Overview

This book explores the emergence of ecological sustainability as a new EU policy and legal objective, distinct and autonomous from sustainable development. It argues that sustainability can no longer be conflated into sustainable development only, but should rather be represented as a plural construction, in which ecological sustainability coexists next to sustainable development. While the latter orientates most of the regulatory measures stemming from the Green Deal, the former is playing an increasingly relevant role in a number of legislative initiatives. The volume considers whether and how the EU legislator is exploiting the new opportunities brought forth by the redefinition of sustainability. To do so, a thematic approach is adopted and the inquiry is organized in five different parts, each devoted to one specific transition triggered by the European Green Deal. Navigating the dynamics of the many transitions occurring in the horizon of European climate neutrality, key chapters shed light on the EU regulatory schemes through which ecological sustainability is in the process of being operationalized and critically discuss their points of strength, weaknesses and underlying tensions. In doing so, they provide an overview of the legal changes occurring in areas of topical interest such as agri-food, energy, digitalization, corporate governance and intellectual property, as well as a number of insights on the relevance of ecological sustainability for the internal dynamism of the European Green Deal. This extensive and innovative appraisal of the field will prove a stimulating read for academics, researchers and advanced students interested in the new ecological law stemming from the Green Deal, the changing features of sustainability and the relevance of the Green Deal as a regulatory project.

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Author:   Edoardo Chiti ,  Andrea Giorgi
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:   Routledge
Weight:   0.780kg
ISBN:  

9781032874715

ISBN 10:   1032874716
Pages:   312
Publication Date:   15 April 2025
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

Foreword; Introduction: Sustainability in Transition; Part 1: The Agri-Food Transition; 1. Sustainability in the Agri-Food Sector: The Tortuous Path of Common Agriculture Policy towards a Food System Approach; 2. The New Common Agricultural Policy Approach Towards the Livestock Sector and Food Waste. Lying at Which Point of the Sustainability Continuum? Part 2: The Energy Transition; 3. The Quest for a Sustainable Energy Transition: The Case of Bioenergy; 4. Reshaping Administrative Proceedings and Discretion for a Fast-Forwarded Energy Transition; 5. Energy Transition and Sustainability before Courts: The Evolution of the Case-Law of Italian Administrative Courts; 6. Powering the Smart City: Sustainable Energy in the New Smart City; Part 3: The Ecological Transition; 7. From Natura to Nature Restoration. The Ecological Objective of the Green Deal at the Legal Litmus Test; 8. Nature Restoration Law: Reshaping Sustainable Development? 9. Serving Sustainability through Criminal Law: The Italian Case; Part 4: The Digital Transition; 10. Data-Driven Ecosystems: Competition Law as a Way to Link Sustainability and Digitalisation; 11. Sustainable Smart Cities; Part 5: The Economic Transition; 12. Towards a Green Deal-Oriented Intellectual Property Law? Tackling Remedies against Abuses; 13. Sustainable Finance and Biodiversity Protection; 14. Corporate Governance and Sustainability: Something New under the Sun? 15. ‘Sustainable Profit’? The Green Deal Economic Transition between Criminal Law and Corporate Social Responsibility

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Edoardo Chiti is Professor of Administrative Law at the Sant’Anna School of Advanced Studies, Pisa. He is on the editorial board of a number of academic journals and a member of various public law societies. Andrea Giorgi is a Ph.D. Candidate in Administrative Law at the Sant’Anna School of Advanced Studies, Pisa. He has been a Visiting Doctoral Researcher at the Faculty of Law of the University of Oxford.

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