“Establishing climate law as an independent legal field”
Since September 2025, the European Association of Climate Law (EACL) has been a registered association. Its goal is to strengthen research on the role of law in climate protection and to foster exchange at the European level. On the occasion of its founding and the first EACL conference, we spoke with Prof. Dr. Michael Rodi, […]
Back to the desk
“We want to offer all climate lawyers in Europe a home”
Together with numerous legal scholars from all over Europe, IKEM Director Prof. Dr. Michael Rodi will launch the European Association of Climate Law (EACL). In this interview, we spoke to him about the aims of this new association, the program of the first EACL conference (on 22. and September 23, 2025 in Berlin) and prospects […]
IKEM at the COP29
Each COP is a defining moment in the fight for our planet and a sustainable future. Scientific findings including the latest IPCC reports and the worrying development of global warming have repeatedly stressed the need for urgent climate action – a key priority for this year’s COP29, hosted in Baku (Azerbaijan) between 11 and 22 […]
Emma Bolopion
Emma Bolopion is a Research Associate in the Energy Law Department at IKEM. She studied law at the Université Paris Pantheon 2 Assas, Humboldt Universität zu Berlin and the University of Amsterdam. She obtained two LLMs, specialising in human rights and environmental law. She is currently a PhD candidate in public international law, in a […]
“Developing the constitutional debt system in the context of climate protection”
With its ruling on November 15, 2023, the Federal Constitutional Court declared the Second Supplementary Budget Act 2021 null and void. The law aimed to allocate EUR 60 billion in unutilized credit appropriations to the “Climate and Transformation Fund” (KTF), originally earmarked for dealing with the coronavirus pandemic. According to the decision by the Federal […]
The hub for basic research at IKEM
The Research Academy stands for excellent basic research, scientific networking and the promotion of young researchers. It is the hub of IKEM, as it bundles all scientific work of the institute that deals with the fundamental legal, economic and political science issues of climate protection. In this interview, Dr Greta Reeh, Head of the Research […]
An overview of energy law and energy reality
The second, completely revised edition of Energierecht und Energiewirklichkeit was released today by the publisher Energie & Management. The handbook, edited by Prof. Christian Held and Dr. Simon Schäfer-Stradowsky, introduces the basics of energy law and explains to readers how the energy world actually works, using practical examples. Energierecht und Energiewirklichkeit is aimed not only […]
Klima und Recht
The journal The monthly legal journal Klima und Recht (KlimR) accompanies the development of climate law with contributions from first-class authors and practical information on all legal facets of climate protection. The magazine is published by Verlag C.H.BECK in cooperation with the Institute for Climate Protection, Energy and Mobility (IKEM). IKEM Director Prof. Dr. Michael Rodi […]
Prof. Dr. Michael Mehling
Michael Mehling is Deputy Director of the MIT Center for Energy and Environmental Policy Research (CEEPR) in Cambridge, Mass., and a Professor at the University of Strathclyde Law School in Glasgow. In his work, he focuses on climate policy design and implementation at the domestic and international level, including its intersections with environmental, energy, and […]
