Transposition of EU climate law and policy into Ukrainian legislation in view of Ukraine's candidacy for EU membership
[Transpozycja prawa i polityki klimatycznej UE do ustawodawstwa ukraińskiego w związku z kandydaturą Ukrainy do członkostwa w UE]

Opublikowane 2022-11-02
Słowa kluczowe
- EU climate law,
- EU climate policy,
- EU–Ukraine Association Agreement,
- Ukrainian national climate law,
- Ukrainian national climate policy
- europejskie prawo klimatyczne,
- europejska polityka klimatyczna,
- umowa stowarzyszeniowa UE–Ukraina,
- ukraińskie prawo klimatyczne,
- ukraińska polityka klimatyczna
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Abstrakt
This article provides a comprehensive overview of European law and Ukrainian national law in the field of combating climate change. In the first part, the EU climate policy and law and some climate cases of the EU countries was examined. The focus was on aims, objectives and backgrounds of EU climate policy as a part of EU environmental policy. In addition, attention was paid on EU Climate and Energy Package as baseline of EU climate law and policy. The second part of the paper discusses legal issues of combating of climate change in the light of the Ukrainian national law. The author argues that EU-Ukraine Association Agreement has become a major impetus for the transposition of the EU Law and policy to the Ukrainian legislation in the field of combating climate change law. The Ukrainian government has formulated numerous strategies, guiding principles, and action plans that integrate the energy and climate sectors in an effort to harmonize the EU and Ukrainian climate policies. However, putting these plans into practice will take more time and effort.
W artykule przedstawiono kompleksowy przegląd prawa europejskiego i ukraińskiego prawa krajowego w zakresie przeciwdziałania zmianom klimatycznym. W pierwszej części przeanalizowano Europejskie prawo klimatyczne oraz niektóre orzecznictwa sądowe państw UE w tym zakresie. Skupiono się na celach, założeniach i podstawach polityki klimatycznej UE jako części polityki środowiskowej. Ponadto zwrócono uwagę na Pakiet Klimatyczno-Energetyczny UE jako podstawę prawa i polityki klimatycznej UE. W drugiej części artykułu omówiono kwestie prawne przeciwdziałania zmianom klimatu w świetle ukraińskiego prawa krajowego. Autorka argumentuje, że umowa stowarzyszeniowa UE-Ukraina stała się głównym impulsem do transpozycji prawa i polityki UE do ustawodawstwa ukraińskiego w zakresie prawa przeciwdziałania zmianom klimatu. Rząd ukraiński sformułował liczne strategie, zasady, plany działania i ustawy, które integrują sektory energetyczny i klimatyczny, starając się zharmonizować politykę klimatyczną UE i Ukrainy. Jednak wprowadzenie tych planów w życie będzie wymagało więcej czasu i wysiłku.
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