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 Harro Van Asselt. First published in the University of Oslo, Blogging for Sustainability on 31 May 2021. Photo by Liam Briese on Unsplash. Last week’s ruling by the Hague District Court in the Netherlands ordering the oil and gas company Royal Dutch Shell – the parent company of the broader Shell group – to reduce its […]
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 launched in 2019. Nevertheless, the European Union still has a long way to go to realise the climate and sustainability transition, which will require perseverance […]