The arbitration concerns whether the United Kingdom's actions regarding the revocation of planning approval for the Woodhouse Colliery project constitute a breach of the fair and equitable treatment standard and protection against indirect expropriation under the 1975 UK-Singapore Bilateral Investment Treaty.

Tiffanie discusses key findings of the Grantham Institute’s annual Global Trends Snapshot, essential reading for those interested in climate change law.

Camilla, Ruth and Cristina discuss nature based water management, SuDS and Sponge Cities & why you and or your clients need to know about them.

Jonathan and Matt both originally qualified and practised as quantity surveyors before undertaking their legal training. They are extremely experienced dispute resolvers and they have been appointed in almost 1500 construction and engineering disputes. They are the authors ‘Adjudicating Construction and Engineering Disputes’.

Jonathan and Matt share insights on adjudicating disputes relevant to sustainability and the climate.

Will shares his insights into the regulation of embodied carbon around the world.

Ciara is a chartered quantity surveyor and accredited mediator. She has a Masters of Science, in Construction Law from KCL and an LLM in International Human Rights Law with a focus on global development, environmental law and human rights through the lens of the Built Environment from the Irish Centre for Human Rights, Galway.

Lewis was a member of both the PAS2080:2023 (Carbon Management in Buildings and Infrastructure) steering group and its Technical Advisory Panel and was featured in the 2024 ENDS report Power List 2024 which names the 100 UK environmental professionals who have made the greatest impact in the past two years.

In June this year, the Grantham Institute published ‘Global trends in climate change litigation: 2024 snapshot’. This episode discusses the latest trends, including the rise in cases against corporates.

You can listen to previous conversations on global trends and snapshot reports with Joana Setzer (here) and Tiffanie Chan (here).

Camilla, Ruth and Martha discuss the role of AI in the future of greener construction.

Sarah has spent 20 years working in the steel industry – the last two and a half with H2 Green Steel. Camilla, Ruth and Sarah discusses how steel can be made more sustainably.

Andrew has said: “I cannot see the car manufacturers backing out of electric vehicles now; they are already on a trajectory to move all of their vehicle designs over.” There are clear parallels to the construction industry.

In this episode Camilla, Ruth and Andrew discuss the role of Regenerative Design.

Simon has delivered the first WELL-certified projects in both Europe and MENA, as well as helping to develop net zero carbon and whole life carbon methodologies for the Greater London Authority, the UK Green Building Council, the Whole Life Carbon Network and the Construction Industry Council Hong Kong.

Camilla, Ruth and Simon discuss the ‘Eden’ project – the UK's first new build building to achieve a 5.5 NABERS ‘Design Reviewed’ Target Rating. This episode discusses how Eden minimised upfront embodied carbon and lessons for future projects.

Eden project: https://www.cundall.com/projects/eden-new-bailey

Camilla, Ruth and Simon discuss the first edition of the RICS Whole life carbon assessment standard and the upcoming second edition (effective from July this year).

Camilla, Ruth and Will discuss the Buildings & Climate Global Forum, the Ministerial Declaration (Declaration de Chaillot) made at the Forum, as well as the findings of the Global Status Report for Buildings and Construction.

Jane, Ruth and Camilla discuss the development, process and challenges associated with EPDs – along with their increasing prevalence in the industry.

This episode discusses how to turn the skyline into a garden.

Sean Clemons is the UK Managing Director of MGAC and has a wealth of project experience both as a chartered quantity surveyor and as a project manager on the full spectrum of construction projects and specialising in major mixed use development, higher education and complex public-private regeneration initiatives.

Will Hurst is Managing Editor of Architects' Journal (AJ). He is an award-winning journalist who has spent his career writing about architecture and the built environment. In particular he has written extensively about the sector’s contribution to the climate crisis and is currently leading the AJ’s anti-demolition campaign RetroFirst.

Jeremy is a Partner at Fenwick Elliott LLP, specialising in construction energy and engineering law at home and abroad. He is a member of both the Advisory Panel of the Built Environment Committee for The Chancery Lane Project and the FIDIC Net Zero Task Group, TG23, as well as being the President-Elect of the Dispute Resolution Board Foundation.

This podcast episode explores the intersection between climate change and clauses in contracts, such as the JCT, NEC and FIDIC.

Tiffanie is a Policy Analyst for the LSE’s Grantham Research Institute’s Climate Change Laws of the World project. She is currently working on several projects exploring legal pathways to net zero, impacts of climate laws, and corruption risks in climate action. Prior to her role at the Grantham Research Institute, Tiffanie worked in London and Hong Kong as a corporate lawyer in an international law firm.

The LSE Grantham Research Institute has published its 2023 Global Trends report. This podcast episode discusses those trends in the 2023 report and what they mean for the construction sector.

Miles is director of complaints and investigations at the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA). Miles joined the ASA in 2010 and is responsible for leading the complaints and investigations teams, dealing with over 30,000 complaints per year.

This episode covers the ASA’s guidance on misleading environmental claims and what businesses should consider when making environmental claims, in particular when making claims in relation to carbon neutrality and net zero.

Victoria is Director of Advancing Net Zero, World Green Building Council’s pioneering, global programme to accelerate total decarbonisation of the built environment. Victoria has a background in the sustainable development industry, ranging from client side advisory services, green building rating tool consultancy, and an on-site Head of Sustainability for a major international contractor. She has also co-authored the book ‘A Whole System Approach to High-Performance Green Buildings’.

This episode discusses the tools, programmes and ideas that are paving the way to net zero.

Tiong Teck Wee is the Co-Head of the Sustainability & Responsible Business Practice and a Partner in the Commercial & Corporate Disputes Practice at The Wong Partnership in Singapore. His main areas of practice are in multijurisdictional, complex, high-value commercial and corporate disputes. Teck Wee has represented and acted for global private, public, and state-owned clients from various jurisdictions (such as Singapore, Malaysia, India, Japan, PRC and U.S.).

This episode discusses environmental-related issues in Singapore and more generally in Asia.

Stephen is a former RIBA President and established the CIC Climate Change Committee. He is also the Chairman of Hodder + Partners. The practice that he founded (Hodder Associates) received the most important award in British Architecture for a single building, the inaugural Stirling Prize for Architecture for the Centenary Building, University of Salford.

Given 80% of buildings for 2050 exist today, there is not only an enormous challenge to upgrade current building stock, but also the need to consider in the first instance the re-purposing of existing fabric rather than demolish. This episode focuses on the importance of design and construction to achieving net zero.