JUSTNORTH Regulatory and Policy Database

   

Regulation:Regulation (EU) 2021/1119 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 30 June 2021 establishing the framework for achieving climate neutrality and amending Regulations (EC) No 401/2009 and (EU) 2018/1999
Short name:European Climate Law
Number:EU/2021/1119
Issuing entity:European Union and its agencies
Date:2021/06/30
Reference:https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=uriserv:OJ.L_.2021.243.01.0001.01.ENG
Hard/soft law instrument:Soft law
Relevant justice questions:

Chosen justice question particularly relevant for the regulatory/policy framework (in the light of JUSTNORTH research, aimed at supporting future justice-focused research on Arctic governance):

Weighting values: Does the framework promote certain values and interests at the expense of others? Whose interests are being promoted? Is the framework trying to strike a balance, promote certain interests or obscure the tensions within society, including individual vs group/community/global community interests?

Climate justice: How does the instrument affect the climate change?
Climate justice: How is the implementation of a law/policy affected by climate changes?
Climate justice: Who bears the burden of any costs associated with climate effects goverened by the law/policy?

Climate justice: What measures have been put in place to ameliorate the climate change effects?

Climate justice: Who pays the cost of climate change mitigation and adaptation measures? Who reaps the benefits from climate policies and low-carbon transition projects?

Climate justice: How have decisions been made concerning the climate effects? Was anybody excluded from the decision-making process with respect to climate mitigation and adaptation actions?

Rights: Which rights and rights frameworks are expressly included in the governance framework, which are missing?

Level:National and EU/EEA
Remarks:Regulation is directly applicable for the MSs.
Brief description: 

Economic and social activity:

Electrical power and other energy
Fossil fuels
General/other
Renewable energy

Regulatory concern:

Environment and climate change

Case study relevance

CS13: Transportation Links and Power Disparities: The Arctic Railway Plans in Finland
CS14: Mining in the Finnish Arctic
CS15: The Power and Perish of Multiple Land-Use for Indigenous and Traditional Livelihoods in Northern Finland
CS16: Balancing Sustainable Opportunities in the Arctic: Wind Power & Reindeer Herding in Northern Finland
CS3: Renewable and Ethical?: Motivation for Wind Power Resistance in Sápmi & the Norwegian Arctic