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COP27

COP26 | World Leaders' Summit begins

Welcome to the first instalment of our daily COP26 updates: a digest of what is on the agenda each day
The Building Safety Act

Build Safe Live Safe – Video Series

The Building Safety Bill will, in the Government's words “deliver the biggest improvements to building safety in nearly 40 years”
The Building Safety Act

Build Safe Live Safe | The Building Safety Bill: who and what does it apply to?

As the proposed building safety legislation makes its way through Parliament, we open our new Insights and video series on
Decarbonisation

Net zero construction: the problem with embodied carbon

The UK government's Heat and Building Strategy fails to adequately address embodied carbon, which is expected to account for almost
Sustainable disruption: 12 decarbonising technologies for cities

Sustainable disruption: 12 decarbonising technologies for cities

New research by Economist Impact , supported by Osborne Clarke, has identified 12 technologies that can help cities achieve their
Sustainable disruption: 12 decarbonising technologies for cities

Sustainable disruption: 12 decarbonising technologies for cities | Infographic

A new research programme by Economist Impact, supported by Osborne Clarke, identifies technologies that can help cities achieve their carbon-emission
Tax

Residential Property Developer Tax: what is it and who is in scope?

There is more certainty around details of the new Residential Property Developer Tax, but onlookers must wait for the chancellor's
The Built Environment

Negligence – what does it mean anyway?

Supreme Court judgment underlines difficulties in interpreting 'negligence ' in limitation of liability clauses

The Built Environment

Belgian property law enters new era as reforms come into force

Overhauled rules reflect how real rights are used in the contemporary Belgian property market