Short Course: Climate Change Law (Hybrid)

Course Outline

This course offers a comprehensive overview of climate change law and the legal responses to the current climate crisis. Bringing together a distinguished cohort of scholars and practitioners, the course is designed to provide participants with a working knowledge of the relevant legal frameworks as well as to enhance their understanding of the way climate change impacts other areas of international law including territory, human rights, trade and investment.

By the end of the course, participants will:

• Have a clear understanding of the principal elements of International and Comparative Climate Change Law;
• Have a comprehension of the complex (scientific, economic, political and legal) framework of climate change issues;
• Better understand the international regime and the global governance of climate change, including as it relates to other areas of international law;
• Be able to critically assess the legal tools and principles related to climate change;
• Be able to analyse the principal challenges relating to the implementation and compliance of climate change law;
• Be able to identify national and international initiatives and opportunities for climate change action.
   

Course topics and tutors:

• United Nations Climate Change Regime
  Ivano Alogna, Research Leader in Environmental and Climate Change Law, BIICL (course leader)
• Principles of Climate Change Law
  Philippe Cullet, Professor of International and Environmental Law and Director of the Law, Environment and Development Centre, University of London, SOAS
• Climate Change Legal Mechanisms
  Michael A. Mehling, Deputy, Director of the Center for Energy and Environmental Policy Research, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
• Climate Change Litigation
  Joana Setzer, Assistant Professorial Research Fellow, Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change and the Environment, LSE
• Territory, Sovereignty and Climate Change
  Constantinos Yiallourides, Lecturer in International Law at Macquarie University, School of Law, and Research Leader in the Law of the Sea, BIICL
• Migration and Climate Change Law
  Christine Bakker, Affiliated Researcher at the DIRPOLIS Institute, Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna - Pisa, and Visiting Research Fellow, BIICL
• Business, Human Rights and Climate Change
  Irene Pietropaoli, Senior Fellow in Business and Human Rights, BIICL and Jasmine Elliott, Research Fellow in Business and Human Rights
• Trade, Investment and Climate Change
  Markus W. Gehring, University Lecturer & Director of Studies in Law at Hughes Hall, University of Cambridge

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Who is the course for?

This course would benefit practitioners in private law firms and NGOs; civil servants, provincial departments and local authorities; environmental managers in private sector; civil society organisations; activists, academics and students.

Testimonials from past attendees

"The approach was very innovative and enriching"
"Very informative. Very enjoyable."
"..Very stimulating and enlightening."

Participants at BIICL short courses are also invited to join exclusive events for trainees following completion of the course.

Pricing and registration

The course cost is £775 per person (including VAT).

Course format: This is a hybrid course, being offered in person at the BIICL office in Russell Square, London and virtually.

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Course Discounts

Member discount: 15% discount for individual members of BIICL
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Group discounts:

• 15% discount for groups of 3 or more attendees from NGO organisations or staff of government
• 15% discount for groups of 5 or more attendees from commercial organisations

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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 (6 November 2023).

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