Project Climate Change Law in Europe
CLASS is a member of the international project consortium FWO SRN Climate Change Law in Europe
17. 12. 2022
The CLASS Centre is involved in a project to establish a network of academic centres in the field of climate law in Europe, supported by the Flemish Grant Agency FWO.
This Scientific Research Network seeks to contribute to legal innovation in Climate Change Law in Europe. Its geographical scope is limited to the European Union (EU) and the United Kingdom (UK). Its research, however, will not be limited to EU and domestic Climate Change Law. Insofar as it is relevant for Climate Change Law in the EU and the UK, the international legal and governance framework and other regional frameworks (UNECE, ECHR, …) will also be involved. The network partners will work together on four key issues:
- A just transition to a low carbon economy;
- Human rights in Climate Change Law;
- Biodiversity protection in Climate Change Law;
- Governance innovation in Climate Change Law.
CLASS is co-coordinating pillar two on human rights.
The UHasselt Environmental Law Unit (ELU) is coordinating the network.
The other network partners are:
- UGent Centre for Environmental and Energy Law,
- UAntwerpen Law and Development Research Group,
- Centre for International Law and Governance (CILG) of the University of Copenhagen,
- Centre for Climate Change, Energy and Environmental Law of the University of Eastern Finland (UEF)
- the Strathclyde Centre for Environmental Law and Governance (SCELG) of the University of Strathclyde (Scotland), and
- Centre for Climate Law and Sustainability Studies (CLASS) of the Institute of State and Law of the Czech Academy of Sciences.
Witgin the project, project partners will organise workshops and conferences, prepare joint publications, organise postdoctoral exchanges and visits to the participating institutions. A summer school on climate law at Hasselt University will also take place in 2023.
Period of the project: 10 October 2022 - 31 December 2027
Workshops held within the project Climate Change Law in Europe:
22. 11. 2022 Workshop Justice for the voiceless: human rights of future generations in climate change law organised by University of Antwerp: program
16. 12. 2022 Workshop Technological breakthroughs for climate neutrality in Europe: Challenges and Perspectives organised by University of Hasselt: program