The "conveyor belt" governance model (bsg.ox.ac.uk/research/publi…) in action: new UK Supreme Court ruling that fossil fuel projects must include scope 3 emissions points to IFRS and GHG Protocol standards: supremecourt.uk/cases/docs/uks…

Big announcement today for those working on transition plans. The IFRS Foundation will assume responsibility for the Transition Plan Taskforce Disclosure Framework and associated guidance and materials: ifrs.org/news-and-event…

Last week Thom Wetzer, Associate Professor of Law and Finance and Director of the Oxford Sustainable Law Programme, was appointed to the Taskforce Expert Group on Net Zero Policy. ➡️bit.ly/45Dsoye Oxford Martin School Oxford Smith School

Our recent event #Elections2024: New Routes to #ClimateResilience featured insights from Chris Skidmore, Rachel Kyte, Sugandha Srivastav, Thomas Hale, and Sam Fankhauser 🌍 Watch the replay to see why urgent, cohesive government action on climate change is key: ow.ly/eEOT50SzKL8

After innovation comes policy - how to ensure the power system decarbonises by 2030? Sugandha Srivastav spoke to BBC Politics #PoliticsLive on the need for transmission, battery storage & demand side response to achieve these goals INET Oxford Skoll Centre for Social Entrepreneurship bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episod…

1. All too often these days, a single glitch results in a system-wide outage, affecting industries from healthcare and airlines to banks and auto-dealers. Millions of people and businesses pay the price. These incidents reveal how concentration can create fragile systems.

Friends, I am hiring chair this year at WashU and would love to hear from you either with your own resume or names of folks we should read. We're open to all fields but have specific needs in 1L private law, international law, corporations, and antitrust.

Such a pleasure speaking at this year’s BABCP conference alongside Graham Thew & Chloe Chessell in our symposium on implementation of digital therapies. Thanks to our thoughtful discussant Maria Loades who highlighted how digital therapies can increase access #BABCP2024

New Opinion article: Nele Schuldt, Rupert Stuart-Smith and Thom Wetzer assess the role of climate science in climate change litigation brough to human rights courts journals.plos.org/climate/articl… Human Rights Centre Oxford Sustainable Law Programme Oxford Smith School Faculty of Law

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Fed's Barr warns of 'concentration risk' in cybersecurity for banks americanbanker.com/news/feds-barr…

*Join our team!* I am now recruiting a Postdoctoral Researcher in Climate Change Attribution, focusing on climate change impacts on agriculture and health in East Africa. Full details below: linkedin.com/posts/rupert-s…

Acting Comptroller Hsu highlights an important point: SIFI designation isn't just about calibrating regulation to reflect potential systemic risks, it also makes it easier to identify and hold regulators accountable for past failures. It's about *regulatory governance*.

🚨New paper alert!🚨 My latest, "'Least-Cost' Resolution," critically examines the statutory requirement that the FDIC resolve a failed bank in the way that incurs the least cost to the Deposit Insurance Fund. TL;DR: It's time to repeal it. Full paper: papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cf…