The launch of the Green Deal in 2019 marked a crucial moment in the EU’s environmental policy, promising a radical shift towards sustainability and climate neutrality. This ambitious agenda intends not only to reshape internal policies, but also carries profound implications for the Union’s external environmental action. The organisation is seen as a global leader in environmental action and a key promoter of UN climate goals, including the Paris Agreement. The EU’s ‘Green Deal Diplomacy’ leverages its internal green transition to engage international partners through trade and development policies. The ambitious goals of the Green Deal, however, often clash with practical legal and policy challenges, in addition to raising questions about equity and justice, particularly in the EU’s relations with the Global South. This seminar, organised by the Department of International and European Law and co-funded by Radboud Centre for Sustainability Challenges, will explore three key themes within this context:
- The first one queries the EU’s external role within a broader constitutional perspective.
- The second theme seeks to interrogate the credentials of the EU as a global green actor by examining the policies and legal instruments deployed in practice.
- The third theme is dedicated to case-studies on the implementation of EU environmental standards and norms in partner countries through critical perspectives, including the prisms of compliance, divergence, and convergence dynamics.
The international expert seminar aims to provide a forum where scholars, experts, legal practitioners and PhD candidates can debate these important issues. It will feature keynote speeches by:
- Professor Heleen de Coninck, Radboud University
- Professor Christina Eckes, University of Amsterdam
- Professor Nicolas de Sadeleer, UCLouvain.
Interested scholars and practitioners are invited to submit proposals for papers, preferably aligning with one of the three themes outlined above.
The abstract should be no longer than 300 words. The deadline for the submission of abstracts is 28 February 2025. Abstracts can be submitted to eueea.conference@ru.nl.