European Climate Law - New legal revolution towards climate neutrality in the EU

• Authors: Jakub Stefan Przyborowicz

Title variants

PL

Europejskie prawo dla klimatu – Nowa rewolucja prawna w kierunku neutralności klimatycznej w Unii Europejskiej

Abstracts

PL

Europejskie prawo o klimacie stanie się kluczowym elementem przyszłych regulacji UE i procesu stanowienia prawa. Zielony Europejski Ład jako strategia klimatyczno-energetyczna UE stała się istotną podstawą prawa klimatycznego a jest między innymi wynikową zawartych podczas COP21 porozumień paryskich. W obliczu aktualnych wyzwań klimatycznych UE chce zachować rolę i trend lidera w radykalnym zmniejszaniu emisji gazów cieplarnianych na Świecie. Szczególnie z tego powodu potrzebne są nowe ramy regulacyjne. W wyniku tych oczekiwań Komisja Europejska przygotowała Prawo o klimacie wsparte silnym sygnałem politycznym płynącym z Parlamentu Europejskiego i Rady Europejskiej, która poprzez podjęte konkluzje w grudniu zeszłego roku w których podjęła stosowne konkluzje. Ponadto ten nowy akt prawny swoją formułą odwołuje się do szeregu aktów prawnych i polityk unijnych, głównie regulacji z zakresu unii energetycznej i wielu innych. Stał się również ważnym sygnałem dla państw członkowskich UE i prowadzenia kompleksowych polityk i planów na rzecz neutralności klimatycznej. Należy również podkreślić, że prawo o klimacie jest swego rodzaju otwarciem na nowe pakiety legislacyjne i potencjalne przyszłe instrumenty finansowe. Czasami decydenci unijni używają terminu „Traktat klimatyczny”, co prawda nie ma to odzwierciedlenia w stanie faktycznym ale w ten sposób próbuje się podkreślić niespotykaną do tej pory kompleksowość dokumentu. Prawo o klimacie zostaje tutaj przybliżone jako kompleksowe narzędzie prawne w kierunku transformacji ekonomicznej UE, która ma doprowadzić do zeroemisyjnej gospodarki.

EN

The European Climate Law (EU Climate Law) shall become a critical element of future EU regulations and law-making process based on the Green Deal (the EU climate and energy strategy) which is the result of the COP21 and the Paris Agreement signed during the conference of the United Nations by its worldwide members. With the current climate challenges, the EU wishes to keep the leading role and set trends towards a radical decrease in GHG emissions. It is especially for this reason that a new regulatory framework was prepared with a com-prehensive support of various EU policies. Accordingly, as a result of those expectations, the European Commission proposed the EU Climate Law endorsed by a strong political signal from the European Parliament and the Council with its declaratory conclusions. This new legal act with its formula refers to many legal acts and the EU policies such as “Fit for 55%” package, and many other energy- and climate-related laws. It developed into an essential signal towards the EU Member States to keep comprehensive policies and plans towards climate neutrality. It should be underlined that this act will be a new ‘opening’ towards upcoming legislative packages and potential financial instruments to come. Occasionally, the EU policymakers use a controversial nomenclature defining the Regulation as “The Climate Treaty” to emphasize the act’s significance and its special regulatory status.The aim of the article is to present and clarify the background of the law-making process of the EU Climate Law and discuss the ongoing wave of the EU’s policies transformation to-wards net zero economy as well as to underline its importance for the future generations. This new legal act with its formula refers to many legal acts and EU policies such as “Fit for 55%” package , and many other energy-and climate related laws. It developed into an essential signal towards the EU Member States to keep comprehensive policies and plans towards climate neutrality. It should be underlined that this act will be a new opener towards upcoming legislative packages and potential financial instruments to come. Occasionally, EU policymakers use a controversial nomenclature defining Regulation as a “Climate Treaty” to emphasize the act’s significance and special regulatory status. The aim of the article is to present and clarify the background of  the law-making process of the EU Climate Law and undercover the ongoing wave of the EU policies transformation towards net zero economy as well as to underline its importance for the future generations.

Keywords

EN

EU Climate Law; Green Deal; Climate Change; Green Transition; fit for 55%; climate neutrality; net zero emission economy

PL

Europejskie Prawo o Klimacie; Europejski Zielony Ład; Zmiany Klimatu; Zielona Transformacja; dopasowany do 55%; neutralność klimatyczna; gospodarka netto zeroemisyjna

• Publisher: Uniwersytet Opolski
• Journal: Opolskie Studia Administracyjno-Prawne
• Year: 2021
• Volume: 19
• Issue: 4
• Pages: 39-53

Dates

published

2021

Contributors

author

Jakub Stefan Przyborowicz

• Uniwersytet Wrocławski

• https://orcid.org/0000000310909333

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Identifiers

DOI

10.25167/osap.4510

Biblioteka Nauki

1965300