Book Launch on Offshore Renewable Energy Activities

Offshore renewable energy has been developed as an important source of clean energy for achieving sustainable development and tackling climate change. However, there are various environmental and legal challenges arising from offshore renewable energy activities which were not foreseen at the time of the negotiation of the 1982 United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS). How has UNCLOS evolved to adapt to the new challenges arising from offshore renewable energy activities, what gaps may still exist, and how should they be addressed? This panel discusses these questions with insights from various experiences across Europe, Asia and Australia. The starting point for the discussion is the recently published book The 1982 Law of the Sea Convention and the Regulation of Offshore Renewable Energy Activities within National Jurisdiction (Brill Publishers, 2023), authored by Dawoon Jung.