By Kati Kulovesi, Professor of International Law, Annalisa Savaresi, Associate Professor of International Environmental Law, Maiju Mähönen, Project Researcher and Otto Bruun, Junior Researcher In November 2022, Greenpeace and the Finnish Union for the Conservation of Nature filed Finland’s first climate case. The applicants claim that the Finnish Government has breached its obligations under Finland’s […]
For further information, please contact Mirella Miettinen, Senior Researcher. First published in the UEF News and Events on 9 January 2023. EU regulation pertaining to good manufacturing practices and environmental risk assessment of pharmaceuticals does not adequately consider the environmental emissions of pharmaceuticals in global manufacturing supply chains, a recent study from the University of […]
By Tuula Honkonen, Senior Lecturer of International Law. First published in the FMI’s Climate Bulletin: Research Letters on 27 January 2023. Although climate change is a global problem and states are the main actors in climate governance, the role of sub-national governments is increasing in this field. Finland’s national Climate Change Act, revised in 2022, […]
By Sirja-Leena Penttinen, Senior Lecturer at UEF Law School and an Assistant Director and Adjunct Professor at the Tulane Center for Energy Law, New Orleans, US. Tässä kirjoituksessa tarkastellaan Yhdysvalloissa vastoittain hyväksyttyä niin kutsuttua inflaation vähentämispakettia ja erityisesti sen merkittävimpiä säännöksiä koskien puhtaan energian tuotantoa. Kirjoitus perustuu kirjoittajan pian ilmestyvään artikkeliin ’Clean Energy under the […]
By Ellycia Harrould-Kolieb, Postdoctoral Researcher in Climate Law and Policy and Catherine Blanchard, Assistant Professor of Public International Law at the Department of International and European Law, Utrecht University As the 15th meeting of the Conference of the Parties (COP15) to the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) draws to a close in Montreal, calls are […]
Julkaistu 28.11.2022. Kirjoittajat: Kati Kulovesi, Maiju Mähönen, Otto Bruun. First published in the 2035Legitimacy blog on 28 November. Greenpeace ja Suomen luonnonsuojeluliitto ovat tänään ilmoittaneet valittavansa korkeimpaan hallinto-oikeuteen (KHO) ilmastolain toimeenpanoon liittyvistä laiminlyönneistä. Valitus kytkeytyy olennaisesti heinäkuussa 2022 voimaan tulleen uuden ilmastolain (423/2022) tavoitteisiin, joiden toteutuminen on maankäyttösektorin hiilinielun romahdusta koskevien ennakkotietojen valossa vakavassa vaarassa. Ilmastolain tärkeimpiin tavoitteisiin […]
The Policy Forum Series ‘The unilateralisation of EU trade policies – asserting interests or deserting principles?’ took place throughout the autumn. The series was organised by Prof Harri Kalimo (The Center for Climate Change, Energy and Environmental Law (CCEEL), University of Eastern Finland and the Centre for Environment, Economy and Energy (C3E), Brussel School of […]
By Fergus Green, Lecturer in Political Theory and Public Policy, UCL and Harro van Asselt, Professor of Climate Law and Policy, University of Eastern Finland. First published in The Conversation on 21 November 2022. The latest UN climate change summit (COP27) concluded, once again, with a tussle over the place of fossil fuels in the global economy. […]
By Nicola Sharman, Early Stage Researcher In recent years, the link between climate change and human rights has been increasingly recognised and used as a legal tool to demand stronger action by governments to address the global crisis. However, one element of the international regime in which rights-based arguments remain underutilised is in respect of technology […]
Teksti: Tuula Honkonen. First published in the 2035Legitimacy blog on 06 November 2022. Vuosittainen YK:n ilmastokokous, jota joskus suureksi ilmastonäytelmäksikin kutsutaan, on jälleen täällä. Millainen rooli on varattu kotimaisille sidosryhmille Suomen neuvotteluvaltuuskunnassa? Onko heillä aitoja vaikuttamisen mahdollisuuksia Suomen toimintaan Sharm el-Sheikhissä? Miten Suomi osallistuu COP-27-kokoukseen? Ilmastonmuutosta koskevan puitesopimuksen ja Pariisin ilmastosopimuksen osapuolikokoukset (COP-27) alkoivat tällä […]