This report provides an overview of important live policy challenges relating to the social and human aspects of energy transitions, as identified by 39 policyworkers from across Europe. It draws on applications that these policyworkers submitted in Autumn 2019 to participate in a Policy...

The efforts to ensure access to water and sanitation have been ongoing for a few decades by the international community. Despite that, numerous communities around the globe still lack such basic access, in particular in developing and least developing countries (LDCs). Women and girls are...

It has been argued that the international community could play an essential role in providing the necessary and adequate assistance to countries suffering from the negative consequences of climate change. Indeed, financing climate change projects represents one of the solutions that is currently...

In the context of international environmental law and International Water Law (IWL), the Ecosystem Approach (EA) has become a source of heated debate. In recent years, there has been growing recognition of the negative impacts that human activities have on freshwater ecosystems. Accordingly, the...

The COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted once again the existing legal vacuums in the energy sector when it comes to addressing various situations such as disaster risk management and reduction. This reality can be seen in various instances where other regulatory frameworks are used instead of...

Global regulations involving clean energy technologies have evolved in recent decades. Such evolution came as a result of technological disparities between the North and the South. Such regulatory changes came because of the failure of developed nations to assist developing countries in...

The greening of the economy has emerged in recent years as an attempt to integrate sustainability into the economic growth paradigm. Through this, the international community is hoping to finally push the world into a green transition – even, in some instances, at the expense of “pure”...

Nations worldwide have sought to capitalize on the benefits of distributed ledger technology (DLT) including Blockchain, but struggled to strike a balance between encouraging investment and innovation in the technology while addressing the challenges and uncertainties through regulation. Through...

Energy justice as a concept refers to the fair distribution of the benefits and burdens of energy production and consumption among different communities and individuals. The international community is currently attempting to achieve it through various means such as international law, the...

“Preventing future calamity requires not only agreement but action. Governments and other responsible groups are usually accused of reacting to crises rather than foreseeing and preventing them. We have an opportunity here to show that experts, scientists, lawyers, and governments can foresee...