Hydrogen policies and legal frameworks in the European Union have advanced significantly in recent years, resulting in a situation where hydrogen regulation has developed ahead of the markets themselves. This has put the EU legal system to a stress test as it strives to enable a trajectory toward ambitious hydrogen targets while navigating structural challenges. Challenges remain in scaling up production capacities, developing infrastructure, and addressing bottlenecks in the permitting re...

This pioneering and in-depth study into the regulation of shale gas extraction examines how changes in the constitutional set-ups of EU Member States over the last 25 years have substantially altered the legal leverage of environmental protection and energy security as state objectives.In this timely book, Ruven Fleming argues that the practical consequence of these changes has been the self-inflicted curtailment of legislative discretion. The first to formally assess the legality ...

The Cambridge Handbook of Hydrogen and the Law is the first comprehensive reference work on the regulation of this key area in the energy transition. It is global in scope, featuring chapters that explain the legal situation on hydrogen regulation in Europe, the USA, Latin America, Oceania, the Middle East / North Africa, and Southeast Asia. It includes chapters covering all relevant legal aspects of the hydrogen value chain from production to end use, making it the first in-depth work on ...

Available open access digitally under CC-BY-NC-ND licence. As climate change accelerates, our window for action is closing. To stay within the "Anthropocene" - an epoch in which humankind as the dominant force shaping the planet retains a degree of control over the destructive processes it has unleashed - global warming must be kept below 2° Celsius.This book explores the unprecedented technological and legal changes required to achieve this. Featuring contributions from leading ex...