Environment weekly highlights—28 November 2024

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This week's edition of Environment weekly highlights includes: news analysis on the European Commission’s Q&A document on the importer requirements of the EU Methane Regulation, GDFC Assets Ltd (‘GDFC’) appeal to the Upper Tribunal (UT) against the decision by the First-tier Tribunal (FTT) regarding the cancellation of a green deal energy plan and a new offence that expands liability for corporate environment fraud. In addition this week the 29th Conference of the Parties of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP29) concluded, with key outcomes including the submission of the first Biennial Transparency Reports (BTRs), the agreement of the Baku Finance Goal (BFG) and the adoption of a New Collective Quantified Goal (NCQG) on Climate Finance. Further, the Office for Environmental Protection (OEP) has filed its written submissions in its intervention in the appeal of R (Pickering Fishery Association) v Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs [2023] EWHC 2918 (Admin), the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero (DESNZ) has published the summary...