Environment weekly highlights—22 December 2022

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This week's edition of Environment weekly highlights includes analysis of environmental developments in 2022 and 2013 by Ben Stansfield, partner, and Nick Harding, senior associate, at Gowling WLG and the major changes to EU corporate sustainability reporting in force from January 2023 as a result of the Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive entering into force. In addition, COP15 wrapped up in Canada and, after delay, the Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs (Defra) announced legally binding targets under the Environment Act 2021 to protect the environment, clean air and rivers, and to boost nature.. Also this week the Council of the EU announced that Member States have reached an agreement on a proposal to track and reduce methane emissions across the energy sector and the European Commission proposed a revised regulation amending Regulation (EC) 1272/2008 on classification, labelling and packaging of chemicals.