Water in the EU Green Deal and the Omnibus Era – Wavering between the Making and the Unmaking of Water Protection Law
By Suvi-Tuuli Puharinen, Senior Researcher at the University of Eastern Finland This blog post was first published on GNHRE (23 October 2026) as part of the GNHRE Blog Symposium, The Unmaking of the European Green Deal. Water is a central component of any environmental policy agenda. Not only do freshwater resources sustain ecosystems and biodiversity, […]
Will the new EU taxonomy bring stricter ecological requirements for hydropower?
By Suvi-Tuuli Puharinen & Antti Belinskij. Puharinen is a PhD researcher and Belinskij is Professor of Environmental Law at the Center for Climate Change, Energy and Environmental Law of the University of Eastern Finland. Both contribute to the SUSHYDRO -project financed by the Academy of Finland. This blog post is based on the Finnish language […]
Introducing the CCEEL Blog and CCEEL activities on climate law
Kati Kulovesi, Co-Director of CCEEL and Professor of International Law. Harro van Asselt, Professor of Climate Law and Policy. The past few weeks have been remarkable for the evolution of international climate law. A month ago, the Paris Agreement obtained the required ratifications both in terms of the number of countries and their share of global greenhouse gas […]