A5003674556- International Law and Aviation
- Climate Change Policy and Economics
- International Maritime Law Issues
- Maritime Transport Emissions and Efficiency
- Ocean Acidification Effects and Responses
- International Environmental Law and Policies
- Energy, Environment, and Transportation Policies
- Coastal and Marine Management
- Medical Malpractice and Liability Issues
- Global Energy Security and Policy
- Environmental law and policy
- Global Energy and Sustainability Research
- Arctic and Russian Policy Studies
- Climate Change, Adaptation, Migration
- Global trade and economics
- Space exploration and regulation
- Aviation Industry Analysis and Trends
- Mining and Resource Management
- European and International Law Studies
- Nuclear and radioactivity studies
- Climate Change and Geoengineering
- Marine Bivalve and Aquaculture Studies
- Economic Policies and Impacts
- Environmental Education and Sustainability
- Environmental Impact and Sustainability
University of Copenhagen
2011-2025
In 1992, the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change called for all sectors of global economy, including transport, to contribute stabilization greenhouse gas emissions. However, five years later, international aviation and maritime transport were explicitly excluded from Kyoto Protocol's scope have remained largely untouched. The negotiations regulation these sectors' emissions under climate regime, International Civil Aviation Organization Maritime played buck‐passing game...
Plastics is all the rage, and mitigating marine litter topping agenda for nations pushing issues such as ocean acidification, or even climate change, away from public consciousness. We are personally directly affected by plastics charismatic megafauna dying it, it something that appears to be doable. So, who cares about issue of acidification anymore? should. The challenge dual in fact both invisible naked eye therefore not felt like a pressing public, thereby reaching top policy makers; but...
Abstract In 2023, the International Maritime Organization ( IMO ) adopted a new strategy to decarbonise international shipping, revising one in 2018. This article analyses how considerations of equity are incorporated into 2023 strategy. Some language included reflects and – sometimes explicitly refers principles norms climate change regime. aims shed light on meaning just equitable energy transition shipping basis its understanding
In December 2018, the European Union (EU) adopted a recast of Renewable Energy Directive (RED II), which introduces new target 32 percent renewable energy to be reached at EU level by 2030. This represents discontinuity with one enshrined in previous I), as it is binding only for whole but not individual Member States. Such policy shift paves way legal challenges deployment energy. Yet, contextual approval Regulation on Governance also provides Commission an enforcement toolkit respond...
Ocean acidification (OA) is a global problem with profoundly negative environmental, social and economic consequences. From governance perspective, there need to ensure coordinated effort directly address it. This study reviews 90 legislative documents from 17 countries the European Economic Area (EEA) UK that primarily border sea. The primary finding this national policies legislation addressing OA at best uncoordinated. Although acknowledged higher levels of governance, its status as an...
Given their rapidly increasing contribution to the climate change problem, calls for regulation of emissions from international aviation sector have become stronger in recent years. The Kyoto Protocol has delegated adoption mitigation measures International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO), with only modest results date. A core challenge crafting is differential treatment developed and developing countries a that otherwise characterised by equality treatment. This article shows how ICAO...
During the negotiations that led to adoption of Paris Agreement, one most contentious issues was introduction a dedicated provision in Article 8 on what is known as ‘loss and ...
Insurance schemes are a widely supported form of finance mechanism to address climate change-induced loss and damage, part the Warsaw International Mechanism for Loss Damage. This paper reviews active insurance damage by exploring existing critiques. Novel insights into fundamental challenges that face then examined, in particular context common but differentiated responsibilities respective capabilities, intergenerational equity, economic gender inequality, human mobility. The analysis...
Climate change is an urgent matter, which calls for considering the potential, opportunities and challenges of public procurement combating it. This article analyses role that purchasing plays in achieving enhancing climate mitigation EU, delves into specific legal framework after 2015 Paris Agreement 2014 Procurement Directive. The EU rules are analysed to understand evolution environmental concerns, specifically change, law over last twenty years. shows how may be accommodated light these...
This article contributes to academic literature on conflict risk surrounding the exploration and exploitation of natural resources in Less Developed Countries. The research presented here considers this issue context Peruvian government's policy increase foreign private investment developing Amazonian oil gas reserves. Specifically, aims understand grievance-based by documenting positions motivations various organisations local communities affected work conducted block 76 overlapping...
Although the existing literature identifies a fuel levy imposed by means of global agreement as most efficient policy for carbon pricing in maritime sector, scholars and makers have debated possibility regional measures to be introduced case cannot achieved. This debate has highlighted several economic, legal, political challenges that implementation an effective scheme would face. article compares relative performance various based on following criteria: jurisdictional basis, data...
Among academics and policymakers, it is generally agreed that implicit tax subsidies for maritime fuels — which are currently granted around the world inefficient, but their abolishment requires a unanimous international agreement. Such an agreement deemed indispensable because any unilateral action would be impossible due to massive competition in this industry, competitiveness effects legal limits on regulating industry operating mostly waters, thus outside of state's jurisdiction....
Building on existing literature university legal education for energy and climate change law, this article presents a novel course the law of transition, financed by European Union. The delves into emergence idea project, development proposal to Commission, first offering ‘EU-US Comparative Climate Change Energy Transition Law', which ran from February April 2019. is framed around emerging trends towards internationalisation digitalisation education, are essential features TUCCCEL programme.
Abstract This Special Issue, based on the Third International Conference of Transatlantic Maritime Emissions Research Network ( TRAMEREN ), Copenhagen, June 2019, examines emerging issues in Arctic environmental and climate change governance. The law sea performs a paramount role stabilising legal order ocean, including marine Arctic. However, physical ecological conditions surrounding ocean may over time, particularly era change. Thus antithesis between stability is key when considering...