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20.12.2021

Beyond COP26: Time for an Advisory Opinion on climate change?

By Annalisa Savaresi, Kati Kulovesi and Harro van Asselt. First published in the EJIL:Talk blog on 17 December 2021. The recent Glasgow Climate Change Conference (COP26) provided a stark reminder of the gap between states’ planned greenhouse emission reductions and the global temperature goal enshrined in the Paris Agreement. The conference also dramatically showcased once more the plight […]

17.12.2021

Ilmastolain päivitysohjeet poliitikoille: pieni pintaremontti ei riitä, myös perustuksia on vahvistettava

Kati Kulovesi, Tuula Honkonen, Antti Belinskij ja Vilja Johansson. This was first published in the 2035Legitimacy blog. Hallituksen esitys uudeksi ilmastolaiksi on menossa eduskunnan käsittelyyn tammikuussa 2022. Tässä blogissa arvioimme lausunnoilla ollutta lakiehdotusta eri maiden ilmastolaeista ja -oikeudenkäynneistä saatujen kokemusten näkökulmasta. Mikä ilmastolaki ja miksi sitä uudistetaan? Luonnos hallituksen esitykseksi uudeksi ilmastolaiksi oli lausuntokierroksella syyskesällä 2021. Lausuntoja tuli […]

17.12.2021

Kestävä rahoitus muuttaa sijoituspalveluyritysten sääntelyä: tarkastelussa uudistuva soveltuvuusarviointi

Dr. Mikko Rajavuori, Suomen Akatemian Tutkijatohtori ja Dr. Matti Turtiainen, Tutkimusjohtaja, Oikeustieteiden laitos. The blog post has also been published in English. Sijoituspalveluyritykset osana kestävän rahoituksen sääntelyä Kestävä rahoitus on valtavirtaistunut 2020-luvulle tultaessa. Ympäristön ja yhteiskunnan kannalta kestäviin kohteisiin sijoittavien rahastojen ja muiden sijoitustuotteiden kysyntä ja tarjonta ovat vahvassa kasvussa. Kestäviin kohteisiin sijoittamisesta kiinnostuneilla on […]

16.12.2021

Sustainable finance and the changing regulation of investment firms: What role for the new suitability assessment criteria?

By Dr. Mikko Rajavuori, Academy of Finland Post-doctoral fellow and Dr. Matti Turtiainen, Head of UEF Law School. Sustainable finance has entered mainstream. Judged by the growing supply of funds and other investment products that pursue ‘sustainability’ or ‘environmental social and governance (ESG)’ goals, the financial markets are greening at a rapid pace.  However, the proliferation […]

29.11.2021

Breaking a taboo: Fossil fuels at COP26

By Dr. Harro van Asselt, Professor of Climate Law and Policy. First published in the EJIL:Talk! blog on 26 November 2021. For nearly 30 years, the international legal regime addressing climate change has kept largely silent about the major driver of the problem it seeks to address: fossil fuels. The Glasgow Climate Change Conference (COP26) […]

26.11.2021

Kestävä rahoitus, EU:n taksonomia-asetus ja komission toimivalta: Metsätalouden kestävyyskriteerit myrskyn silmässä

Suvi-Tuuli Puharinen, Otto Bruun, Päivi Leino-Sandberg, Kati Kulovesi ja Antti Belinskij Suomessa on viime kuukausina käyty kiivastakin keskustelua EU:n taksonomia-asetuksen puitteissa valmisteilla olevista metsätalouden kestävyyskriteereistä. Keskustelussa on väitetty esimerkiksi, että EU ylittää toimivaltansa antamalla metsätaloutta koskevaa sääntelyä ja että taksonomia-asetus merkittävästi heikentää suomalaisten metsänomistajien asemaa. Tarkoituksenamme on selventää oikeustieteilijöiden näkökulmasta taksonomia-asetuksen tavoitteita sekä siihen liittyvien kestävyyskriteereiden […]

19.11.2021

The ‘Glasgow Turn’: A shift toward more ocean-inclusive climate policy

By Dr. Ellycia Harrould-Kolieb, Postdoctoral Researcher in Climate Law and Policy While there has been much talk of the disappointing end to COP 26 (the 26th meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), there has been a notable shift in the language used by the […]

4.11.2021

Opportunities for strengthening international action on ocean acidification through existing Multilateral Environmental Agreements

By Dr. Ellycia Harrould-Kolieb, Postdoctoral Researcher in Climate Law and Policy Ocean acidification was first recognised as an emergent threat to marine systems in 1999. Over the past two decades scientific understanding of the issue has grown exponentially and it is now well understood that changing ocean chemistry due to the absorption of anthropogenic carbon […]

29.10.2021

COP26: What to expect?

By Nicola Sharman, PhD Researcher. First published in the 2035Legitimacy blog on 28 October 2021. On 1 November, delegates from around the world will come together for two weeks at COP26 in Glasgow, Scotland, to discuss the international response to climate change. After a one-year delay due to the pandemic, the Glasgow conference marks a […]

12.10.2021

The UN Human Rights Council recognizes the right to a healthy environment and appoints a new Special Rapporteur on Human Rights and Climate Change. What does it all mean?

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