Controversy over EU’s LULUCF accounting rules
Seita Romppanen Romppanen works at the UEF Law School as a Senior Lecturer in international environmental law. 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. The EU’s overall goal […]
Volatile relations: EU-Russia energy regulation
Moritz Wüstenberg, Junior Researcher, European Law THE WORLD Trade Organization (WTO) is often seen as a curiosity generally associated with globalization. The WTO as we know it today has developed in its 70 year’s history from a provisionally applied interim agreement (the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade or “GATT”) to become […]
The ‘Clean Energy for All Europeans’ package – Analysing the Commission’s proposed approach to capacity mechanisms
Kaisa Huhta Doctoral Researcher (kaisa.huhta@uef.fi) IN NOVEMBER 2016, the European Commission published an extensive legislative proposal on energy. Known as ‘Clean Energy for All Europeans’ package, the proposal aims to address many of the challenges relating to structural changes the European energy markets have been experiencing during the past decades. These structural […]
Nord Stream 2 and EU Energy Law
Kim Talus Professor of European Economic and Energy Law THE NORD Stream 2 project and its predecessor Nord Stream 1 are well-known international pipeline projects. Nord Stream 2 will, when completed, bring gas from Russia to Germany and the offshore section of the pipeline will extend over around 1200 kilometers across the seabed […]
The first graduate from Master’s Programme in Economic and Resources Law: ”Energy is the very glue that holds life together”
Oskari Korhonen The first graduate from UEF Law School’s Master’s Programme in Economic and Resources Law, Dayann Obeng-Darko, decided to pursue a second master’s degree after working with international business and marketing. After completing the degree he felt the urge to continue working as a researcher and ended up pursuing a doctoral degree in law. […]