Proposals for the establishment of plurilateral climate clubs have gained momentum, and both the EU and the US will play a pivotal role in forthcoming negotiations. This article employs a close examination of EU and US proposals to uncover distinctive features in their regulatory approaches and...

With its narrow focus on price-based policies and ‘explicit’ carbon prices, the EU carbon border adjustment mechanism (CBAM) aims to prevent carbon leakage by ensuring that imported products ‘bear’ the same exact economic costs ‘borne’ by EU products. The proposed US border carbon...

The EU proposal for a carbon border adjustment mechanism (‘CBAM’) has triggered a lively academic and policy debate. In June 2022, the European Parliament put forward amendments regarding the potential introduction of export rebates under the EU Emission Trading System (‘ETS’) and the...

This submission addresses questions (14) and (15) posed in the inquiry’s terms of reference:• Is the environment chapter in the signed agreement sufficiently ambitious in its environmental protections and support for trade in environmental goods and services? Are there any other provisions...

This article investigates the excessive restrictions that impede NGOs (Non-Governmental Organisations) and other stakeholders from directly accessing the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) in environmental public interest cases, arguing that reform of the Aarhus Regulation is well...

This Article frames the precautionary principle as an inner limit to the EU institutions’ broad discretion in the field of EU risk regulation, contextualizing recourse to the principle against the more encompassing backdrop of socially acceptable risk approaches. On these grounds, it inquires...

This article inquires to what extent the European Union (EU)–UK Trade and Cooperation Agreement (TCA) may help safeguard high levels of transnational environmental protection, taking into consideration potential reductions in UK levels of protection and the ensuing effects. The article...