The EIEL Jean Monnet staff is proud to announce a new EIEL webinar, which will focus on how the interaction of climate change and trade law can promote the uptake of renewable energy. Our guest will be Dr Alessandro Monti, Assistant Professor of Sustainability and Energy Law at the University of Copenhagen (Faculty of Law).
The webinar will take place on 29 September 2023 at 14:30 / 2:30pm CEST on the YouTube channel of the EIEL Jean Monnet module. During the event, Dr Monti will discuss the arguments of his recent book “Promoting Renewable Energy: The Mutual Supportiveness of Climate and Trade Law“, which was published by Edward Elgar earlier in 2023.
The book examines the interaction between international climate law and international trade law for the promotion of renewable energy, utilising the emerging principle of mutual supportiveness. It discusses in particular the WTO jurisprudence on renewable energy subsidies, proposes specific solutions to improve the alignment between climate and trade law, and build a case for the development of climate-friendly trade policies. According to Prof Daniel Esty (Yale University), the volume takes the reader “to the center of the battle to address climate change – the policy push to establish a renewable energy economy.” Thanks to its “deep insight and careful analysis”, it represents “essential reading for trade and climate change policymakers, lawyers, scholars, and all those who care about a sustainable future.”
Alessandro Monti’s main area of research at the University of Copenhagen is the interaction between climate change and international economic law, with special focus on the energy transition. In 2021, he obtained a double-degree PhD in International Law from the Universities of Innsbruck and Padova, for which he was awarded the Herbert Tumpel prize by the Theodor Körner Foundation. Prior to his current appointment, he was a postdoctoral fellow at the University of Copenhagen and conducted visiting research stays at New York University (NYU) and University College London (UCL).
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