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Loss and damage funds a key consideration for COP28

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 23 NOV 2023  |  NEWS
... support climate mitigation every year. We don't pay our fair share at this point." Norton Rose Fulbright partner Elisa de Wit pointed to the interest in how climate change impacts on global health as another aspect of the focus on adaptation actions. ...

Directors, senior executives have obligation to consider climate change: Norton Rose Fulbright

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 21 APR 2017  |  NEWS
... consideration is given to the need for disclosure of relevant financial-related risks," Norton Rose Fulbright said. Elisa de Wit, partner, Norton Rose Fulbright Risks that companies should consider include transitional, reputation and physical, Norton ...

Experts weigh implications of Labor's ETS proposal

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 29 APR 2016  |  NEWS
... use 100% international units to deal with any compliance payments, and they would see that as a good outcome," said Elisa de Wit, partner at Norton Rose Fulbright. "The benefit of being able to use international credits is that they're incredibly cheap ...

Paris Agreement: implications for Australia

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 18 DEC 2015  |  NEWS
... Change Conference is widely seen as a historic deal that will lead to the decarbonisation of the global economy. Elisa de Wit, partner, Norton Rose Fulbright Although Australia has signed on to the agreement, it is not expected to cause any immediate ...

Experts evaluate ERF baseline mechanism

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 10 APR 2015  |  NEWS
... legal experts have raised concerns over the calculations of baselines for both current and future liable facilities. Elisa de Wit, partner, Norton Rose Fulbright Under the proposed baseline and safeguard mechanism outlined in a recent government consultation ...

Assessing likely process, impacts of first ERF auction

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 20 FEB 2015  |  NEWS
... first auction participants. "The likely participants in the first auction will be existing CFI project owners," said Elisa de Wit, climate change partner at Norton Rose Fulbright. "Those projects cover landfill gas, alternative waste treatment, avoided ...

Direct Action Plan, Emissions Reduction Fund approved

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 31 OCT 2014  |  NEWS
... contract period for abatement activities and establishes a safeguard mechanism, according to Norton Rose Fulbright. Elisa de Wit, partner, Norton Rose Fulbright Three months after the repeal of the previous Labor government's carbon pricing mechanism ...

Business begins unwinding of carbon tax arrangements

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 18 JUL 2014  |  NEWS
... customers and calculate the amount that the carbon tax represented as part of the overall costs of their products, said Elisa de Wit, a partner and head of climate change at Norton Rose Fulbright. "One of the issues is whether the unwinding is already ...

CFI a source of economic opportunity for Indigenous groups

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 13 JUN 2014  |  NEWS
... auction under the ERF, and the lack of a baseline price of any credits is hindering potential participation, said Elisa de Wit, head of climate change at Norton Rose Fulbright. "One of the other major things that we identified as a potential issue in ...

Norton Rose Fulbright: trustees must consider climate change

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 APR 2014  |  NEWS
... imperative aspect to investing in those assets that will also impact on trustees' decisions. El Hassan and colleague Elisa de Wit, climate change partner at Norton Rose Fulbright, likened the burgeoning carbon divestment movement to the anti-tobacco ...
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