Legislation between Climate Action and Security of Supply

Challenges of the Energy Transition

Presentation: Speech
Date: 3 September 2024
Location: Berlin, Germany
Speech: Dr. Stephan Sina

On 3 September 2024, Dr Stephan Sina, Senior Fellow at Ecologic Institute, held a presentation on ‘Legislation between Climate Action and Security of Supply - Challenges of the Energy Transition’ as part of a visit by a delegation from the Legislative Affairs Commission (LAC) of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress of the People's Republic of China to the Federal Ministry of Economic Affairs and Climate Action. In addition to two further presentations by representatives of the Ministry, there was an exchange of views with the Chinese delegation.

The event was part of a study tour organised by the Sino-German Legal Cooperation Programme on the topic of codification of environmental law. The Sino-German Legal Cooperation Programme is commissioned by the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development and is implemented by the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ).

Analyses of the Structure of German and European Climate Protection Law

21 October 2024
Berlin, Germany

Analyses of German and European Climate Law Structure

Jun 2024 - Oct 2025

Speech:German Climate Change Acts

Date: 20 - 21 September 2023
Location: Beijing, China

PresentationSpeechAn Overview of Germany's Federal Climate Change Act

Photo: Stephan Sina

Dr. Stephan Sina, Senior Fellow of Ecologic Institute, held an online speech at the 8th International Forum on Environmental Rule of Law "Climate Change and Carbon Neutral Legal System: International Metropolitan Dialogue" on 6 November 2023 in Shanghai. He gave an... Read more

Speech:An Overview of Germany's Federal Climate Change Act

Date: 6 November 2023
Location: online, Shanghai and Berlin

PresentationSpeechClimate Litigation in Germany

The picture shows the participants of the online workshop

Lina-Marie Dück, Fellow of Ecologic Institute, presented a case study examining climate change litigation in Germany at a workshop held online in Beijing and Berlin. The study highlighted seven distinct cases, encompassing matters related to climate mitigation at both... Read more

Speech:Climate Litigation in Germany

Date: 28 November 2023
Location: Online, Beijing and Berlin

ProjectAnalyses of German and European Climate Law Structure

Bild von Leandro Aguilar auf Pixabay

As part of the implementation of its NDC, the Chinese government is focusing on further developing its climate legislation. According to recent developments, China plans to develop an environmental code with a chapter on climate. Through the climate legislation... Read more

Analyses of German and European Climate Law Structure

Duration: Jun 2024 - Oct 2025
Funding: Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ), Germany

PublicationReportAnalysis of the Implementation of EU Provisions for the Clean Energy Transition in Selected Member States

Cover of Ecologic institute's report "Analysis of the implementation of EU provisions for the clean energy transition in selected Member States"

Since 2019 the European Union has introduced a range of new laws as part of its "Clean Energy for All Europeans" package. In 2022, the RePower EU Plan was launched with the aim of accelerating the deployment of renewable energy in response to the Russian invasion of... Read more

Sina, Stephan et al. 2024: Analysis of the implementation of EU provisions for the clean energy transition in selected Member States. Ecologic Institute, Berlin.

PublicationReportAusarbeitung eines Kapazitätsmechanismus für den deutschen Strommarkt

Cover of the study “Development of a capacity mechanism for the German electricity market”. The picture shows wind turbines and solar panels in the foreground and an electricity pylon in the background. The text at the bottom of the cover indicates that the study was commissioned by Amprion GmbH, TenneT TSO GmbH, 50Hertz Transmission GmbH and TransnetBW GmbH and was published in May 2024.

The final report of the study by Consentec and Ecologic Institute deals with the development of a capacity mechanism for the German electricity market. The need for a capacity mechanism is discussed against the background of the increasing share of renewable energies... Read more

Consentec GmbH and Ecologic Institut (2024): Ausarbeitung eines Kapazitätsmechanismus für den deutschen Strommarkt. Aachen and Berlin: Consentec GmbH and Ecologic Institut.