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Pilot guidance for California Climate Disclosure Laws

To support organisations navigating California’s new Climate Disclosure Laws (SB 253 and SB 261), The Chancery Lane Project has developed a pilot guide. Still in beta, this living document translates regulatory obligations into practical, contract-ready tools that help companies measure climate impacts, align reporting, and go beyond compliance to lead on climate disclosure.

Adapting to AI: what 6 months of website analytics tells us about the future

As we monitored website traffic this year, it looked like our audience was shrinking. But a deeper dive into six months of analytics revealed a surprising truth - AI is amplifying our legal content beyond our website. So whilst visitors are declining, influence could be increasing.
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Recap: Our climate risk hackathon at London Climate Action Week 2025

During London Climate Action Week, The Chancery Lane Project hosted its first in-person hackathon in over five years. Lawyers from across sectors came together to tackle how climate risk impacts commercial legal work. From asset devaluation to contract clauses, participants explored how legal teams can lead on climate risk management.

Aligning private investment with environmental impact

Private markets are rapidly becoming essential to financing the global transition to a low-carbon economy. However, to ensure green investments lead to real environmental outcomes, contracts must play a more active role. This blog explores how Matteo’s Clause helps impact investors and companies embed enforceable climate and nature goals into private financing agreements.

Using AI to track open source climate clause adoption

- Data Science
We often think of innovation as a space to create something new without constraints, that points us towards to a future of what’s possible and where we can go next. But innovation can also be used in a different direction; to help us make sense of the past so we can better understand what we’ve already done.

Artificial intelligence and energy usage: crisis or catalyst?

- Data Science
DeepSeek, a hedge fund-backed Chinese artificial intelligence company, seemed to emerge as an unlikely ally for environmental activists when they released their most recent large language model (LLM) in January 2025. The model promised GPT-level accuracy with fewer chips, less energy, and a smaller budget.

The role of contracts in tackling nature risk

Embedding sustainability into contracts helps organisations achieve climate goals. Can the same be said for nature goals? Last year we conducted exploratory research to look at the role of legal contracts in tackling nature risk and driving nature-positive action across industries.

Developing a climate contracting learning platform

- Audience research
Inspired by our recent research into the legal sector’s role in climate and nature action, we’re developing a climate contracting learning platform. In this blog, we share details of a new education and training course that we’ve built over the last five months in partnership with the Shoosmiths Foundation.
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