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2015 IUCNAEL EJournal i (2015)

handle is hein.journals/icnael2015 and id is 1 raw text is: IUCN ACADEMY OF ENVIRONMENTAL LAW E JOURNAL ISSUE 6: 2015 A Word from the Editors This issue of the eJournal sees some further changes to the team responsible for its production. We welcomed Professor Louis Kotze (North-West University, South Africa) to the Editorial Board, and Clarissa Ferriera (University of Cape Town, South Africa) to our group of Assistant Editors. Both Louis and Clarissa are fantastic additions to the eJournal team, and we trust their expertise and assistance will continue to broaden and strengthen the content of the eJournal. In this issue, we present a range of insightful contributions from around the globe on a wide array of environmental law matters. This issue begins with two articles that highlight similar issues with strategic planning in the USA and EU looking at climate change adaptation and renewable energy regulation. In the first article, Perez de las Heras discusses EU actions to promote adaptation to climate change. As Perez de las Heras indicates, although the EU does not appear to have taken terribly effective steps in relation to multi-level governance of adaptation, there is hope for more positive action in this direction. The EU has taken adaptation measures in other areas of competence and some individual cities within the EU have been more pro-active in taking measures. In addition, the EU has supported adaptation measures in developing States. These activities point to the possibility of effective EU legislation on adaptation in the future. Powers' article on renewable energy production in the USA highlights similar tensions between action and inaction. While on the one hand the ad hoc regulatory approach to renewables has up until this point created sufficient space for a significant growth in the production of renewable energy it may, if it continues, hinder future growth. In her detailed analysis, Powers illustrates both the ways in which individual regulatory tools operate and the gaps that are left when regulation lacks strategic planning. Having begun her article by demonstrating the potential for renewable generation in the USA, Powers concludes by presenting suggestions for a more strategic regulatory approach to harnessing this power.