A European Climate Law – What Should It Look Like?

Publication: Report
Citation: Meyer-Ohlendorf, Nils 2019: A European Climate Law – What Should It Look Like?. Ecologic Institute: Berlin.

Ursula von der Leyen, the new President of the European Commission, took office today, on 1 December 2019. As one of her first proposals, she promised to propose a European Climate Law in the first 100 days of her term in office. This 'Law' is a critical step to make Europe climate neutral. It can close gaps in existing EU climate rules. These gaps will impede the EU from becoming climate neutral before 2050. A new paper by Ecologic Institute discusses what a European Climate Law should look like, and how it could close existing gaps. The paper is available for download.

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Language: English
Authorship: Dr. Nils Meyer-Ohlendorf
Funding: European Climate Foundation (ECF), International
Published by: Ecologic Institute, Germany
Year: 2019
Dimension: 21 pp.
Project ID: 2159
Table of contents: Click to show full table of contents

1 Summary
2 Introduction
3 The Climate Law's main features: Which gaps in EU rules should the law close?
3.1 Legally binding reduction targets
3.2 EU emission budget
3.3 Negative emissions: targets for emission removals
3.4 Public participation and democracy
3.5 Independent advisory institutions
3.6 Monitoring, review, planning and strategies
3.7 Financial flows: Public Budgets, Subsidies, investment strategies
3.8 Policy Mainstreaming
4 The law's legal 'home': Where to place the law's elements in the acquis?
Keywords: Climate

Environmental Law – Ecologic Legal

EU

Governance

climate law, renewable energies, energy efficiency, transformation, decarbonisation, Paris Agreement, European Parliament, EU, legislation, legal acts, CO2 footprint, climate target, governance regulation, energy union

Europe

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