Description
More than fifty years after the Stockholm Declaration on the Human Environment, and 25 years after the conclusion of the Aarhus Convention, the global & European environment is still under immense pressure. The environmental crisis the world facesis aptly expressed by a new term for the era we live in: the Anthropocene. While in the last centuries industrial revolution and technological innovation, together with globalisation and international trade, have brought along benefits to many people
(though certainly not to all), humanity faces serious environmental problems, ranging from, to mention a few, biodiversity loss, industrial & agricultural pollution, plastic soup, and climate change.
If we define the discipline of environmental law as the body of law aiming to protect the environment in an effective, efficient and just way, the description of the discipline is as such short and simple to comprehend, but the underlying problems are manifold and often utterly complex. Moreover, too often weak governmental and corporate policies, and limited access to courts to enforce environmental obligations, exist. Still, the good news is that law, in principle, has the potential to provide important steering power in order to prevent and restore environmental degradation, if it is designed and applied in the right way. It is from this perspective this workshop seeks to discuss existing and potential success stories in the field of environmental law in order to address pertinent environmental problems.
The specific focus goes – as always in this research group – to European and national environmental law, but there is ample room to include international law developments as well.
| Period | 11 May 2023 |
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| Event type | Workshop |
| Location | Maastricht, NetherlandsShow on map |