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Brazil's Ministry Of Mines And Energy Opens Public Consultation On Regulation Of Sustainable Aviation Fuel

As part of the regulatory framework for the Future Fuels Act (Law No. 14,933/2024), Brazil's Ministry of Mines and Energy has launched a public consultation on the draft Decree regulating the National Sustainable Aviation...

Brazil Environment

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Mayer Brown

COP30 Approves Key Decisions On Paris Agreement Market Mechanisms

On Friday, 21 November, the final day of COP-30, the Conference of the Parties serving as the meeting of the Parties to the Paris Agreement (CMA) adopted key decisions to advance the implementation...

Brazil Environment

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Mayer Brown

COP 30: O papel do setor privado

COP30 evidencia protagonismo do capital privado e novos mecanismos de financiamento climático, enquanto gargalos estruturais ainda travam a transição ecológica no Brasil.

Brazil Environment

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Koury Lopes Advogados

Update Of The Regulatory Framework For Sustainability In Mexico

Erick Hernández Gallego, Luis Jorge Akle, and Paula de Uriarte wrote an article titled "Update of the Regulatory Framework for Sustainability...

Mexico Environment

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Greenberg Traurig, LLP

Brazil's Federal Government Establishes The Brazilian Sustainable Taxonomy

Brazil Environment

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Mayer Brown

COP30 Reinforces The Debate On Climate Legislation And Financing

Brazil Environment

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Koury Lopes Advogados

COP30 evidencia debate sobre legislação e financiamento climático

Brazil Environment

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Koury Lopes Advogados

Brazilian MME Opens Public Consultation On 2026 Emission-Reduction Targets, Boosting The Biomethane Market

Brazil Environment

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Mayer Brown

Brazil Publishes Federal Decree Establishing Reverse-Logistics System For Plastic Packaging

Brazil Environment

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Mayer Brown

In Preparation For COP-30, Federal Government Advances The Implementation Of The Brazilian Emissions Trading System

Brazil Environment

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Mayer Brown

Transição energética: Justiça suspende licença de mina de carvão e termelétrica no Sul

Brazil Environment

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Koury Lopes Advogados

Estatuto do Pantanal é sancionado e traz novas regras ambientais

Brazil Environment

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Koury Lopes Advogados

MP cria regime especial de tributação para data center

Brazil Environment

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Koury Lopes Advogados

Public Hearing Ongoing On Brazilian National Bioeconomy Development Plan

Brazil Environment

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Mayer Brown

ANPD Launches Oversight Dashboard To Monitor Data Protection Regulation

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Koury Lopes Advogados

Modificaciones Fiscales Para 2026

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Vazquez Tercero & Zepeda

What Is The Status – And Impact – Of The EU Whistleblowing Directive That Is Now In Place For Member States? (Video)

Panama Employment

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Littler Mendelson

COP30 Reinforces The Debate On Climate Legislation And Financing

Brazil Environment

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Koury Lopes Advogados

Mexico Increases Government Fees For Immigration Procedures Effective Jan. 1, 2026

Mexico Immigration

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Clark Hill

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Brazil's Ministry Of Mines And Energy Opens Public Consultation On Regulation Of Sustainable Aviation Fuel

As part of the regulatory framework for the Future Fuels Act (Law No. 14,933/2024), Brazil's Ministry of Mines and Energy has launched a public consultation on the draft Decree regulating the National Sustainable Aviation...

Brazil Environment

MB

Mayer Brown

Brazilian Public Consultation Discusses Rules For Carbon Capture And Storage (CCS) Projects

In the context of regulating the Future Fuel Law (Law No. 14,933/2024), the Ministry of Mines and Energy (MME) launched, on November 17, 2025, Public Consultation No. 205, concerning the draft Decree that regulates...

MB

Mayer Brown

COP30 Approves Key Decisions On Paris Agreement Market Mechanisms

On Friday, 21 November, the final day of COP-30, the Conference of the Parties serving as the meeting of the Parties to the Paris Agreement (CMA) adopted key decisions to advance the implementation...

Brazil Environment

MB

Mayer Brown

Brasília em Pauta - Edição Nº 222

Brazil Litigation

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Mayer Brown

MME Launches Public Hearing Regarding The 2026 Energy Storage Auction In Brazil

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Mayer Brown

COP 30: O papel do setor privado

Brazil Environment

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Koury Lopes Advogados

Update Of The Regulatory Framework For Sustainability In Mexico

Mexico Environment

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Greenberg Traurig, LLP

Brazil's Federal Government Establishes The Brazilian Sustainable Taxonomy

Brazil Environment

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Mayer Brown

COP30 Reinforces The Debate On Climate Legislation And Financing

Brazil Environment

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Koury Lopes Advogados

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Clean Air / Pollution

Brazil's General Environmental Licensing Act: New Provisions, Presidential Vetoes, Provisional Measure, And New Bill

On August 8, 2025, following the long and contentious proceedings of Bill No. 2,159/2021, Law No. 15,190/2025 was enacted with 63 presidential vetoes, establishing...

Brazil Environment

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Mayer Brown

Las Complicaciones Y Desafíos De Los Impuestos Ecológicos En México

Los impuestos ecológicos en México, aun cuando buscan responsabilizar a los agen¬tes contaminantes y promover la inversión en tecnologías limpias, su efectividad está en entredicho debido a la falta de transparencia ...

