Intensive Course: Climate Change Litigation - Hybrid (in person participation)
Date: 3-4 November 2022
Time: 09.30 - 17.30 (registration from 9.00)
Course Details
Climate Change Litigation is an increasingly critical component of climate governance at the local, national, regional and global levels, exerting pressure on the executive and legislative branches of government to act on the climate change issues. At the same time, climate change-related cases have also been filed against private actors, mostly fossil fuel and cement companies, which are major greenhouse gas emitters. Young people, NGOs and others have taken to the courts to challenge governments' and corporations' actions or inactions.
This course is based around the most compelling practical issues and relevant sectors, while combining the scientific and legal frameworks and obstacles through which climate change litigation takes place. Finally, climate change litigation will be analysed as a global phenomenon, taking stock of landmark examples at the international and domestic levels, wherever they appear.
By the end of the course, participants will:
- Be cognizant of the role of climate litigation in pursuing climate action
- Have a clear understanding of the principal issues, dynamics and obstacles of climate change litigation, both from a domestic (comparative) and international perspective;
- Be better able to critically understand and assess the legal tools and principles related to climate change litigation;
- Be able to identify critical domestic, comparative and international climate-related cases and opportunities for climate action.
Course Topics:
- Global Perspectives on Climate Change Litigation
- International and Transboundary Climate Change Litigation
- Evidentiary and Attribution Science-related Issues in Climate Change Litigation
- Justiciability Issues in Climate Change Litigation
- Climate Change Litigation and Human Rights
- Climate Change Litigation, ESG and Business
- Climate Change Litigation, Product Liability and Sustainable Consumption
- Climate-related Trade and Investment Dispute Resolution
Course Leader
Dr Ivano Alogna, Arthur Watts Research Fellow in Environmental and Climate Change Law, British Institute of International and Comparative Law
Who is the course for:
This course would benefit practitioners in private law firms and NGOs; civil servants in national ministries, provincial departments and local authorities; environmental managers in private sector; civil society organizations; activists, academics and students.
Pricing and Registration
The course cost is £700 per person (including VAT)
This is a hybrid course, being offered in person at the BIICL and virtually. Please use the button below to register for in person participation, alternatively please visit the online booking page to register for in person participation.
Course Discounts
Member discount: 15% discount for individual members of BIICL
Details of individual memberships at BIICL
Group discounts:
- 15% discount for groups of 3 or more attendees from Governmental Entities and Non-Governmental Organisations
- 15% discount for groups of 5 or more attendees from commercial organisations
To apply for any of the group discounts please Contact Us
Training scholarships
The British Institute of International and Comparative Law is committed to equality and opportunity in the legal profession and to support greater engagement of under-represented groups in the legal profession.
In our efforts in this regard we are delighted to offer 3 scholarships for each of our short courses to participants from communities and backgrounds currently under-represented in the legal community.
Applications for training scholarships must be received at least three weeks ahead of the course start date (13 October 2022)
Find out more about training scholarships