Presentation
As a response to Climate and environmental-related challenges, on 11 December 2019 the EU Commission released “The European Green Deal”, representing an integral part of the EU Commission's strategy to implement the United Nation's 2030 Agenda and the sustainable development goals. It is a new growth strategy that aims to transform the EU into a fair and prosperous society, with a modern, resource-efficient and competitive economy where there are no net emissions of greenhouse gases in 2050 and where economic growth is decoupled from resource use, improving the quality of life of current and future generations. Against such background, this conference aims to critically assess and rethink, in an interdisciplinary policy-oriented perspective :
•values and current policies for environmental sustainability
•management of waste and circular economy
•legal instruments forenhancing environmental sustainability.
The Environmental Law SIG 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) green production and sales law ; (b) circular and sharing economy and waste law ; (c) enhancing smart mobility ; (d) digital transformation as enabler of environmental sustainability ; (e) net-zero-emission strategies ; (f) policies for clean energy supply ; (g) rules on large-scale infrastructure and construction ; (h) protecting and supporting biodiversity ; (i) taxation and social benefits ; (j) green finance and investment. 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.
Program
Thursday, 12 November 2020
15:30 : Welcome addresses
Laura Ramaciotti, University of Ferrara, Dean of the Department of Economics and Management
Christiane Wendehorst, University of Vienna, President of the European Law Institute
15:45 : Scope and Aims of the Conference
Massimiliano Mazzanti, University of Ferrara, CERCIS Director
Alberto De Franceschi, University of Ferrara
I. Policies for a Sustainable Environment : The EU Green Dealand The Global Challenge
Chair : Chris Backes, University of Utrecht
16:00 : The European Green Deal – A further Step for Circular Economy in the context of Sustainable Development
Hugo-Maria Schally, European Commission, Head of Unit on “Multilateral Environmental Cooperation” -Directorate General for the Environment, Brussels
Public Problems and the Instrument Choice Debate : Lessons for the Green New Deal
William Boyd, University of California, Institute of Environment and Sustainability
16:40 : Discussion
II. New Challenges for Sustainable Environment : An Economic Perspective
Chair : Raimund Bleischwitz, University College, London
17:00 : Globalisation and Sustainable Development
Fernando Diaz Lopez, Stellenbosch University
Economic Policy for the Circular Economy transition in the EU
Alessio D'Amato, University of Rome Tor Vergata
Eco-Innovation for the Circular Economy : Evidence from the Italian Manufacturing
Massimiliano Mazzanti, University of Ferrara
Economics of Waste Prevention
Henning Wilts, Institute for Climate, Environment and Energy, Wuppertal
18:20 : Discussion
18:40 : Interim Conclusions
Friday, 13 November 2020
III. Legal Instruments for Enhancing Environmental Sustainability
Chair : Hans-Wolfgang Micklitz, University of Helsinki and European University Institute
9:00 : The Concept of Sustainability and the Protection of the Environment between Private Law and Public Law
Barbara Pozzo, University of Insubria
Waste : a New Property ?
Giorgio Resta, University of Roma Tre
Towards Environmental-Friendly Guarantees in the Sale of Goods
Fryderyk Zoll, University of Krakow and University of Osnabrück
Sustainability and Servitization : The Challenges
Evelyne Terryn, Catholic University of Leuven
10:00 : Discussion
IV. Legal Instruments for Enhancing Environmental Sustainability
Chair : Mateja Durovic, King's College London
10:30 : Sustainability, Artificial Intelligence and legal subjectivity
Enrico Caterini, University of Calabria
Corporate Environmental Responsibility
Peter Jung, University of Basel
Tax Law enhancing Green Consumption and Business Behavior
Georges Cavalier, University Lyon III
11:30 : Discussion
V. Inaugural Meeting of the European Law Institute's Environmental Law Group : The Research Clusters
12:00 : (a) green production and sales law
(b) circular and sharing economy and waste law
(c) enhancing smart mobility
(d) digital transformation as enabler of environmental sustainability
(e) net-zero-emission strategies
(f) policies for clean energy supply
(g) rules on large-scale infrastructure and construction
(h) protecting and supporting biodiversity
(i) taxation and social benefits
(j) green finance and investment
13:00 : Concluding Remarks
Conference link : https://global.gotomeeting.com/join/880204365
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The ELI Environmental Law SIG is organising a Conference on Environmental Sustainability and the 'European Green Deal': Values, Innovation and Regulation. The event will be connected with the First meeting of the SIG.