A new white paper by CCCL Visiting Fellow Stéphanie Chuffart examines how to improve technology transfer under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC). Response to climate change will critically depend on the cost, performance, and availability of technologies that can lower emissions and help us mitigate and […]
The Center for Climate Change Law has completed the Clean Energy Investment US-India Project. The project aimed to ease the path for U.S. investors and solar and other renewable energy equipment manufacturers to access the Indian market. So far, investment in this expanding market has been limited by high transaction […]
by Andrew H. Meyer Until recently, the most advanced form of grid-deployed energy storage involved pumping water up a hill. But newer storage technologies like flywheels and chemical batteries have recently achieved technological maturity and are well into successful pilot stages and, in some cases, commercial operation. If widely adopted […]
On May 6, 2013, the Appellate Body of the World Trade Organization (WTO)’s dispute settlement system held that Ontario’s feed-in tariff (FIT) program to support renewable energy development was inconsistent with Canada’s international trade obligations. The decision confirmed the conclusion reached by the dispute settlement panel which first ruled on […]
Teresa Parejo Navajas Professor of Law Universidad Carlos III de Madrid (Spain) On March 1, 2013, the Spanish Council of Ministers approved a Preliminary Law regarding electric systems, which includes a section about environmental control of the technique of hydrofracturing (“fracking”). The preliminary law proposes that those projects that would […]
by Margaret Barry New updates to the Center for Climate Change Law and Arnold & Porter Climate Case Chart. Find the complete chart here. DECISIONS AND SETTLEMENTS Friends of the Earth v. EPA (D.D.C. March 27, 2013): added to the “Force Government to Act/Clean Air Act” slide. Plaintiffs sought to […]
by Moneen Nasmith Energy efficiency measures provide tremendous opportunities for achieving effective and cost-friendly reductions in the emissions of greenhouse gases. In the absence of more comprehensive legislative efforts, proponents of energy efficiency projects can look to existing environmental laws for tools to promote and encourage energy efficiency and conservation. […]
Five months after Superstorm Sandy, the recovering northeast region continues to debate whether to rebuild in the most vulnerable coastal areas or whether to retreat and leave those lands as protective buffers. A decision to engage in managed retreat would face significant legal, political, and practical challenges, but, according to […]