European Environmental Law - Recent developments in legislation and jurisprudence, with a focus on energy and climate change

The conference will provide participants with an analysis of recent developments in European environmental law, including the European Court of Justice's recent case law in the field. The EU external climate strategy and specifically the follow up of the Kyoto protocol will be presented, as well as the following issues related to climate change and energy: - Energy and environment under the Lisbon Treaty, - The reform of the ETS system and recent EU Courts’ judgments on NAP - Competition rules in the energy sector - Sustainable energy and energy efficiency The following topics of Community policy in the field of environment protection will also be examined: - Waste prevention and management - Implementation of REACH - Revision of the IPPC Directive - Recent EU Courts’ judgments