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20.6.2023

The impact-based regulatory strategy in environmental law: Hallmark of effectiveness or pitfall for legitimacy?

By Niko Soininen, Professor of Environmental Law and Water Law, Seita Romppanen, Docent, Senior Lecturer on International Environmental Law and Senior Research Scientist at Finnish Environment Institute (SYKE), Mika Nieminen, Principal Scientist at Natural Resources Institute Finland (LUKE) and Sampo Soimakallio, Head of Unit at Finnish Environment Institute (SYKE) Environmental law was created to protect […]

29.4.2022

Legal transformations in an era of globalization: the case of REDD+

By Eugenia Recio Piva, Postdoctoral Researcher in Climate Law and Policy (Author’s Note: This blog post is based on my recently defended article-based PhD titled Legal Transformations in an Era of Globalization: the case of REDD+)  Forests are critical in ensuring the integrity of the world’s ecosystems and the wellbeing of humanity. Scientists say that […]

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 […]

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