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Acuerdo en el marco de la Convencion de las Naciones Unidas sobre el Derecho del Mar

El 16 de enero de 2026, la titular del Poder Ejecutivo, Claudia Sheinbaum, publicó en el Diario Oficial de la Federación ("DOF") el Decreto promulgatorio del Acuerdo en el marco...

Mexico Environment

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Greenberg Traurig, LLP

COP30: The Role Of The Private Sector

COP30 highlights the growing role of private capital and new climate finance mechanisms, while structural bottlenecks continue to constrain Brazil's ecological transition.

Brazil Environment

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Koury Lopes Advogados

Highlights Of KLA's Environmental Law Team And Perspectives For 2026

This report synthesizes the main legal highlights of 2025 in the fields of environment and sustainability and outlines perspectives for 2026.

Brazil Environment

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Koury Lopes Advogados

Destaques da equipe ambiental do KLA e perspectivas para 2026

Confira o panorama dos principais marcos jurídicos ambientais de 2025 e das tendências regulatórias, climáticas e de sustentabilidade que devem impactar empresas e setores estratégicos em 2026, no Brasil e no exterior...

Brazil Environment

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Koury Lopes Advogados

Resumen de actualizaciones ambientales en México – Diciembre 2025

Mexico Environment

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Greenberg Traurig, LLP

Consulta pública del Proyecto de Modificación de la Norma Oficial Mexicana NOM-157-SEMARNAT-2009, sobre los elementos y procedimientos para instrumentar planes de manejo de residuos mineros

Mexico Environment

GT

Greenberg Traurig, LLP

Reformas al Reglamento de la Ley General de Desarrollo Forestal Sustentable

Mexico Environment

GT

Greenberg Traurig, LLP

Propuesta de Ley General de Economía Circular y Reformas Ambientales a la LGEEPA y LGPGIR

Mexico Environment

GT

Greenberg Traurig, LLP

México presenta su Contribución Determinada a Nivel Nacional 3.0

Mexico Environment

GT

Greenberg Traurig, LLP

Reformas A La Ley General De Cambio Climático

Mexico Environment

GT

Greenberg Traurig, LLP

Brazilian Congress Overrides Presidential Vetoes To The General Environmental Licensing Law And Approves New Rules On The Special Environmental License

Brazil Environment

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Mayer Brown

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

Brazil Environment

MB

Mayer Brown

COP30 Approves Key Decisions On Paris Agreement Market Mechanisms

Brazil Environment

MB

Mayer Brown

COP 30: O papel do setor privado

Brazil Environment

KL

Koury Lopes Advogados

AI Transforms The Role Of Search Engines From SEO To AEO

Brazil Technology

KL

Koury Lopes Advogados

Changes To The Mexican Import And Export Tariff Law: New Tariffs

Mexico International

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Vazquez Tercero & Zepeda

Reforma Laboral: Nuevos salarios mínimos y semana laboral de 40 horas

Mexico Employment

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Vazquez Tercero & Zepeda

COP30: The Role Of The Private Sector

Brazil Environment

KL

Koury Lopes Advogados

Supreme Court Hears First Amendment Challenge To Colorado Conversion Therapy Ban

Chile Litigation

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Dykema

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Acuerdo en el marco de la Convencion de las Naciones Unidas sobre el Derecho del Mar

El 16 de enero de 2026, la titular del Poder Ejecutivo, Claudia Sheinbaum, publicó en el Diario Oficial de la Federación ("DOF") el Decreto promulgatorio del Acuerdo en el marco...

Mexico Environment

GT

Greenberg Traurig, LLP

Energy Transition: Court Suspends License For Coal Mine And Thermal Power Plant In Southern Brazil

The energy transition in Brazil has gained increasing prominence amid the worsening global climate crisis. In 2024, for the first time, the planet recorded a temperature increase exceeding...

KL

Koury Lopes Advogados

COP30: The Role Of The Private Sector

COP30 highlights the growing role of private capital and new climate finance mechanisms, while structural bottlenecks continue to constrain Brazil's ecological transition.

Brazil Environment

KL

Koury Lopes Advogados

Highlights Of KLA's Environmental Law Team And Perspectives For 2026

Brazil Environment

KL

Koury Lopes Advogados

Destaques da equipe ambiental do KLA e perspectivas para 2026

Brazil Environment

KL

Koury Lopes Advogados

Resumen de actualizaciones ambientales en México – Diciembre 2025

Mexico Environment

GT

Greenberg Traurig, LLP

Consulta pública del Proyecto de Modificación de la Norma Oficial Mexicana NOM-157-SEMARNAT-2009, sobre los elementos y procedimientos para instrumentar planes de manejo de residuos mineros

Mexico Environment

GT

Greenberg Traurig, LLP

Reformas al Reglamento de la Ley General de Desarrollo Forestal Sustentable

Mexico Environment

GT

Greenberg Traurig, LLP

Propuesta de Ley General de Economía Circular y Reformas Ambientales a la LGEEPA y LGPGIR

Mexico Environment

GT

Greenberg Traurig, LLP

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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

KL

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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Clean Air / Pollution

Energy Transition: Court Suspends License For Coal Mine And Thermal Power Plant In Southern Brazil

The energy transition in Brazil has gained increasing prominence amid the worsening global climate crisis. In 2024, for the first time, the planet recorded a temperature increase exceeding...

KL

Koury Lopes Advogados

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

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

MB

Mayer Brown

Mexico's Mining Reforms: Another Test For The Industry

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Steptoe LLP

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Climate Change

Energy Transition: Court Suspends License For Coal Mine And Thermal Power Plant In Southern Brazil

The energy transition in Brazil has gained increasing prominence amid the worsening global climate crisis. In 2024, for the first time, the planet recorded a temperature increase exceeding...

KL

Koury Lopes Advogados

Reformas A La Ley General De Cambio Climático

Estas actividades podrán desarrollarse mediante la colaboración del sector privado, público y de investigación.

Mexico Environment

GT

Greenberg Traurig, LLP

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

Brazil Environment

MB

Mayer Brown

COP 30: O papel do setor privado

Brazil Environment

KL

Koury Lopes Advogados

Brazil's Federal Government Establishes The Brazilian Sustainable Taxonomy

Brazil Environment

MB

Mayer Brown

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

Brazil Environment

MB

Mayer Brown

Mexican Energy Sector Regulations

CR

Chevez Ruiz Zamarripa

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

Brazil Environment

MB

Mayer Brown

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Latest Videos

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STF confirma que dano ambiental é imprescritível; confira newsletter (Video)

KL

Koury Lopes Advogados

Alterações no processo administrativo federal ambiental (Video)

KL

Koury Lopes Advogados

Agenda Das Principais Obrigações Ambientais De 2023 (Video)

KL

Koury Lopes Advogados

Ambiental News #6 (Video)

KL

Koury Lopes Advogados

Adequação Ambiental De Propriedades Rurais (Video)

KL

Koury Lopes Advogados

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