Mexico Environment

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Chevez Ruiz Zamarripa

Presentación De La Agenda Socioambiental 2024

Durante septiembre y octubre de 2024, la Dra. Alicia Bárcena, titular de la Secretaría de Medio Ambiente y Recursos Naturales ("SEMARNAT"), presentó la Agenda Socioambiental 2024: diagnósticos y propuestas.

Mexico Environment

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Greenberg Traurig

Decreto Por El Que Se Abroga El Reglamento Para Prevenir Y Controlar La Contaminación Del Mar Por Vertimiento De Desechos Y Otras Materias, Y Se Fija Un Régimen Transitorio.

Mexico Environment

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Greenberg Traurig, LLP

Modificaciones A La Vigencia De La NOM-044-SEMARNAT-2017

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Santamarina y Steta S.C.

Brazil's National Policy On Air Quality Passes Houses, With Certain Vetoes

Brazil Environment

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Mayer Brown

New Lawsuit Filed By Brazil's Federal Government Further Strengthens Climate Litigation Trends Against Private Entities In Brazil

Brazil Environment

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Mayer Brown

Mexico's Mining Reforms: Another Test For The Industry

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Steptoe LLP

Brazil Launches Federal Strategy To Incentivize The Sustainable Use Of Biogas And Biomethane And Methane Zero Program

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Mayer Brown

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Climate Change

Brazilian Public Consultation Discusses Rules For Carbon Capture And Storage (CCS) Projects

In the context of regulating the Future Fuel Law (Law No. 14,933/2024), the Ministry of Mines and Energy (MME) launched, on November 17, 2025, Public Consultation No. 205, concerning the draft Decree that regulates...

MB

Mayer Brown

COP30 Approves Key Decisions On Paris Agreement Market Mechanisms

On Friday, 21 November, the final day of COP-30, the Conference of the Parties serving as the meeting of the Parties to the Paris Agreement (CMA) adopted key decisions to advance the implementation...

Brazil Environment

MB

Mayer Brown

COP 30: O papel do setor privado

COP30 evidencia protagonismo do capital privado e novos mecanismos de financiamento climático, enquanto gargalos estruturais ainda travam a transição ecológica no Brasil.

Brazil Environment

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Koury Lopes Advogados

Brazil's Federal Government Establishes The Brazilian Sustainable Taxonomy

Brazil Environment

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Mayer Brown

Brazil Publishes Federal Decree Establishing Reverse-Logistics System For Plastic Packaging

Brazil Environment

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Mayer Brown

Mexican Energy Sector Regulations

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Chevez Ruiz Zamarripa

In Preparation For COP-30, Federal Government Advances The Implementation Of The Brazilian Emissions Trading System

Brazil Environment

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Mayer Brown

Transição energética: Justiça suspende licença de mina de carvão e termelétrica no Sul

Brazil Environment

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Koury Lopes Advogados

Estatuto do Pantanal é sancionado e traz novas regras ambientais

Brazil Environment

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Koury Lopes Advogados

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Waste Management

COP30 Reinforces The Debate On Climate Legislation And Financing

The country arrives at COP30, taking place from November 10–21 in Belém, with a revised and more ambitious NDC (Nationally Determined Contribution)...

Brazil Environment

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Koury Lopes Advogados

COP30 evidencia debate sobre legislação e financiamento climático

Evento coloca Brasil no centro da agenda climática, sendo oportunidade para revisão de marcos legais, análise de riscos regulatórios e construção de soluções jurídicas para metas climáticas...

Brazil Environment

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Koury Lopes Advogados

Brazil Publishes Federal Decree Establishing Reverse-Logistics System For Plastic Packaging

The Brazilian government has published Federal Decree No. 12,688/2025, regulating provisions of Federal Law No. 12,305/2010 (the "National Policy on Solid Waste") and establishing the nationwide reverse-logistics system...

Brazil Environment

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Mayer Brown

Artigo no JOTA propõe novo olhar sobre economia circular e cadeia da reciclagem

Brazil Strategy

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Koury Lopes Advogados

Normas de Información de Sostenibilidad

Mexico Environment

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Greenberg Traurig, LLP

Dia do Meio Ambiente: o Direito como ferramenta do desenvolvimento sustentável

Brazil Environment

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Koury Lopes Advogados

Resumen De Impuestos Ecológicos En México

Mexico Environment

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Greenberg Traurig, LLP

Brazil Introduces Regulations On The Importation Of Solid Waste And Tailings

Brazil Environment

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Mayer Brown

Decreto regulamenta importação de resíduos sólidos e reforça proteção ambiental

Brazil Environment

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Koury Lopes Advogados

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Alterações no processo administrativo federal ambiental (Video)

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Koury Lopes Advogados

Agenda Das Principais Obrigações Ambientais De 2023 (Video)

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Koury Lopes Advogados

Ambiental News #6

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Koury Lopes Advogados

Ambiental News #6 (Video)

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Koury Lopes Advogados

Adequação Ambiental De Propriedades Rurais (Video)

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Koury Lopes Advogados

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