Climate Change and the Energy Transition

Module II – 21 January – 2 february 2024 (Draft programme)

Week 1

Monday – Introduction and International Climate Law

Tuesday – European Union Climate Change Law

Wednesday – National Climate Change Law

Thursday – Climate Change Law: The Role of Energy Efficiency

Friday – Climate Change Law: The Role of Renewable Energy

Week 2

Monday – Developing Sustainable Energy Projects

Tuesday – Renewable Electricity: Wind, Solar and Hydropower

Wednesday – Green Gas and Geothermal Heat

Thursday – Carbon Capture and Storage: Comparative Discussions

Friday – Assignment: Presentations of Papers

Academic staff

Dr Beatriz Martinez Romera

Associate professor of Environmental and Climate Change Law
Centre for International Law and Governance, University of Copenhagen and Partner responsible for the Copenhagen module of the Advanced LLM in Energy Law

Dr Peter Pagh

Professor
Centre for Public Regulation and Administration, University of Copenhagen

Dr Catalin-Gabriel Stanescu

Assistant professor
Centre for Market and Economic Law, University of Copenhagen

Eirini Tsifopoulou

PhD researcher
Climate Change and Sustainable Energy Use in EC, University of Copenhagen

Silke Goldberg

Visiting Professor of Law
Groningen Centre of Energy Law and Sustainability, University of Groningen

Dr John Paterson

Professor of Law
Theme Leader Energy and Natural Resources, University of Aberdeen

Dr Catherine Banet

Professor of Law
specialised in Energy Law, Scandinavian Institute of Maritime Law, University of Oslo

External Lecturers

Expected speakers from the Ministry of Energy, Utilities and Climate, the Energy Agency, and visits to and lectures at the United Nations Environmental Programme-DTE partnership and law firms Horten and Kromann Reumert.

University of Copenhagen

Climate Change and
Energy Transition