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European Environmental Law Forum

The exchange platform for environmental law professionals

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Together with the Universities of Hasselt, Ghent, Leuven and Louvain-la-Neuve the EELF is coorganizing an exciting conference on

Harmonisation in Environmental and Energy Law

28-29 March 2019, in Hasselt, Belgium

On Friday 29 March the Director-General of the DG Environment of the European Commission, Mr. Daniel Calleja-Crespo, will join the plenary session to debate future harmonisation steps.

Please find the programme here.

NOW OPEN ACCESS|4th EELF BOOK

Procedural Environmental Rights

Edited by Jerzy Jendroska & Magdalena Bar

'Procedural Environmental Rights: Principle X in Theory and Practice' provides an overview of various aspects of the current status, development and practice of rights of access to information, public participation in decision-making and access to justice in environmental matters following their codification as non-binding principles in Principle X of the Rio Declaration.

The book can be viewed and downloaded here.

ISBN 9781780686103

EELF contribution to 2019 ICLG Environment & Climate Change Law

EELF board members Jerzy Jendroska, Moritz Reese & Lorenzo Squintani were invited by GLG Publishers to provide a complementary contribution on behalf of the EELF to the 2019 edition of the renown International Comparative Legal Guide (ICLG) on Environmental & Climate Change Laws and Regulations. The EELF contribution deals with "New Developments in Access to Justice and Environmental Litigation". The ICLG features general chapters as well as country reports from 26 jurisdictions on common issues in environment and climate change law. All contributions are available open access here.

7th EELF Annual Conference | CALL open until 31 March

Environmental Law for Transitions to Sustainability - Circular economy, climate change, water resource management and sustainable biodiversity

28-30 August 2019, Utrecht Centre for Water, Oceans and Sustainability Law (UCWOSL), Utrecht University, The Netherlands. Please find further information and the call for papers here.

THANK YOU!

6th EELF annual conference 12-14 September 2018 in Como, Italy - Environmental loss & damage: attribution, liability, compensation and restoration
Congratulations and cordial thanks to the organizers and to all participants
for making this conference such a great success!

The conference was hosted by Insubria University, Como. Please find further information HERE. The presentations will soon be available to EELF members on this website.

AVAILABLE|5th EELF BOOK

Sustainable Management of Natural Resources

Edited by Helle Tegner Anker and Birgitte Egelund Olson

2018 | ISBN 978-1-78068-759-9 | 257 p.

for more information please click here

Open Access|3rd EELF BOOK

The Effectiveness of Environmental Law

Edited by Sandrine Maljean-Dubois

June 2017 | ISBN 978-1-78068-467-3 | 348 pp.

The book can be viewed and downloaded here.

Open Access|2nd EELF BOOK

EU Environmental and Planning Law Aspects
of Large-Scale Projects

Edited by Bernard Vanheusden & Lorenzo Suintani

March 2016 | Intersentia | ISBN 978178068381

This book offers a selection of the contributions
presented at the 2nd EELF Conference in Brussels.

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The book can be viewed and downloaded here.

ONLINE| FIRST EELF BOOK

Sustainable Energy United in Diversity: Challenges and Approaches in Energy Transition in the EU

Edited by L. Squintani and H.H.B. Vedder with M. Reese and B. Vanheusden.

Download the first volume of our open source, peer-reviewed publication series here...

Video | 2015 EELF Conference

The 2015 EELF Conference, hosted by Centre d'Edtudes et de Recherches Internationales et Communautaires (CERIC) in Aix-en-Provence, provided a fruitful platform for scholars, practitioners and decision makers to discuss the effectiveness of environmental law.
Watch the Conference video now...

Members

EELF membership is open to all environmental law professionals, scholars and students who credibly prove their serious professional engagement in environmental law; it implies no fees and offers unique networking, communication and participation opportunities. Read more...