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A4CL Congress 2026: Is the Law Holding Back the Energy Transition?

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During this conference hosted by the Amsterdam Centre for Climate Change, Corporations and the Law (A4CL), policymakers, public officials, regulators, academics, lawyers and energy-sector professionals will come together to share their perspectives.

The energy transition requires the rapid development and delivery of large-scale projects in energy generation, infrastructure, hydrogen, CO₂ storage and industrial decarbonisation. But what stands in the way — and what works in practice?

During the conference, policymakers, public officials, regulators, academics, lawyers and energy-sector professionals will come together to explore these questions through three practical cases:

  • Nuclear energy
  • CO₂ storage, including Porthos and Aramis
  • The Delta Rhine Corridor, with a focus on hydrogen

The conference is aimed at policymakers, public officials, regulators, academics, lawyers and energy-sector professionals, as well as anyone interested in how law and governance can accelerate the energy transition without compromising legal quality and legal certainty.

You can register for the conference here: https://www.formdesk.com/vuamsterdam/A4CLcongres

Please not that the event is held entirely in Dutch and no translators are available.

Programme

Block I: The Challenge: Energy Transition, Law and Regulation

What legal and governance challenges arise in the development and delivery of large-scale energy projects? And where do practical bottlenecks emerge?

Block II: Three Practical Cases: Where Does the Problem Manifest Itself?

Through three concrete cases, we examine where law and governance can slow down the energy transition in practice, but also where they can contribute to accelerating it.

A closed expert meeting was held on each of these cases in the run-up to the conference. The key findings from these meetings will provide the starting point for discussion during the conference.

Block III: Panel Discussion: What Solutions Actually Work?

What can we learn from these practical cases? Which legal and governance solutions can genuinely accelerate the energy transition? And how can we ensure legal quality and legal certainty along the way?

Speakers

With contributions from, among others:

  • Thom Wetzer — University of Oxford
  • Martijn Snoep — Autoriteit Consument & Markt (ACM)
  • Carolien Gehrels — Arcadis
  • Josephine van Zeben — European University Institute
  • Cornelis (Corné) Boot — bp
  • Hendrik Schoukens — Ghent University
  • and many others.

Book Presentation

The book Indirect klimaatrecht: nieuwe wegen door bestaande rechtsgebieden will be presented ahead of the conference.

Practical Information

Participation fee: €315
PhD candidates and students: €85

Registration is required and is open until 25 September. 

Contact:
Pien Werkman
p.werkman@vu.nl
020 598 3599

About A4CL Congress 2026: Is the Law Holding Back the Energy Transition?

Starting date

  • 8 October 2026

Time

  • 10:00 - 17:30

Location

  • EYE Filmmuseum Amsterdam

Address

  • IJpromenade 1, 1031 KT Amsterdam

Organised by

  • Amsterdam Centre for Climate Change, Corporations and the Law

Language

  • Dutch

Would you like to know more?

Get in touch with ASI

info.asi@vu.nl

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