Begonia has over 20 years’ experience in the field of environmental law and her clients span across the public and private sector.
She is a specialist advisor in all aspects of environmental law, treaty reform, the implementation of EU directives into national law and infringements. She has also developed a particular expertise on work plans/budgets for Multilateral Environmental Agreements and ESG Investments.
She advises businesses on environmental regulation including compliance, know how, common law issues, waste, project finance, environmental liabilities, contaminated land and human rights.
Begonia also trains professionals in environmental law and negotiation and is a senior visiting lecturer at City University (London). She is ex Vice-Chair of the UK Environmental Lawyers Association.
Brexit, ESG Investments and Green Bonds are her current areas of research.
The United Kingdom Environmental Law Association is pleased to announce its annual article competition – “the Andrew Lees Prize”. This competition is open to any student, trainee solicitor, pupil or solicitor / barrister with not more than 2 years’ post qualification experience. Andrew Lees was the Campaigns Director for Friends of the Earth and a […]
Last week I was interviewed for One Planet on loopholes in environmental law. The feature is short but there are a few important points to make. Whilst non legal experts who are more concerned with political short term gains are in charge of scrutinising the quality of environmental laws we will continue to have a less […]
The Environmental Regulation and Information Centre – ERIC – is a legal environmental consultancy. There are not many out there but we have been successfully going for 7 years now. So what are “legal consultants” and what type of work do we do? Although most of our team members are legally qualified as Solicitors or Barristers, […]
As a trustee of the United Kingdom Environmental Law Association (UKELA) I am delighted to announce that UKELA’s President, Sir Robert Carnwath CVO, has been appointed as a Justice to the Supreme Court. UKELA’s Board of Trustee’s “.. welcomed the appointment of a judge to the Supreme Court who has long standing experience of a range of […]
The Government must come up with new policies to drive the step change needed to cut carbon emissions, David Kennedy, the CEO of the Climate Change Committee [1] will tell members of the UK Environmental Law Association (UKELA) this Thursday (December 1st). The UK is aiming to achieve an 80% cut in carbon emissions by 2050 which […]
Bergen, 24 November 2011 – Two new international reports on the conflict between migratory birds and power lines in the African-Eurasian region are being presented to delegates at a UN wildlife conference taking place 20-25 November 2011 in Bergen, Norway. The two documents, The Review of the Conflict Between Migratory Birds and Electricity Power Grids […]
Foresight, BIS and the Government Office for Science published on the 20 October 2011 a report on environmental migration. The conclusions are fascinating: – People will increasingly migrate towards environmentally vulnerable areas. Rural to urban migration is set to continue, but many cities in the developing world are already failing their citizens with flooding, water shortages […]
Executive and non-executive officers of companies and their advisors need to be aware of the proposed crime of Ecocide. On the 30th September and only for one day Ecocide, the International 5th Crime Against humanity came into being. It was enacted in the UK by the fictitious Ecocide Act 2010 and the CEO’s of two oil […]
What is Ecocide? A jury will decide tomorrow whether two CEO’s have committed the crime of Ecocide. Ecocide is the crime that protects the Earth’s right to life; it is a crime to destroy the Earth – a crime against humanity, nature and future generations, a crime against peace. You can watch the trial live […]
Four hundred gallons of refinery vacuum gas oil leaked into Southampton Water in Hampshire, a protected area and the playground of the sailing fraternity in the south of England. Esso pleaded guilty and was fined £10,000. The incident, which happened on the 20th June 2010, was the result of a faulty pipe allowing two cubic […]
