Miljølovgivning

Klimaændringerne rammer nu med ubønhørlig kraft. Samtidig eskalerer den økonomiske ulighed mellem mennesker i de fleste lande. Denne dobbelte har udløst to bevægelser: De unges klimaoprør for at få forældregenerationen til at tage ansvar samt et spirende socialt oprør med krav om retfærdig omfordeling – tilsammen et krav om grundlæggende forandringer af måden, vi har indrettet økonomien og samfundet på. I SOM GJALDT DET LIVET advarer Jørgen Steen Nielsen om de truende perspektiver, beskriver det nye oprør og appellerer om reaktivering af demokratiet og aktiv inddragelse af borgerne som eneste vej ud af den dobbelte krise. Er det muligt? ”Vi ved ikke, at det er umuligt,” svarer forfatteren. Jørgen Steen Nielsen (f. 1952) er biolog, forfatter, tidligere chefredaktør og mangeårig miljøjournalist på Dagbladet Information, hvor han har dækket den økologiske krise i mere end 30 år. Vinder af Cavlingprisen i 2003. Forfatter til Fra Frihedens slagmarker (2004), Den store omstilling – fra systemkrise til grøn økonomi (2012), På den anden side – en rejse i omstillingens grænseland (2015), og Hvad skal vi med landbruget? (2016).

We need to act five times faster to tackle climate change before it is too late. A policy insider, Simon Sharpe provides compelling ideas on how to rethink our strategies and reorganise our efforts in the fields of science, diplomacy, and economics to speed up progress in addressing climate change.

Da Prometheus ifølge myten bragte ilden til jorden, blev menneskeheden på samme tid skænket en gave og en forbandelse. I Prometheus’ anger fortæller den tyske filosof Peter Sloterdijk (f. 1947) historien om vores bemægtigelse af ilden – fra årtusinders tilberedning af mad og hærdning af værktøj til industrialiseringens afbrænding af den dybe fortids ”forstenede og kondenserede hyper-urskove”.Hvis Prometheus vendte tilbage til jorden i dag, ville han sandsynligvis fortryde sin gave. For intet mindre end ekpyrosis, verdens totale undergang i ild, truer. Og kun en ny ”energetisk pacifisme” kan ifølge Sloterdijk forhindre denne katastrofe.

Klimaloven er rammen for statens indsats for at reducere udledningen af drivhusgasser og skabe et klimaneutralt samfund. Loven regulerer også Klimarådets virke. Lovkommentaren uddyber lovens indhold og kontekst, herunder Paris-aftalen og EU-retten, samt perspektiverne i klimaretssagers potentiale for at fremme klimamål. Forfatterne er Thomas Andersen Thrane, General Counsel, Head of Legal, i en dansk virksomhed inden for grøn transport. Han har tidligere beskæftiget sig med klima-, energi-, forvaltnings- og EU-ret. Peter Bjerregaard er markedsreguleringschef i energisektoren og har tidligere været udpeget til regeringens nationale energikrisestab (NEKST).

Bæredygtighed og ESG er på alles læber i disse år, både i det offentlige, det private, blandt investorer, forbrugere og i interesseorganisationer mv. Den nye regeltsunami inden for bæredygtighed har skabt et enormt behov for øget viden om og forståelse for den samlede regulering af bæredygtighed og det komplicerede samspil mellem de forskellige regelsæt. Denne bog har fokus på bæredygtighedsretten, dvs. reglerne om bæredygtighed og ESG. Bogen behandler de centrale globale, EU-retlige og nationale regelsæt på området. Bogen benyttes som lærebog til jurastuderende, men vil også være anvendelig for en lang række personer, der arbejder med bæredygtighed i praksis, f.eks. på advokatkontorer, i den finansielle sektor, i virksomheder, organisationer og andre steder. Linda Nielsen, professor, dr. jur. ved Det Juridiske Fakultet på Københavns Universitet, har bred viden inden for regulering af bæredygtighed og finansret. Er formand for Mæglings- og Klageinstitutionen for Ansvarlig Virksomhedsadfærd, NCP Danmark og har via EFRAGs European Lab fulgt arbejdet med standardisering i relation til EUs bæredygtighedsrapporteringsdirektiv (CSRD). Har erfaring som bestyrelsesformand for en pensions-kasse, en bank og som viceformand for en investeringsfond. Lone Wandahl Mouyal, lektor, ph.d., LL.M. ved Det Juridiske Fakultet på Københavns Universitet, har en bred viden inden for erhvervsret og bæredygtighed samt erfaring som advokat fra et større globalt advokatkontor og i den finansielle sektor. Flemming Pristed, partner og advokat hos SIRIUS advokater. Han er tidligere chefjurist hos Danske Bank og KMD og har international erfaring fra den finansielle sektor og IT/Tech-branchen. Han er leder af SIRIUS’ speciale inden for Compliance og Finansielle Virksomheder, og han beskæftiger sig blandt andet med ESG i den finansielle sektor.

From the 1972 Stockholm Declaration to the European Union's Green Deal, the principles of international environmental law have successfully permeated the multilateral discourse. They are also woven into a large patchwork of international treaties, binding the international community and requiring their implementation at the domestic level. This materials collection provides an edited compilation of international and European environmental law documents. Alongside the fundamentals as well as the procedural and liability frameworks, it includes a selection of the most relevant sectoral treaties relating to air, ozone, climate, freshwater, oceans, biodiversity, and hazardous substances.

