Sustainable Energy Law Notebook

The research groups in Natural Resources Law  and  Companies, Markets, Society and the Environment of the Law Faculty of the University of Oslo have the pleasure of inviting to a seminar on circular economy, with discussion after the presentations. I will myself present views on the regulatory issues facing the circular economy, and look forward to the discussions. Time and place : Seminar: Circular economy May 3, 2016 12:00 PM - 04:30 PM , Kjerka, Domus Media west wing, Karl Johans gate 47, Oslo   Registration : http://www.jus.uio.no/english/research/areas/natural-resources/events/seminars/2016-05-03-circular-economy.html Programme :

On 19 November 2015 I had the pleasure to present my views on the manner to regulate the circular economy and EU initiatives taken in the domain so far at the annual meeting of the Norwegian Steel Association .

Tomorrow starts the World Future Energy Summit (WFES 2012) , in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. Check events and topics on the summit website:  http://www.worldfutureenergysummit.com   See also a good article summarising what is on the agenda of WFES 2012  here  (conference blog). More details on the summit to be posted on this blog.

As mentionned in an earlier post (to read HERE ), 2012 will be the International Year of Sustainable Energy for All , and will be sponsored by the United Nations Foundation, the inter-agency UN-Energy, Bloomberg New Energy Finance, and other public and private organisations. Its aim is twofold: increase awareness and find solutions on access to energy (with the objective of universal access by 2030 ) that is, in addition, affordable, clean and safe. It has as starting point the adoption in December 2010 of a UN General Assembly resolution endorsing the topic of this international year ( GA/11040, 66th GA, 69th meeting, 20 December 2010; and Resolution 65/151 adopted by the GA on 16 February 2011 ), and its confirmation by its Secretary General in February 2011 . The initiative takes as starting point that " more than 1.4 billion people worldwide have no access to electricity, and 1 billion more only have intermittent access. Some 2.5 billion people – almost half of humanity...

I am glad to announce that I will report for the online journal, Insights , of the American Society of International Law (ASIL) on the energy sides of COP17/CMP7 - the 17th Conference of the Parties to the UN Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) , 7th Meeting of the Parties to the Kyoto Protocol - , which will take place from 28 November to 9 December 2011 in Durban, South Africa . The report will be available online just after the conference. More on Insights here . More on COP17/CMP17 here .

The European Commission adopted on 12 January a Decision concerning the types of information about biofuels and bioliquids that economic operators have to submit to their Member State to fulfil requirements on sustainability. ( Commission Decision 2011/13/EU, JOEU L 9 of 13.01.2011, p.11 ). Pursuant to Article 18 of Directive 2009/28/EC, and to Article 7c(3) of Directive 98/70/EC, the European Commission must adopt a list of appropriate and relevant information concerning the compliance with the sustainability criteria for bioliquids and biofuels respectively. Two obligations are defined in the Commission's Decission . First , economic operators "shall" indicate, as part of the information submitted to their Member State, whether the consignment of biofuel or bioliquids has been certified or accepted under a voluntary scheme recognised by the Commission, and indicate the name of the scheme . Under such scheme, particular attention is paid to the accuracy of data relate...