This article provides a comprehensive overview of the changes to European Union (EU) climate and energy law brought about by the 2030 Climate and Energy Policy Framework. It explains the Framework’s background and objectives, and analyses its main legal instruments. It argues that the 2030 Framework incrementally develops and enhances EU climate law without revolutionizing it, advancing in particular its proceduralization. The article also explores the prospects for future change of the 2030 Framework towards more radical transformation in light of the European Green Deal and the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.
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As challenging as meeting the 2030 climate and energy targets will be for the European Union (EU), it is the decision to extend the 2030 Framework to the contracting parties of the Energy Community (EnC) which will arguably require a truly Herculean effort In 2018, the contracting parties agreed to adapt the revised Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy Directives, and the Energy Union Governance Regulation However, the EnC parties face significant obstacles, while the Energy Community has limited compliance mechanisms This article examines the Energy Community as a hybrid legal space in which the European Commission, EnC Secretariat and contracting parties co-create legal order It investigates major challenges to the extension of the 2030 Framework to the Energy Community, including the EnC?s structure and composition, weaknesses in national implementation and a limited dispute resolution regime The article also reflects on the role of law in the external dimension of EU climate policy
{"title":"EU climate law sans frontières\u0000: The extension of the 2030 Framework to the Energy Community contracting parties","authors":"Stephen Minas","doi":"10.1111/reel.12352","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/reel.12352","url":null,"abstract":"As challenging as meeting the 2030 climate and energy targets will be for the European Union (EU), it is the decision to extend the 2030 Framework to the contracting parties of the Energy Community (EnC) which will arguably require a truly Herculean effort In 2018, the contracting parties agreed to adapt the revised Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy Directives, and the Energy Union Governance Regulation However, the EnC parties face significant obstacles, while the Energy Community has limited compliance mechanisms This article examines the Energy Community as a hybrid legal space in which the European Commission, EnC Secretariat and contracting parties co-create legal order It investigates major challenges to the extension of the 2030 Framework to the Energy Community, including the EnC?s structure and composition, weaknesses in national implementation and a limited dispute resolution regime The article also reflects on the role of law in the external dimension of EU climate policy","PeriodicalId":51681,"journal":{"name":"Review of European Comparative & International Environmental Law","volume":"1 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.3,"publicationDate":"2020-06-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1111/reel.12352","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"63661187","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}