As State Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) and the Kyoto Protocol (KP) prepare to meet at the Conference of the Parties in Durban, South Africa, from November 28 to December 9, we expect they will be moving forward towards a decision on REDD+ that offers the opportunity to ensure the effective implementation of the REDD+ safeguards. Daniela Rey and Josh Roberts from our Climate and forests team discuss.

This week, ClientEarth’s Sandy Luk and Susie Wilks gave a presentation to European politicians in Brussels on whether the European Commission’s reform proposal for the Common Fisheries Policy (CFP) will achieve sustainable fisheries. The event, hosted by Chris Davies MEP and Struan Stevenson MEP, who are both working actively on the CFP reform proposal, was well attended by a cross-party audience of UK MEPs and MEPs’ assistants.

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Last night saw the Parliamentary launch of ClientEarth’s legislative proposals for the legislation establishing the Green Investment Bank. It was the culmination of nearly a year’s work by ClientEarth in collaboration Transform UK. We joined the fight for a strong and effective Green Investment Bank because we immediately recognised the huge potential for the GIB to be game changing.