To say that this year is a big year in climate politics is almost an understatement, as the UK hosts the absolutely pivotal United Nations Climate Change Conference (‘COP26’) in Glasgow this November. Moving with the times, last September the Law Society formed a ‘Climate Change Working Group’ to review the Law Society’s current approach and strategy to climate change and make recommendations about how the organisation should approach this important area going forward.
The Law Society already has a Planning and Environmental Law Committee, but it was felt that the international nature of climate change and its importance as an issue justified the setting up of a new body to advise the Law Society on climate change and the growing body of law and legal issues on the subject. For example, historically PELC has focused mainly on planning law, which often has a more local or regional focus. Given the existential threat posed by climate change, this was the right decision and not made prematurely.
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