Short Course: Climate Change Law

Course Details

This virtual 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:

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

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Course leader 

Dr Ivano Alogna, Research Leader in Environmental and Climate Change Law, British Institute of International and Comparative Law (BIICL).

Course format

The virtual course format will consist of a series of 8 sessions in which live (synchronous) teaching is offered via Zoom. Participants will be able to interact with the tutors and amongst themselves on screen.

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

Testimonials from past attendees

"A great overview of this important area of law covering varied and relevant facets of the subject.""
Very informative. Very enjoyable."
"Good management, timely sessions and excellent facilitators""...the content was relevant and thought provoking.""
It covers important salient issues in this area of law in a way that bridges both theory and practice."

Pricing and registration

The course cost is £775 per person.

This course has been postponed and will run at a later date.

Course Discounts

Member discount: 15% discount for individual members of BIICL
Details of individual memberships 

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

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 (28 March 2024).

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