The interface between EU climate and energy law

Abstract

This article critically discusses the interface between EU climate and energy law. It argues that legal scholarship should explore and expose the interrelationships between these legal disciplines through shared understanding and evaluation of both the disparities and synergies found. It maps the origins of EU climate and energy law to demonstrate how they have evolved side by side, guided by separate legal rationales and distinct legislative developments yet sharing partially overlapping objectives and instruments. By comparing EU climate and energy law as legal disciplines, the article identifies dynamic and static attributes that characterize the interface between EU climate and energy law. These attributes, combined with the evolution of EU climate and energy law, are key elements in facilitating disciplinary convergence. As an outcome of the analysis, the article calls for critical legal scholarship that acknowledges the climate and energy law interface, allowing disciplinary convergence to develop between them.