This lecture series provides a set of important insights from environmental law scholars across Europe on how EU environmental law helps to achieve the aim of a high level of environmental protection in the European Union, including impacts of EU environmental law across the world.

With the European Green Deal from 11 December 2019 the European Commission tabled an ambitious legislative program, based on fundamental aims such as zero pollution, do no harm, and climate neutrality. Many legal developments took place and are still on-going, both at the European and national regulatory levels as in the courtroom, including the national courts. While efforts to protect the environment are direly needed, including effective implementation and enforcement, the regulatory acquis, and the flow of case law, has become utterly complex which poses challenges for acquiring a good understanding and application. Lectures will pay attention on how also after the elections for the European Parliament in June 2024 the environmental acquis of the EU and its application will develop.

  • 6 February: Lolke Braaksma, Kars de Graaf and Hanna Tolsma: Integrated Pollution Prevention and Control: A Critical Legal Perspective on All-inclusive Integration.
  • 20 February: Melita Carević: The EU’s path to climate neutrality and the role of carbon removals.
  • 20 March: Barbara Pozzo: Environmental Liability: the difficulties in harmonizing liability for environmental harm in the EU.
  • 17 April: Nathalie Hervé Fournereau

Designing the future of European Water Law: Towards a European Blue Deal? 

Datum:

donderdag 6 en 20 februari, 20 maart, 17 april 2025

Tijd:

van 16:00 tot 17:30 uur

Locatie:

Maastricht University, Maastricht