Content of the session: 

1. The Energy Charter Treaty

• European Energy Charter
  
• Energy Charter Treaty (ECT)
  
• Energy Trade under the ECT
• Energy Transit under the ECT

2. Climate Change: Implications for the Energy Sector (1)

• International Environmental Law
  
• Intergovernmental Panel of Climate Change
  
• United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC)
• Kyoto Protocol
• Paris Agreement
• Climate Litigation

Presentation:

Compulsory reading:

• Konoplyanik, Andrei and Walde, Thomas. Energy Charter Treaty and its Role in International Energy
• Relevant provisions of the Energy Charter Treaty and International Energy Charter
• Selivanova, Yulia. The role of the ECT
• Azaria, Danae. Energy Transit under the Energy Charter Treaty and the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade
• Brown, Colin. Transit Disputes, Supply Disputes and the ECT
• Cameron, Peter. The Energy Charter Treaty and East-West Transit (pages 297-313)
• Relevant provisions of the Stockholm Declaration
• What is IPCC
• Relevant provisions of the UNFCCC
• IPCC, Assessment Report 6: Headline Statements

IPCC AR6 Headline Statements

Sockholm Declaration 1972

Unfccc

What is IPCC

ECT and IEC

Energy Charter Treaty and its Role in International Energy

Selivanova the role of the ECT

Brown C. Transit Disputes Supply Disputes and the ECT

Azaria D. Energy Transit under the Energy Charter Treaty and the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade

IPCC AR6 Headline Statements

Extra non-compulsory Reading  

(The purpose of the recommended reading is to broaden and deepen the understanding of the subjects addressed in the course.)

• ECT: A Reader’s Guide
• IPCC, Assessment Report 6: Summary for policymakers