Shashi Kant Yadav – The Conversation

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August 1, 2025

Climate change: new method can more accurately attribute environmental harm to individual polluters

Shashi Kant Yadav, Northumbria University, Newcastle and Gitanjali Nain Gill, Northumbria University, Newcastle

Claimants in climate liability cases will benefit from a new emissions attribution method.

A recent court case concluded that developers should not have been granted planning permission to extract fossil fuels from the Surrey Hills. Ali Kiresci/Shutterstock

June 26, 2024

Landmark court ruling will have huge implications for new fossil fuel projects in UK

Shashi Kant Yadav, University of Surrey and Rosalind Malcolm, University of Surrey

Regardless of where in the world the oil would be burnt, local authorities must consider the greenhouse gas emissions before granting the planning permission.

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May 5, 2022

Fracking review suggests UK has softened precautionary principle since leaving EU – here’s why it matters

Shashi Kant Yadav, University of Surrey and Rosalind Malcolm, University of Surrey

Despite banning fracking in 2019, the UK government recently decided to review its safety.

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February 4, 2022

Natural gas is a fossil fuel, but the EU will count it as a green investment – here’s why

Shashi Kant Yadav, University of Surrey

The new EU rules on sustainable finance defeat their own objective.

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