The Bonn Climate Conference 2017: Progress on the implementation of the Paris Agreement and higher ambition?
Kati Kulovesi Professor of International Law & Co-Director of the Centre for Climate, Energy and Environmental Law THE LATEST round of United Nations climate negotiations concluded on 18 November 2017 in Bonn, Germany. What is the state of international climate policy after the meeting and what lies ahead for 2018 and beyond? […]
A Nudge Towards Low-Emission Mobility – A Glance at the AFI Directive’s Approach to End Oil Dependence in the European Transport Sector
Sara Kymenvaara, Researcher, Climate Change Law, LL.M. A FAMOUS metaphor on climate change politics refers to people’s unrelenting driving of SUVs, disconnected from the threat of climate change they are contributing to. Although a lot has changed on the political arena with the entry into force of the Paris Agreement on 4 […]
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 […]