Amendments to the EU Environmental Crime Directive

Presentation: Panel discussion
Date: 26 April 2024
Location: online and Berlin, Germany
Panel discussion: Dr. Stephan Sina

Dr Stephan Sina, Senior Fellow at Ecologic Institute, took part in a panel discussion in the Bundestag as part of a workshop on environmental crime organised by Bündnis90/Die Grünen. In his keynote speech, he outlined the most important innovations of the amended EU Environmental Crime Directive and the challenges of its implementation in Germany. The panel discussion was chaired by MdB Lukas Benner. Other panellists were Katharina Lang (WWF) on the topic of illegal timber trade and journalist Marius Münstermann on the topic of illegal waste trade.

More than 30 people took part in the hybrid event.

Event: Workshop Umweltkriminalität: Kampf um ein globales Milliardengeschäft
Organizer: Bündnis 90/Die Grünen (B90/Grüne), Germany
Panel discussion: Dr. Stephan Sina
Date: 26 April 2024
Location: online and Berlin, Germany
Language: German
Keywords: Environmental Law – Ecologic Legal

Environmental criminal law, environmental crime, Environmental Crime Directive, compliance, prosecution, EU

Germany

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