Climate Change

We combine our leading-edge experience with a multidisciplinary approach to advise organizations on their climate change strategy, helping them respond to new and emerging issues that lie at the intersection of climate change and business.

Overview

We help clients seize opportunities and mitigate climate change risks in this complex and evolving area of law. We handle a wide range of business-critical climate change issues, from emissions trading and carbon finance transactions to carbon disclosure and compliance matters.

We are also at the forefront of policy and legal developments in this expanding field. Our team is comprised of some of the world’s leading climate change lawyers, who have published market-leading research and taught innovative courses on climate change law. Our thought leadership, interdisciplinary approach and teamwork set us and the counsel we give clients apart.

Primary Contact

Tyson Dyck

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Areas of Service

Greenhouse Gas Emissions Regulation
We are market leaders in advising clients on current and proposed GHG emissions regulations. We regularly advise clients on their compliance obligations under carbon pricing regimes, emissions performance standards, clean fuel standards and renewable portfolio standards across Canada and internationally.
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Emissions Trading and Carbon Finance
We help businesses engage with the rapidly growing voluntary and compliance carbon markets—both domestically and globally. We advise clients on the development of carbon trading and finance strategies, on agreements for the purchase and sale of emissions reduction and renewable energy credits in the primary and secondary markets, on the development and marketing of carbon offset and removal projects, and on the formation of and investment in climate-focused funds.
Climate Change Disclosure
Companies are increasingly focusing on their climate change disclosure, both on a voluntary basis and, for public issuers, under the evolving securities disclosure landscape. We help clients navigate the leading disclosure frameworks, such as the GHG Protocol and the Task Force on Climate-Related Finance Disclosures. We also advise issuers on their compliance with emerging public disclosure requirements, helping them incorporate climate change considerations across a variety of disclosures, including their annual filings.
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Energy Transition and Renewable Energy Development
Our clients are leaders in the transition to a low carbon energy future. We act on the most significant renewable energy projects in the market, offering strategic advice to the world’s largest renewable energy companies on the development of projects that displace GHG-intensive generation. We are also market leaders on negotiating virtual and physical power purchase agreements for the supply of renewable electricity.
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Strategic Planning, Risk Analysis and Litigation
Mitigating risks and seizing opportunities in the transition to a low carbon future requires careful, strategic planning. We help many of the country’s largest companies in developing their strategies to achieve Net Zero greenhouse gas emissions. We also counsel them in mitigating the risk of, and responding to, “carbon washing” claims and other forms of climate change litigation.
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They have proven to be far superior in bringing a pragmatic and strategic lens to complex challenges (not limited to legal ones), grounded in deep understanding of the legislative landscape and political climate within which project development occurs today.

— The Legal 500, 2021