University of Helsinki
The seminar on Climate Change Mitigation and Energy Efficiency Legislation: China-EU held in Helsinki on Friday 13 December 2013 succeeded to offer very comprehensive insight to the climate and energy legislation both in China and in the EU.
The event was organized within the Academy of Finland research project which is led by Professor Ari Ekroos and executed in co-operation with the University of Wuhan, Research Institute of Environmental Law in China.
After the opening of the seminar, with supportive words by the Director of the Finnish Center of Chinese Law and Chinese Legal Culture Professor Ulla Liukkunen, Chinese and European climate law regimes have been introduced by Professor Tianbao Qin from Wuhan University and Professor Ari Ekroos.
Experts from Finland and China have been joined by German, from the Hemholtz Centre for Environmental Research, and Italian, from the University of Sienna, colleagues to discuss renewable energy, Emission Trading Schemes, legislation development on carbon capture and storage, as well as energy efficiency and buildings energy efficiency legislation.
The organisers are thankful to all speakers as well as to the active audience, and welcome them to visit again for more thought-provoking discussions.
For more details, please see the seminar program.