Workshop 8 Sustainable Development Goals: Renewable Energy in the SDGs: Barriers, Opportunities, Interaction(28 February 2019)

Opening Session

Welcome: Lea Diestelmeier and Ceciel Nieuwenhout , PhD Researchers at the Groningen Centre of Energy Law

Session 1 - Financing SDG 7: Barriers and Responsibilities Across the Globe

Moderator: Prof. mr. dr. Marcel Brus , Professor of International Law, University of Groningen

Speakers:

The evolution of the CBDR principle in the UN climate regime: Lifting a profound barrier to the global low-carbon energy transition
Susann Handke, PhD Researcher, Erasmus School of Law, Erasmus University of Rotterdam

Renewable Energy in International Law: Regime Interaction between Climate, Trade and Investment Law
Alessandro Monti, PhD Researcher, University of Innsbruck, visiting researcher, University of Copenhagen

The Energy Charter Treaty in the context of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development: International protection of investment in RES in the post Achmea era
Martin Švec , PhD Researcher, Faculty of Law, Masaryk University, Brno

SDGs and Energy Transition Subsidy Policies
Henok Asmelash, PhD Researcher in International Law and Economics, Bocconi University, Milan, research fellow, Max Planck Institute for Procedural Law, Luxembourg

Session 2 - Just Transition: Rights and Public Participation

Moderator: Prof. mr. dr. Herman Bröring, Professor of Administrative Law, University of Groningen

Speakers:

Climate Change Mitigation and Renewable Energy: A Rights-Based Perspective
Eadbhard Pernot, LLM Student, Energy and Climate Law, University of Groningen

Just transition, SIDS and EU islands
Dr. Romain Mauger, Postdoctoral researcher, Groningen Centre of Energy Law, University of Groningen

Not-Under-My-Back-Yard: From Public Participation to Energy Democracy - the case of climate-friendly subsoil energy
Dr. Ruven Fleming, Assistant Professor, Groningen Centre of Energy Law, University of Groningen

Session 3 - Regional Perspectives on SDGs and the Energy Transition

Moderator: Prof. dr. Edwin Woerdman , Professor of Markets and Regulation, University of Groningen

SDGs in Latin America: A Look at the Role of Renewable Energy
Margarita Nieves Zárate, PhD Researcher, Groningen Centre of Energy Law, University of Groningen

IEA’s key role in enhancing international cooperation for the development of renewable energies worldwide – case study of Mexico
Paola Jimenez Casanova, LLM Student, Energy and Climate Law, University of Groningen
Aurea Maria Fuentes Morales, LLM in Environmental Law and Policy, Stanford Law School

Assessment of the Threshold for the Economic Policy Improvement in the Rentier States
Dr. Elkhan Richard Sadik-Zada, Postdoctoral researcher, Institute of Development Research and Development Policy, Ruhr-University Bochum
Andrea Gatto, PhD Researcher, Parthenope University of Naples, Visiting Research Fellow, Aarhus University

Closing remarks: Prof. mr. dr. Martha Roggenkamp , professor of Energy Law, Director of GCEL, University of Groningen