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? […]
Time for a holistic approach to climate change and air pollution in international law
Dr Yulia Yamineva Yamineva works as a senior researcher at CCEEL. The urgent challenges of climate change and air pollution could benefit from more integrated consideration under international law. As this blog post explains, climate change and air pollution are currently mostly addressed through separate international legal instruments and regimes. The blog […]
More Time for an Energy Revolution? Seizing the Opportunity to Slow Down Climate Change by Cutting Emissions of Short-lived Climate Pollutants
Kati Kulovesi, Yulia Yamineva and Veera Jerkku View of the South of Delhi by Jean-Etienne Minh-Duy Poirrier (Under Creative Commons License) THERE IS an important ‘ambition gap’ between the climate change mitigation policies pledged by countries in context of the Paris Agreement and those needed to avoid dangerous climate change. Discussions on […]
The Evolving International Gas Industry: A Brief Comment on Decarbonisation and Matters Arising
Tade Oyewunmi, Doctoral Researcher, oyetade.oyewunmi@uef.fi IN A forthcoming paper on the topic- ‘Examining the Instrumental Role of Regulation in the Development of Gas Supply Markets: Highlights from the US and EU’ (2017)[1] I considered the effectiveness of regulation in the path towards restructuring and the development of competitive gas markets in which parallel policy objectives such […]
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 […]
Rainforests in the Paris Agreement: Old Wine, New Bottles?
Maria Eugenia Recio Researcher, MPhil, Environmental and Climate Change Law MERELY A year after its adoption, the landmark Paris climate change treaty came into effect on 4 November 2016. Its Parties are currently convening for the first time in Marrakesh, Morocco. These are clearly important steps for the United Nations climate change regime. At […]
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 […]