Sustainability and Environmental Law SIG

Sustainability and Environmental Law SIG

The Sustainability and Environmental Law SIG, established in mid-2020 and co-chaired by Alberto De Franceschi and William Boyd, aims at bringing together experts from Europe and beyond, reshaping existing legal instruments and creating new ones so as to achieve environmental sustainability and a circular economy thus making Europe a standard setter in this field.

For this purpose, the SIG aims to implement new strategies for regulation and standardisation, enhancing dialogue with social partners and international cooperation. The SIG would rethink in particular: (a) production and sales law; (b) legislation on waste and circular materials; (c) instruments for enhancing smart mobility and the sharing economy; (d) the introduction of rules on green finance and investment; (e) policies for clean energy supply; (f) rules on large-scale infrastructure and construction; and (g) taxation and social benefits.

In particular, the SIG aims at addressing and enhancing the synergy between the green and the digital transformation, by exploring measures to ensure that digital technologies such as artificial intelligence, 5G, cloud and edge computing and the internet of things can accelerate and maximise the impact of policies to deal with climate change and protect the environment.

Events

28.06.2024
 

ELI Environmental Law SIG Hosts Its 3rd Annual Conference on Climate Justice

The above Annual Conference took place on 28 June 2024 at the University of Ferrara, Italy.

14.06.2024
 

ELI Sustainability and Environmental Law SIG Hosts Event on Greenwashing

The hybrid Conference on 14 June 2024 (9:00-17:00 CET) took place online and at the KU Leuven University.

06.07.2023
 

ELI Sustainability and Environmental Law SIG Supported the Climate Justice – New Challenges for Law and Judges Forum

The ELI Sustainability and Environmental Law SIG supported the Forum which took place on 6 July 2023 in a hybrid format, in Leuven and online.

01.06.2023
 

ELI Sustainability and Environmental Law SIG Held a Fourth Seminar in its 2023 Series

On 1 June 2023, the ELI Environmental Law SIG held an online seminar on Environmental Challenges. Francesca Bertelli (Unitelma Sapienza, Rome) and Magda Biernat (Polish Academy of Sciences, Warsaw)...

25.05.2023
 

ELI Sustainability and Environmental Law SIG Held a Third Seminar in its 2023 Series

On 25 May 2023, the ELI Environmental Law SIG held an online seminar entitled ‘Environmental Justice in EU Environmental Law: A Missing Element in the Anthropocene?’.

18.05.2023
 

ELI Sustainability and Environmental Law SIG Held a Second Seminar in its 2023 Series

On 18 May 2023, the ELI Environmental Law SIG held an online seminar on Climate Change Litigation.