The european green deal and the impact of climate change on the eu regulatory framework

Sommaire Introduction Alicja Sikora & Inga Kawka Part I. EU Green Deal - Tools, Methods and Challenges of Coherence Instruments of the EU Climate Policy Filip Křepelka I. Introduction II. Terminology Concerning Instruments A. The Importance of Language(s) B. A Misleading Role without Impact (European Climate Pact) C. The Unexplored Potential of Languages (European Green Deal) D. Emerging Statist Terminology (European Climate Law and several acts) III. The Choice of Legal Instruments A. Resorting to Instruments in EU Lawmaking B. Euro-multi-crises and Responses to Them C. Existing EU Climate Laws D. Intensification of Climate Policies ('Fit for 55%') E. The Choices Among Legal Instruments and their Substantiation IV. The Position and Role of these Instruments A. Constitutionalisation and 'Mimesis' B. Regulatory 'Delicacy' C. Possible escalation V. Conclusions Sustainability, the principle of environmental integration in EU law, and the legal form of planning acts Karolina Karpus I. Introduction II. Sustainable Development and the Integrated Approach III. The Law as a Plan and the Plan as an Act of Hard/Soft Law IV. The Legal Form of EU Planning Acts and the EGD V. Conclusions E-government and Environmental Protection. Towards Greater Sustainability Inga Kawka I. Introduction II. The Principle of Sustainable Development in EU Law A. The Meaning of the Concept III. The Operationalisation of the Principle of Sustainable Development on the Example of the Digital Transformation of the EU A. Introduction B. Digital Transformation and Sustainability IV. E-Government in the EU And Ecological Sustainability A. Introduction B. Digitalisation of the Administration as a Tool to Enhance Ecological Sustainability V. Conclusions Climate Change, Access to Information and the Mechanism of a Confirmatory Review: Mounting Discrepancies Tiina Paloniitty I. Introduction: The Triangle of Climate Change, Institutional Transparency, and the EU II. The Aarhus Regulation and the Confirmatory Review Process III. The Confirmatory Review Decisions in Numbers IV. The Limited Room of Manoeuvre of the Aarhus Regulation A. 'Emission into the Environment' - the Test that Climate Change Impacts can Never Overcome? B. Confidentiality vs Transparency discourse: the Unavoidable Hurdle 89 V. The Challenge of the Global Scale and the Purposive Approach Nowhere to Be Seen A. The Unresolved Challenge of the Scale of Climate Change B. The Underdeveloped Potential of Purposive Approach VI. Conclusions Annex Sustainability and the Recommendations of the Holy See to EU Member States Christine Mengès-Le-Pape I. Introduction II. Against The Environmental Crises Of Europe, Memories and Dreams A. Introduction B. Pontifical Discourses on Environmental Crises C. An Ecological Conversion: Between Memories and Dreams III. Three Principles to Serve 'the European Green Deal' A. Introduction B. Solidarity and Justice C. The Principle of Participation Part II. (Re)shaping the EU Regulatory Framework: Towards an Ecological Dimension of EU Law Towards EU Nature Restoration Law: a Boost for Biodiversity and Climate? Mariusz Baran I. Introduction II. The Need to Restore Natural Resources in Europe III. Deficiencies of the Current State of EU Law on the Protection of Natural Ecosystems A. The Natura 2000 Nature Network - the Habitats Directive and the Birds Directive B. The Damage Directive and the Obligation to Prevent and Remedy Environmental Damage (Directive 2004/35/EC) C. Water Framework Directive (Directive 2000/60/EC) and Marine Strategy Framework Directive (Directive 2008/56/EC) IV. Legal Regime (Objectives and Legal Instruments) for Restoration of Natural Ecosystems According to the Draft Regulation V. Conclusions Energy Solidarity Revisited Ilona Przybojewska I. Introduction II. Energy Solidarity: a Conceptual Framework A. Energy Solidarity in EU Law B. Energy Solidarity in the Jurisprudence of the EU Courts C. Dynamic Orientation of the Concept of Energy Solidarity; Proposing the Definition III. Energy Matters A. Aspects of the European Green Deal Selected for Closer Inspection B. Increasing EU