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Understanding REAZs in Context
The UK is one of the many global economies navigating the balancing act of delivering clean energy to enhance energy security, mitigating climate impacts, insulating communities from adverse project impacts and managing competing uses of land and sea. We argue in this blog post that the…
The offshore wind energy industry has continued to grow exponentially around the world, and the UK is no different. The reality is that with such growth comes a significant increase to its workforce, technological advancements and a move to deeper waters-all of which could exacerbate existing health and safety challenges…
Navigating the Ontological Realities of the Green Transition
Reflections on my participation in the Energy Law in the light of the green transition towards net zero emissions (ELAWNET 2026).
By Santiago José Osorio Gracia, LLM Candidate in Energy Transition Law, 51cg
The LLM in Energy Transition Law…
Professor Abbe Brown (Law) and Professor Marcel Jaspars (NCS) together with philosopher of science Professor Michela Massimi of the University of Edinburgh launched their edited collection Ways of World Knowing: Local Knowledge, Coastal Communities and Equitable Ocean Governance https://global.oup.com/academic/product/ways-of-world-knowing-9780197815335?cc=gb&lang=en& in Rio de Janeiro on 10 March 2026.
Ways of World…
In this post, I will be sharing notable highlights from my paper ‘Transplanting the EU Directives on Renewable Energy to the ECOWAS Supplementary Act: A Catalyst for Positive Change?’ which was published by the OGEL Journal earlier this year. In said paper, I investigated the Economic Community of West African…
Carbon market players would once again be disappointed that parties seem no closer to agreeing the rules needed to fully operationalise the two market instruments established by the Paris Agreement. Nine years on from adoption of the Paris Agreement, Article 6 is yet to see the light of day, due…
Recent health and safety accidents in the offshore oil and gas industry have raised questions on the role of regulation, safety culture and overall management or risks in both established and emerging offshore energy industries. A second death was reported some weeks ago as a fatal fire broke out on…
The Scottish Climate Emergency Legal Network (SCELN) has succeeded in its campaign to have the UK’s Climate Change Act amended, so that it no longer ignores the potent greenhouse gas nitrogen trifluoride (NF3). This has been achieved by UK Parliament’s recent enactment of the Climate Change (Targeted Greenhouse Gases) Order…
“The world will not be destroyed by those who do evil, but by those who watch them without doing anything."
– Albert Einstein
In this article I intend to share my perspective on aspects of UK company law and the climate emergency, with reference to important…
The decommissioning of offshore oil and gas installations has become a key issue for the United Kingdom Continental Shelf (UKCS) and is likely to acquire further prominence in the years ahead, as society transitions away from reliance on fossil fuels. In legal and economic terms, liability for decommissioning is a…
