Integrating Climate and Energy Law and Policy

2008 - Asser Colloquium on European Law: Integrating Climate and Energy Law and Policy.

The Asser colloquium 2008 will have the following topic: Integrating Climate and Energy Law and Policy. The colloquium will take place on October 23-24 2008 in the Provincehouse Zuid-Holland, The Hague, The Netherlands.


Download programme and full information here: Brochure Asser Colloquium

 
Topic:
The climate change and energy debate has reached a crucial turning point at the global and European level. Three recent events stand out in this respect. First, the March 2007 acceptance of the ambitious EU commitment to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by at least 20%, to increase the share of renewable energy by 20% and to reduce energy consumption by 20% by the year 2020. Second, in November 2007 the international community gathered in Indonesia agreed on the Bali Action Plan, a roadmap defining the future regime of the Kyoto Protocol after 2012. Finally, in January 2008 the European Commission presented a package of legislative proposals on the integration of climate and energy policy in the EU which the stage for realizing the ambitious European commitments.
 
The 38^th Asser Colloquium on European Law is dedicated to the different legal and policy questions arising in European law and international law in respect of the implementation of climate and energy policy and law. Amongst other issues, the following points will be addressed during the colloquium:
 

• Legal implications of climate and energy policy
• Relation between climate change and energy measures
• Distribution of commitments within the EU
• Energy security and energy supply issues
• Common but differentiated responsibilities within and outside the EU
• Role of market based instruments
• Acting regionally / nationally / at the EU level ? what are the hurdles?
• Harmonization of climate and energy policy and law within Europe
• Aviation and climate change
• EU position on the international debate on the future of the Kyoto Protocol
• EU commitments and third countries.

 
In the attachment the tentative program for the 2008 Asser Colloquium on European Law: Integrating Climate and Energy Law and Policy can be found.
 
 
For more information please contact:
Project Manager Content: Dr. Wybe Douma & Dr. Leonardo Massai
Project Manager Events: Laura de Meijer BSc.
 
Conference Department, T.M.C. Asser Institute
P.O.Box 30461
2500 GL The Hague
Telephone  + 31 (0)70 3420310 
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e-mail: conferencemanager@asser.nl

Brochure Asser Colloquium