Published: 14 November 2024. Writer: Tiina Paloniitty As a signatory of the Aarhus Convention, the European Union has committed to uphold transparency, public participation, and access to justice in environmental matters. Yet, recent data from EU Commission responses to document access requests reveal persistent challenges… Lue lisää »Access Denied: How EU Document Policies Undermine Environmental Rights
Published: 7 November 2024. Writer: Tuula Honkonen The European Union is strongly committed to transparent and participatory governance. However, preparation of its position for international climate negotiations is not transparent or open to civil society participation. Behind the Scenes: The EU’s internal coordination in climate… Lue lisää »Does civil society have a voice in EU climate negotiation preparation?
Published: 25 September 2024. Writer: Eleni Ilia. Since its establishment in 2012, the European Citizens’ Initiative (ECI) was hailed as a revolutionary tool for direct democracy in the European Union. Designed to empower citizens by allowing them to propose new legislation, the ECI has the… Lue lisää »Casting Votes into the Void: The European Citizens’ Initiative and Climate Change Advocacy
Published: 12 August 2024. Writer: Sofia Heikkonen The legitimacy of climate actions on the EU level partly pends on the possibility for people to get informed of the decisions and their processes through access to information. Recent research on the Commission’s main document register has… Lue lisää »Legitimacy of climate policies requires functioning transparency