Climate Ambitions vs Energy Security and Energy Solidarity C. Supplying Clean, Affordable and Secure Energy vs Energy Security and Energy Solidarity IV. Conclusions The EU ETS and the European Green Deal - the Struggle for Compromise Małgorzata Bryk-Zwolska I. Introduction II. The EU ETS Evolution III. EU ETS and EGD IV. Conclusion The EU Green Deal and the Farm to Fork Strategy: a Fundamental Rights Approach to Harmonise the Internal Market Marco Inglese I. Introduction: an Overview of the Principle of Consistency II. The Green Deal as the Cornerstone of the Commission's Legislative Proposals III. Upholding of the EU Green Deal: the Farm to Fork Strategy and the Sustainability of Food Systems IV. Fundamental Rights and Harmonisation: Ensuring Consistency in EU Secondary Law V. Concluding Remarks Towards Green Public Procurement Aleksandra Sołtysinska I. Introduction II. The Concept of Green Public Procurement III. The Role of the Court of Justice in Developing the Importance of Green Public Procurement IV. Green Procurement Regulations in the EU A. Introduction B. Article 18(2) of the Public Sector Directive C. Environmental Aspects in the Public Procurement Process V. Conclusions In the Quest for Sustainability - How can National Competition Authorities Contribute? Kamil Dobosz I. Introductory Remarks II. Origins of Sustainability in European Antitrust III. Does EU Competition Law Preclude Sustainability Goals? VI. (Un)Hidden Solution V. Dispute on Article 3(3) Regulation 1/2003 VI. Revised Horizontal Block Exemption Regulations and Guidelines VII. EU and Pure Dimension Cases VIII. Conclusions How Can Sustainable Finance Regulation Contribute to the Funding of the EU's Environmental and Climate Transition? Marcin Krzemien I. Introduction - The European Green Deal as the EU's Environmental and Climate Strategy II. The Commission's Strategy for Financing the Transition to a Sustainable Economy - Creating the EU's Sustainable Finance Framework III. Review of the European Sustainable Finance Legislation A. Introduction B. The Taxonomy Regulation C. Reporting Obligations D. Prudential Obligations for the Financial Sector E. Sustainable Financial Products F. ESG-Related Fiduciary Duties G. The European Sustainable Finance Legislation - a Summary and Prospects for the Future IV. How Can the Sustainable Finance Regulation Contribute to the Funding of the EU's Environmental and Climate Transition? V. Challenges for the EU sustainable finance framework A. A test for the taxonomical approach B. The wider issue of transparency C. Greenwashing - A Looming Risk Made More Prominent VI. Conclusions Part. III. The Global Dimension of the EU Green Deal (In)coherence of the EU External Policy impact on business and human rights developments in the post-Soviet region Olena Uvarova I. Introduction: SDG and BHR Agendas in EU External Policy II. Cooperation with the EU as a Factor of BHR Developments in the Post-Soviet Region A. The Lack of UNGPs Implementation by Post-Soviet Countries B. BHR as a Gap in the EU External Policy III. Conclusions The Transition of Waste Management According to the EU and Ukrainian Legislation Yuliia Leheza I. Introduction II. The Low Efficiency of the Policy of the European Green Deal in the Sphere of Waste Management in Ukraine III. The Content of the 'Waste' Concept in Accordance with the Legislation of Ukraine and the EU IV. Waste Management as the Content of the Transformation of Environmental Policy in Ukraine V. Conclusions Is the EU Realising an Externally Just Green Transition? Jakub Bednarek I. Introduction A. The Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism B. Common but Differentiated Responsibilities C. Adjusting the CBAM II. Conclusions The EU Green Deal and the Principle of Proportionality as the Main Principle of Environmental Safety Yuliia Volkova І. Introduction IІ. The Concepts and Principles of the EU Environmental Policy A. The principle of Integration B. The principle of Citizen Involvement C. The Principle of integration of environmental policy IIІ. The principle of Proportionality and the Principle of the Rule of Law: the Ratio of Categories IV. Ecological Proportionality V. Conclusion Abstracts