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Possibility of Extending Legal Standing under Article 263 (4) TFEU in the matter of Climate Litigation by Yumiko Nakanishi

I Introduction   The narrowness in the legal standing of individuals and NGOs under European Union law has been criticized and discussed. Article 263 (4) of the Treaty of Functioning of the European Union (TFEU) demands fulfillment of certain conditions: an act addressed, an act that is of direct and individual concern to applicants, or a regulatory act that is of direct concern to applicants … Continuer de lire Possibility of Extending Legal Standing under Article 263 (4) TFEU in the matter of Climate Litigation by Yumiko Nakanishi

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New climate case in the European Union : Romania’s first climate lawsuit by Anisia Hereșanu

In 2019, the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights claimed that “[t]he world has never seen a threat to human rights of this scope” as that posed by climate change. Awareness of this issue is growing, which is why we see more and more cases where the emergency of the climate change crisis is being brought before the Courts. Climate-related lawsuits are multiplying around the … Continuer de lire New climate case in the European Union : Romania’s first climate lawsuit by Anisia Hereșanu

L’avenir de la Charte de l’énergie: Comment accommoder la protection des investisseurs à la transition énergétique ? par Nicolas de Sadeleer

Alors que la COP 27 a débouché sur un accord en demi-teinte qui n’inversera pas la tendance au réchauffement global, un autre traité, moins connu du grand public, agite depuis plusieurs mois le landerneau politique européen. Conclu à la fin de la Guerre froide, en 1994, en vue de garantir la transition politique et économique des marchés de l’énergie dans les pays d’Europe centrale et … Continuer de lire L’avenir de la Charte de l’énergie: Comment accommoder la protection des investisseurs à la transition énergétique ? par Nicolas de Sadeleer

From “The Xylella Saga” in Apulia (Italy): a lesson for the precautionary protection of the environment by Alice De Nuccio

Xylella Fastidiosa is a deadly plant bacterium originating from America, able to provoke the socio-ecological collapse of entire territories. Unfortunately, in 2013, it was detected – for the first time in European territory – on the olive trees of the Apulia region, the largest olive oil producer in Italy. This post traces the long history, from the adoption of precautionary measures to their failure in … Continuer de lire From “The Xylella Saga” in Apulia (Italy): a lesson for the precautionary protection of the environment by Alice De Nuccio

La politique communautaire de l’eau, une protection juridictionnelle stricte pour sauvegarder une ressource fondamentale : l’exemple des eaux de surface

Nicolas de Sadeleer, Professeur ordinaire et Chaire Jean Monnet à l’Université Saint-Louis – Bruxelles Gauthier Martens, Juriste Introduction La pollution des eaux constitue une des facettes de la crise environnementale certes ancienne, mais dont la gravité ne s’est pas nécessairement estompée malgré l’accumulation de régimes réglementaires. Elle se traduit par des effets très spécifiques dus aux particularités écologiques propres au milieu aquatique. Pendant longtemps la … Continuer de lire La politique communautaire de l’eau, une protection juridictionnelle stricte pour sauvegarder une ressource fondamentale : l’exemple des eaux de surface

Stakeholder Panel: ‘The Brussels Effect: How the European Union Rules the World – Maastricht University – December 15

In her 2020 bestseller, ‘The Brussels Effect: How the European Union Rules the World’, Anu Bradford (Columbia) examines the role of EU measures in shaping numerous policy fields such as data privacy, consumer health and safety, environmental protection, antitrust, and online hate speech. This event, organised jointly by the Globalisation and Law Network, Maastricht University (GLAW-Net), and the University of York Faculty of Law, will … Continuer de lire Stakeholder Panel: ‘The Brussels Effect: How the European Union Rules the World – Maastricht University – December 15

LA CRISE CLIMATIQUE : L’EUROPE À L’ÉPREUVE DES JEUNES

par Alessandra Donati et Guénolé Houitte de la Chesnais Europe, jeunes et climat 2022 est l’année européenne de la jeunesse. Sous l’impulsion des institutions européennes, cette année se veut en effet consacrée à la réflexion sur l’importance des jeunes dans la construction d’un avenir « meilleur – plus vert, plus inclusif et numérique ». Or, selon une étude récente, intitulée « Inégalités intergénérationnelles dans l’exposition aux extrêmes climatiques » … Continuer de lire LA CRISE CLIMATIQUE : L’EUROPE À L’ÉPREUVE DES JEUNES

Forest certification: an alternative project to limited and ineffective international environmental treaties by Tiago Megale

Introduction The value of forests can be found on its features as a reservoir of fibre, fuel, wood and non-wood forest products susceptible to economic exploration, as a food source, as a habitat with a variety of wildlife, as a principal reservoir of biodiversity and as carbon sinks. Forests, however, have been recently devastated. Estimated data from the Brazilian National Institute of Space Research (INPE) … Continuer de lire Forest certification: an alternative project to limited and ineffective international environmental treaties by Tiago Megale

New book: European Union Law in Context (Bloomsbury 2021)

Book Abstract This recent textbook by Ester Herlin-Karnell, Gerard Conway, and Aravind Ganesh provides an explanatory and contextual view of EU law and its impact in a simple and easily accessible yet analytical manner. It illustrates the power struggles behind a given EU law act, to allow for a full understanding of how it developed. This allows the student to understand EU law as a … Continuer de lire New book: European Union Law in Context (Bloomsbury 2021)

Sustainability Lunchtime Seminars:Where Environmental Law Meets Economic Law

The FDEF House for Sustainable Governance and Markets in collaboration with the Belgio-Luxembourg Hub of the European Law Institute (ELI), the Association Luxembourgeoise pour le droit de l’environment (ALDE) and EU Law Live (as media partner) invite you to: Sustainability Lunchtime Seminars:Where Environmental Law Meets Economic Law Objective: Our sustainability lunchtime seminars will create a venue to study the interaction between EU environmental law and … Continuer de lire Sustainability Lunchtime Seminars:Where Environmental Law Meets Economic Law