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Client Alert July 24, 2025
Gibson Dunn ESG: Risk, Litigation, and Reporting Update (June 2025)
We are pleased to provide you with Gibson Dunn’s ESG update covering the following key developments during May 2025.
Client Alert July 21, 2025
Mining of the Deep-Sea — The Trump Administration’s Executive Order, the International Law Framework and Implications for Investors
The Executive Order describes seabed mineral resources as “a core national security and economic interest” for the US and aims to establish the US as a global leader in seabed mineral exploration and development.
Client Alert July 18, 2025
Inter-American Court of Human Rights Issues Advisory Opinion on State Obligations Regarding Climate Change
The ICtHR found that there exists an independent right to a healthy climate, derived from the right to a healthy environment, discussing at length States’ obligations to mitigate climate change, including through the regulation of corporate behaviour
Client Alert June 25, 2025
UN Ocean Conference 2025—Developments at the International Level Towards the Sustainable Use of the Oceans
As discussed below, the Conference concluded with a political declaration in which more than 170 States have called for urgent …
Client Alert June 18, 2025
EU Omnibus Simplification Package Update
Draft Report by European Parliament’s Rapporteur proposes further cutbacks to sustainability reporting and due diligence obligations.
Client Alert February 28, 2025
Omnibus Simplification Package Proposed by the EU Commission: Scaling Back Sustainability Reporting and Due Diligence Obligations
The First Omnibus Package proposes to scale back sustainability reporting obligations under the CSRD as well as due diligence obligations under the CSDDD.
Client Alert December 10, 2024
Modernised Energy Charter Treaty Has Finally Been Approved
This update details the key changes to the ECT in the modernised text and considers what the next chapter of the ECT might look like—including for ECT arbitration.
Client Alert June 13, 2024
The International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea’s Advisory Opinion on Climate Change and Its Implications
Gibson Dunn discusses the background of the Opinion, the key findings and our main takeaways for both States and private actors, including the potential influence of the Opinion on future climate change litigation.