Environmental Impact Assessment and Climate Change

Talk with Benoit Mayer, Professor of Climate Law, University of Reading, and Peter Pagh, Professor, Center for erhvervsret og offentlig regulering, UCPH.

The Danish Climate and Energy Law Society is inviting students who are interested in Environmental Impact Assessment and Climate Change – Comparative Perspectives, in particular for energy projects. 

Climate change increasingly raises important questions for environmental impact assessment (EIA). With this event, we wish to explore how EIA frameworks engage with climate change concerns, in particular for energy projects, and how these challenges are addressed across jurisdictions and in Denmark.

Programme

16:30  Welcome by Søren Hornbæk Svendsen, Chair of the Association
16:35

Comparative overview of EIA and climate change

Benoit Mayer, Professor of Climate Law, University of Reading

A comparative overview of how environmental impact assessment frameworks address climate change across jurisdictions. The presentation will explore broader trends, key legal developments, and the main challenges involved in integrating climate considerations into environmental assessment processes.
17:05

The Danish perspective: EIA and climate change in practice

Peter Pagh, Professor, Center for erhvervsret og offentlig regulering. Copenhagen University

A Danish case study on the relationship between EIA and climate change. The presentation will examine how Danish law and practice address climate-related concerns in environmental assessments and discuss the legal and practical challenges arising in specific cases. In particular the recent case of the Danish Energy Appeal Board overturning the EIA for the Hejre Oil/Gas license due to lack of consideration of secondary climate effects.
17:35 Panel discussion and questions from the audience
17:55 Introduction to the Student Ambassadors of the Danish Climate and Energy Law Association

Register for the event

Please register for the event here.

The event is open for all.