2024.

Note: Public CPD Points – 13