Business Law Electronic ResourceThe EU Commission proposed the Net-Zero Industry Act to scale up manufacturing of clean technologies in the EU and make sure the Union is well-equipped for the clean-energy transition. This initiative was announced by President von der Leyen as a part of the Green Deal Industrial Plan.
The Act will strengthen the resilience and competitiveness of net-zero technologies manufacturing in the EU, and make our energy system more secure and sustainable.
Climate change and Human Rights
Nuriiia Mammadova, EO-205i, KNEU
Climate change directly and indirectly affects a number of human rights guaranteed by international law. States (guarantors) have a direct obligation to take effective measures to prevent and eliminate the consequences of climate change and, thus, to mitigate the consequences of change climate, and to ensure that all people have the necessary capacity to adapt to the climate crisis.
Climate justice requires that action to tackle change climate was consistent with existing agreements, obligations, standards and human rights principles.
