“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, […]
EACL Elects Executive Board
The recently established European Association for Climate Law (EACL) e.V. has elected its new Executive Board at the Member Assembly on 22 September 2025. The election took place during the Association’s inaugural conference, held on 22–23 September in Berlin, following its formal registration earlier this month. EACL is an association of legal experts, scholars and […]
Electric Road System: Social Cost Benefit Analysis
EU instruments for environmentally friendly transport
Revision der europäischen Gebäudeenergieeffizienzrichtlinie
The Energy Performance of Buildings Directive (EPBD) plays a crucial role in reducing energy consumption and greenhouse gas emissions in the European Union. As negotiations are ongoing for the latest revision of the EPBD, aimed at increasing ambitions for rebuilding and upgrading the building stock, the upcoming edition of IKEM’s Forum Wärmewende will explore its […]
The European energy transition from a comparative law perspective
The University of Greifswald hosted the International Academic Conference on Comparative Perspectives on the Law of Energy Transition in Europe on 16–17 March 2023. The conference, which was spearheaded by Prof. Johannes Saurer of the University of Tübingen and Prof. Dr. Michael Rodi of IKEM/University of Greifswald/IFZO, examined comparative perspectives on energy transition laws across […]
Die europäische Energiewende ist der bessere Energiepreisdeckel
REPowerEU: A shift in European energy and climate policy
Smart Water Governance, Social Strategies and Regulatory Approaches
Water is a scarce resource and an indispensable basis for life on earth. Although more than two thirds of the earth’s surface is covered by water, only a very small portion can be used as drinking water or for irrigation. In the wake of climate change, water availability and distribution are becoming increasingly important issues. […]
An Interoperability Framework for electromobility (INFRA): The main results from the USER-CHI framework implementation in a new spotlight
