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 […]

14.2.2023

Finland’s first climate lawsuit: Watching the forest sink

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 […]

14.9.2017

Controversy over EU’s LULUCF accounting rules

Seita Romppanen, Romppanen works at the UEF Law School as a Senior Lecturer in International Environmental Law. Photo by Sebastian Unrau on Unsplash. In July 2016, the European Commission issued a legislative proposal on how to include the land use, land-use change and forestry (LULUCF) sector in the EU’s climate and energy framework for the 2021-2030 period. […]