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Closing the Post-Paris Ambition Gap: Enhancing Ambition before 2020 and the Role of Climate Action Pioneers

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27 October 2015

Berlin

Germany

The fourth expert workshop of the discussion series "Improving climate protection – for Paris and beyond" dealt with the topic "Closing the post-Paris ambition gap: enhancing ambition before 2020 and the role of climate action pioneers." The event took place on 27 October 2015 in Berlin.Read more

Project

Legal and Institutional Aspects of the Future Climate Regime

October 2015 to March 2019

The international negotiations on the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) currently mainly focus on the design of the future climate regime. Ecologic Legal provides expert advice to the German Federal Ministry of the Environment, Nature Conservation, Construction and Nuclear Safety, especially on the development and assessment of German and EU positions. The project builds on the work of the earlier project "Further legal and institutional aspects of the international post-2012-climate negotiations."Read more

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Climate and Energy Matters in Trade Agreements: Options for TTIP

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1 October 2015

Geneva

Switzerland

Speaker

Ingrid Jegou

Markus Gehring

Jan Gerrit Westerhof

Lena Johansson

Dr. Christiane Gerstetter

Several recent regional trade agreements (RTAs) include provisions on clean energy and on climate action. They may take the form of concrete commitments of reductions of tariffs or non-tariff barriers, or of commitments on institutional collaboration. Many RTAs also contain institutional provisions which are also of relevance to the implementation of existing environmental, including climate-related, commitments. As such, they constitute important opportunities for trade policy to contribute concretely and positively to a scale-up of clean energy and foster climate action.Read more

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2nd POLIMP Webinar – Reform of the EU ETS: Making it fit for 2030

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16 September 2015

Berlin

Germany

Speaker

Anja Kollmuss

Andrei Marcu

Matthias Duwe

The second webinar in our POLIMP Webinar Series took place on Wednesday, 16 September 2015 from 16:00 until 17:00 CEST. The webinar featured a discussion on the topic: "Reform of the EU ETS: Making it fit for 2030" feature guest speakers Anja Kollmuss (CAN Europe) and Andrei Marcu (CEPS).Read more

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Obligations of States to Avert Climate Change

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15 September 2015

Berlin

Germany

Speaker

Dr. Nils Meyer-Ohlendorf

In the "Oslo Principles on Global Climate Change Obligations," a group of high-level lawyers and philosophers addresses obligations of States and enterprises to avert the critical level of climate change – irrespective of already existing obligations resulting from the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change or a (potential) follow-up agreement to the Kyoto Protocol. The group argues that existing legal sources including human rights law, environmental law and tort law oblige states to take measures leading to drastic emissions reductions that ensure that the global temperature increase does not exceed pre-industrial temperatures by more than 2°C.Read more

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Conditional INDCs – A New and Unknown Element of the Paris-System

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9 September 2015

Berlin

Germany

The third expert workshop of the discussion series "Improving climate protection – for Paris and beyond" dealt with the topic "Conditional INDCs – A new and unknown element of the Paris-System." The event took place on 9 September 2015 in Berlin.Read more

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1st POLIMP Webinar – Paris 2015: Lessons from the Copenhagen Experience

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7 July 2015

Berlin

Germany

Speaker

Prof. Dr. Sebastian Oberthür

Wytze van der Gaast

Matthias Duwe

On 7 July 2015, the POLIMP Webinar Series officially kicked off with a discussion on the topic: "Paris 2015: Lessons from the Copenhagen Experience. The webinar featured guest speakers Prof. Dr. Sebastian Oberthür (IES) and Wytze van der Gaast, PhD (JIN).Read more

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National Mitigation Commitments and MRV – The Political Relevance of Technical Rules

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23 June 2015

Berlin

Germany

The second expert workshop of the discussion series “Improving climate protection – for Paris and beyond” dealt with the topic “National mitigation commitments and MRV – The political relevance of technical rules”. The event took place on 23 June 2015in Berlin.Read more

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Paris 2015 – Signals for Non-state Actors?

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15 April 2015

Berlin

Germany

The first expert workshop of the discussion series "Improving climate protection – for Paris and beyond" dealt with the topic "Paris 2015 – Signals for non-state actors?" The event took place on 15 April 2015 in Berlin.Read more

Presentation

The Relationship between International Environmental and Trade Agreements

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10 April 2015

Hofgeismar

Germany

Dr. Christiane Gerstetter

On 10 April 2015, Christiane Gerstetter, Senior Fellow in Ecologic Institute's legal team, gave a presentation on the relationship between international trade and environmental agreements at a conference of the Protestant Academy Hofgeismar. The conference centered on the topic: "Natural enemies – Environmental protection and free global trade as a legal and political problem." The presentation slides are available for download.Read more