Tom Webb

The NSW Department of Planning, Housing and Infrastructure (DPHI) has announced the preparation of a proposed new Climate Change and Natural Hazards State Environmental Planning Policy (the CC&NH SEPP).

After years of record rooftop solar uptake, Australia faces a new question: how do we move from individual participation to shared and genuine community ownership of energy infrastructure?

The Federal Court has dismissed greenwashing claims brought by the Australasian Centre for Corporate Responsibility against Santos.

On 13 November 2025, the Water Management Legislation Amendment (Stronger Enforcement and Penalties) Bill 2025 passed through NSW Parliament (Bill). The Bill introduces a raft of law reforms relating to the management of water in NSW to del…

The 30th session of the United Nations Conference of the Parties (COP30) concluded in Belém, Brazil, in the evening of 23 November 2025, after two weeks of intense international climate negotiations. COP30 ended with a suite of decisions th…

Draft MNES Standard sets new rules for projects affecting protected matters, outlining stricter approval requirements and key changes to EPBC Act processes. Find out more at Gilbert + Tobin.

COP30 will be a test of how and when Parties will implement sector-wide changes to decarbonise the economy. The COP30 President-Designate André Corrêa do Lago has stated that COP30 must be remembered as the ‘COP of implementation and adapta…

The NSW EPA is proposing prescriptive climate change mitigation requirements for high-emitting facilities. Learn who is captured, compliance obligations and key implications.

NSW introduces SODAs, a new offset pathway for major energy projects linking approvals to strategic, cost-efficient biodiversity outcomes. Read more at Gilbert + Tobin.

2024 saw significant momentum towards energy, sustainability and climate-related goals.

COP16 delivered key biodiversity outcomes with new Indigenous participation and benefit-sharing mechanisms, shaping global and business nature-positive action.

The 60th session of the Subsidiary Bodies (SB60) climate change negotiations concluded on Thursday 13 June, closing two weeks of discussions on increasing climate change action and preparations for the 29th Convention of the Parties (COP29)…

In the aftermath of the first global stocktake at COP28 in Dubai last year, which concluded that the world is not on track to achieving the long-term temperature goals of the Paris Agreement, the Parties to the Paris Agreement meet again at…