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Research Seminar on Environmental Protection in Armed Conflicts
Concepción Escobar Hernández, Director of the Centro de Estudios de Derecho Internacional Humanitario of the Red Cross, will be the speaker at this seminar on environmental protection in armed conflicts. The discussant of this seminar will be Monserrat Abad Castelos, Director of the Secretariat of the International Council of Environmental Law.
The event will take place on October 3rd, 2023, at 14 hours in online format. For more information about registration, click on the poster.
Research Seminar on Human Security and Climate Change
Prof. Ana Cristina Gallego discusses the topic of Health and Health Crisis as a consequence of Climate Change. She introduces us to the relationships between Health and Climate Change and how these can be considered Human Rights, particularly according to the European Court of Human Rights. The event took place on the 24th of March 2023 in Room B of the Faculty of Law of the UNED.
Videoclass: European regulations on energy efficiency and renewable energies
Justo Corti Varela
Course director.
The EU has focused its strategy to fight climate change on the decarbonisation of the energy market, which implies, on the one hand, boosting renewable mechanisms in energy production, and on the other, reducing consumption through energy efficiency policies: Can the EU do without fossil fuels?, How can to reduce emissions from transport or industry be reduced without having a negative effect on the economy or well-being?, What is the EU strategy to make renewables a viable solution? These and other issues will be addressed in this video.
Videoclass: European waste regulations and the circular economy
Álvaro Jarillo Aldeanueva.
Professor of the Department of Public International Law, UNED.
This video explains the concept of circular economy and the main aspects of European waste regulations. The new waste hierarchy and the consequences of implementing the circular economy are also analyzed.
Videoclass: The “European Green Deal” and cost redistribution in the climate transition
Álvaro Jarillo Aldeanueva. Professor of the Department of Public International Law, UNED.
This video explains the essential elements and main features of the European Union’s Green Deal. It also analyzes some aspects of the financial mechanisms that facilitate a just transition in the ecological transition process, as well as the main initiatives developed in Spain.
Videoclass: The Emission Trading System in the EU
Fernando Val Garijo. Professor of the Department of Public International Law, UNED.
The videoclass presents the main features of the greenhouse gas emission allowance in the emission trading system that is force in the EU.
The CAP and the fight against climate change
Fernando Val Garijo. Professor of the Department of Public International Law, UNED.
Analysing EU regulation on land use and forestry to fight climate change: Why is land use essential to fight climate change?, How does the EU want to promote forests and improve the quality of our agriculture?, What are climate-responsible foods?
Ecocentrism in the European Union
Susana Borras.
Universidad Rovira i Virgili.
Professor Susana Borras comments on the presentation of Prof. Valeria Berros, analyzing climate litigation in Europe and the possible turn to an ecocentric vision by European Union law.