This book provides a practical guide to habitats law in relation to planning and permitting in England. It contains a long-overdue introduction to, and overview of, the complicated and rapidly evolving system of wildlife and habitat protection both on land and in the marine environment. As well as providing an introduction to key legal principles, it explains the processes followed and factors taken into account in reaching decisions involving our natural world.The impact of habitat and wildlife laws is increasingly affecting all aspects of life. From a planning perspective, whether to do with house building or the construction of road and rail projects, to the day-to-day functioning of permitted activities such as sewage treatment works and dredging activities in ports, habitats laws plays a significant role.ABOUT THE AUTHORBrendon Moorhouse is an environmental and planning barrister practising at Six Pump Court, a Chambers recognised as one of the Countries' leading sets for environmental and planning law. He is regularly instructed in habitat and wildlife related matters and is frequently instructed in high profile permitting and planning related cases. He is a contributing author to Garner's Environmental Law.A visiting research fellow and external member of the University of West of England's environmental law faculty, he is also a trustee and member of the global advisory panel of the Conservation Collective charity.CONTENTSIntroductionChapter One - An Overview of Habitats ProtectionChapter Two - Planning - Environmental Impact AssessmentChapter Three - Marine Works - Environmental Impact AssessmentChapter Four - General Biodiversity DutyChapter Five - The Habitats Directive and Regulations- Part 1: Habitats Regulations - The designation and management of the National Site Network- Part 2: Plans or Projects affecting the National Site NetworkChapter Six - Habitat and Biodiversity Trends

Climate change litigation is a widely researched phenomenon and the number of climate cases, on a global scale, is continuously increasing. This book examines in detail climate change litigation taking place at the EU Courts, i.e. the General Court and Court of Justice of the European Union – a jurisdiction that has received relatively little research attention so far. The focus of the book is the standing requirements that private parties must satisfy in order to bring direct actions for annulment before the EU Courts pursuant to Article 263 TFEU, fourth paragraph (the EU standing test). The book contains a thorough examination of how the standing test has been applied and understood in EU climate change litigation, and what the foundational considerations of the test are. Moreover, it is considered whether climate change, and the private rights and interests affected by it, is recognised as a legitimate basis for standing under the test or whether a mismatch is at play. On this basis, the book engages in discussions of the potential implications for the role of the EU Courts and for EU climate law, as well as discussions of how climate change litigation affects the legal development of the EU standing test. The book is of particular relevance to academics and legal practitioners with an interest in understanding how and why the EU standing test is highly challenging for climate change litigants. The author, Sine Rosvig Sørensen, holds a masters degree and a PhD in law from Aarhus University. This book is a lightly revised version of her PhD thesis with the same title.

A sea-change is coming for commercial leasing. As the climate emergency gathers pace, the pressure is on for the property sector to get its house(s) in order. And for all the column inches on potential regulation or absent top-down policy, it is fast understanding that its contractual relationships, particularly its green leases, will be key to concreting environmental ambitions and ESG expectations into its real estate.To be properly impactful, the green lease must do many things. It must cater for existing legislation in many areas, while anticipating change. It must rethink bricks and mortar as a complex body, living its operations and breathing out clean air. In aligning the interests of landlords and tenants it must, arguably for the first time, challenge the fundamental notions of FRI leasing in a way that is both credible and commercially viable.This book explains the why and the how of green leasing in the commercial world. It offers drafting tips to help this nascent tool take root, and it makes a necessarily broad analysis of its legislative context. It considers how the development of solicitor's duties could demand more from the legal profession's understanding and advice. It was written to inspire and empower real estate lawyers and practitioners, as they support the efforts of future-looking commercial clients to rebuild the industry from the ground up.ABOUT THE AUTHORClare Harman Clark is a Senior Counsel - Knowledge in the real estate team at Taylor Wessing LLP. She chairs the Property Section at the Law Society and teaches on the Property Law and Practice and Commercial Property modules of the LPC at the University of Westminster.Back in the mists of time, she trained as a journalist and still writes regularly for national and trade press. She sits on the editorial board of the Landlord and Tenant Review and has contributed chapters to various books on the development of legal practice (including Career Development for Women Lawyers; Tomorrow's KM: innovation, best practice, and the future of knowledge management; and Lawyer's guide to the future of practice management).Since qualifying at Clifford Chance LLP, she has spent the best part of two decades advising on all aspects of commercial real estate, for a vast array of clients. In her current role, Clare focuses on knowledge management and enjoys the professional space to leverage her transactional experience while engaging with the macro trends affecting our sector. She recently completed a Masters in International Planning and Sustainable Development - for all the discussion on pandemics, or Brexit, or technology, by far the biggest issue facing us today is the climate change crisis.CONTENTSChapter One - Introduction - Changing the WorldChapter Two - Background law and regulationChapter Three - The new generation of green leasesChapter Four - Drafting the green leaseChapter Five - Seeking other opportunities to import green lease provisionsChapter Six - The role of the real estate lawyerChapter Seven - Conclusion: The Future is GreenBibliography

"This edited volume offers an interdisciplinary and comparative analysis of the implementation of climate change policies worldwide, exploring ways of improving key regulatory mechanisms. This book is part of the Flip it Open Programme and may also be available as Open Access. Check our website - Cambridge Core - for details"--