The EU Budget in the Climate Era

The Centre for Climate Change Law and Governance (CLIMA) at the University of Copenhagen is pleased to host the workshop “The EU Budget in the Climate Era”.

The workshop will look into how the EU budget is relevant for climate governance and the green transition, with particular attention to the role of the EU ETS, new own resources, climate taxation, CBAM, and the broader relationship between fiscal law, sustainability, and public finance. Bringing together scholars from Copenhagen, Prague, Milan and Heidelberg, the event will offer a space to reflect on how legal and fiscal innovation can support climate action in the EU.

The workshop is part of the 4EU+ collaborative project “From Climate Change to Fiscal Innovation: Transforming the EU Budget for Sustainability with CBAM, Climate Tax and ETS.” This partnership between the universities of Prague, Heidelberg, Milan, and Copenhagen explores how legal and fiscal instruments can contribute to the EU green transition and support the development of new financing mechanisms within the EU Own Resources System. More broadly, the project and the workshop provide a platform for interdisciplinary dialogue and critical reflection on the evolution of EU law in response to pressing environmental, economic, and societal challenges.

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Programme

09:00

Opening Remarks

The EU ETS and the EU Budget: from Carbon Market to Budgetary Resource?

  • Dr Beatriz Martinez Romera, Associate Professor on Environmental and Climate Change Law and Head of Centre (CLIMA), University of Copenhagen

09:20

Discussion

09:35

The Future of EU Climate Finance: Fiscal Innovation, New Own Resources and Climate Tax 2.0

  • JUDr. Miroslava Večeř, PhD, LL.M., Assistant Professor, Faculty of Law, Charles University, Prague

09:55

Discussion

10:10

Coffe break

10:30

Italy’s experience with the digital tax

  • Dr. Ernesto Marco Bagarotto
    Associate Professor, Università degli Studi di Milano (online)

10:50

Discussion

11:05

From Climate Budgeting to Carbon Borders: The EU’s Green Transition under WTO Law

  • Dr Marika Turava LL.M. (Chicago)
    Faculty of Law, Tbilisi State University
    Max Planck Institute, Heidelberg University

11:25

Discussion

11:40

Coffe break

11:55

Public Budgets in the Context of ESG Rules and Sustainable Development in Czechia

  • Professor JUDr. Radim Boháč, PhD.
    Dean, Faculty of Law, Charles University, Prague

12:15

Discussion

12:30

Panel Discussion

  • All participants

12:50

Closing Remarks

  • JUDr. Miroslava Večeř, Ph.D., LL.M.
    Assistant Professor, Faculty of Law, Charles University, Prague
  • Dr. Beatriz Martinez Romera
    Associate Professor of Environmental and Climate Change Law
    Head of Centre (CLIMA), University of Copenhagen