By Leonie Reins, Professor of Public Law and Sustainability, Rotterdam Erasmus School of Law and Kaisa Huhta, Associate Professor of European Law, especially Energy Law, UEF Law School. This Blog has also… Read More »What is energy solidarity? A view from the EU and the energy crisis
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… Read More »Does the new Finnish Climate Change Act promote urban climate resilience?
Dr. Seita Romppanen, yliopistonlehtori, kv-ympäristöoikeus. Julkaistu alun perin 2035Legitimacy-blogissa. EU:n Fit for 55 -lainsäädäntöpaketissa ehdotetut uudistukset kytkisivät metsät ja metsien tulevan käytön nykyistä selkeämmin osaksi kokonaisvaltaisia ilmastotoimia. Metsäsektorin rooli ilmastotavoitteiden… Read More »Mennäänkö metsään? Metsillä on haastava rooli EU:n ja Suomen ilmastotaistelussa
Photo by Carl Jorgensen on Unsplash Nicola Sharman The concept of just transition is going to play an increasingly prominent role in climate mitigation policy as global decarbonisation processes gather… Read More »Just Transition in national climate law: Lessons from Scotland
By Rosemary Mwanza, PhD student at the UEF Law School. Photo by pisauikan on Unsplash. This blog post is based on my recently published article entitled ‘Toxic Spaces, Community Voices,… Read More »Environmental human rights in Kenya: between promise and reality
By Kaisa Huhta, Senior Lecturer in EU law at the CCEEL Photo by Flash Dantz on Unsplash Sustainable energy democracy is a concept that has been used to understand new… Read More »Sustainable energy democracy: What is it and why does it matter?
By Sebastian Oberthür. Photo by Giovanni Bianchi on Unsplash. EU climate governance has made significant progress over the past years, including an acceleration under the European Commission’s European Green Deal… Read More »Taking stock of EU climate governance: key challenges
By Harro van Asselt, Sander Chan, Idil Boran, Thomas Hale, Lukas Hermwille, Charles Roger. 11 December 2020. Global Governance. Harro van Asselt, Sander Chan, Idil Boran, Thomas Hale, Lukas Hermwille,… Read More »Realizing the promise of Paris: Three ways of strengthening non-state and subnational climate action
Hanna-Mari Ahonen, Kari Hämekoski, Matti Kahra, Kati Kulovesi, Anna Laine ja Maija Saijonmaa. Photo by Markus Spiske on Unsplash. Kasvava huoli ilmastonmuutoksesta on lisännyt kasvihuonekaasupäästöjen vapaaehtoisen hyvittämisen eli päästökompensaation suosiota.… Read More »Vapaaehtoisten päästöhyvitysten sääntelyyn tarvitaan selkeyttä
Pekka Niemelä. Photo by Sebastian Grochowicz on Unsplash. Introduction In May 2019, the European Court of Justice (ECJ) issued Opinion 1/17 concerning the relationship between EU law and the so called investment… Read More »Opinion 1:17 – the Investment Court System receives green light from the ECJ. But does it protect countries’ right to regulate mining projects?