climate change is happening...Climate Change is happening. The wide-ranging, and often confusing, measures and initiatives to mitigate and adapt to its effects have an increasing impact on all of us, both as individuals and in our working lives. Any lingering doubt about the science of climate change seems now to have been dispelled. The recent report from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change concludes that it is very likely that global warming is being caused by mankind, and warns that we may only have ten years left to avert environmental catastrophe. Arguably, it has been at the individual consumer level that the message has been slow to sink in, as many of us find it difficult to change our behaviour. In contrast, many UK businesses have been grappling for some time now with the risks, as well as the opportunities, which have emerged over the last few years, as the legal and regulatory framework underpinning the response to the climate change threat has taken shape. In response to the growing demand for legal services relating to
this new legal and regulatory framework, as well as in the broader
sustainability arena, Martineau has brought together specialists
with a wide range of skills and disciplines, to provide tightly
focussed services, which respond to the full range of climate change
and sustainability initiatives. These encompass areas such as renewable
energy, clean technology, emissions trading, biofuels, energy from
waste, metering, energy security and urban regeneration. On this site, we aim to illustrate the ways in which we are helping our clients in this vital and challenging area. Andrew Whitehead, Partner September 2007
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