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With the COP26 climate summit in Glasgow having come to a close, collective agreements to combat climate change have been reached. This article highlights the need for competition law to keep up with the demands of the changing global economy in the move towards sustainability.
ESG investment has boomed during the global pandemic, and the energy industry is facing a huge shift. With oil prices falling, Gulf and Middle-Eastern States are loading up on debt, while the big players in the market are announcing different investment priorities. Green bonds meanwhile show that effective regulation can lead to improvements in this area.
As coronavirus takes the world by storm, the economic impacts are quite drastic. Entire industries are being affected - oil and gas in particular.
Germany promises big things with a move away from its coal industry entirely by 2038. A move towards renewables is great, but how will it be instituted? What happens to the lives dependent on the coal industry? How will Germany account for all of this?
