Short Course: Climate Change Law
Date: 10 Sessions: 15, 22, 29 April, 6, 13, 20, 27 May, 3, 10, 17 June 2026
Time: 13.00 - 15.00 (UK time)
Venue: Online
Course Details
This course provides a comprehensive overview of Climate Change Law as an evolving field of knowledge, governance, and legal practice, as well as its responses to the climate crisis. Bringing together a distinguished cohort of leading scholars, 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 including human rights, trade, investment, sustainable finance, insurance, and corporate responsibility. Through an interdisciplinary approach, the course enhances understanding of the legal challenges and opportunities in global climate governance.
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.
Indicative course topics:
- UN Climate Change Regime
- Principles of Climate Change Law
- Climate Change Legal Mechanisms
- Territory, Sovereignty, and Legal Responsibility for Climate Change
- Climate Change Litigation
- Trade & Investment and Climate Change
- Business & Human Rights and Climate Change
- Sustainable Finance and Climate Change
- Human Rights and Climate Change
- Insurance and Climate Change
Course leader
Dr Ivano Alogna, Senior Research Fellow in Environmental and Climate Change Law, British Institute of International and Comparative Law.
Course format
The virtual course format will consist of a series of 10 sessions in which live (synchronous) teaching is offered via Zoom. Participants will be able to interact with the tutors and amongst themselves on screen.
Testimonials from past attendees
"A great overview of this important area of law covering varied and relevant facets of the subject."
"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."
Training scholarships
We are delighted to be able to offer scholarships designed to enable individuals from communities currently under-represented in the legal field to access our world-class courses and benefit from unparalleled learning experiences.
Scholarships are aimed at 3 categories: individuals from communities and backgrounds that are under-represented in the legal field in the UK and abroad; individuals who have recently received a needs-based bursary from their university or further-education college and representatives from Small Charities, NGOs, and Community-Based Organisations.
Applications for training scholarships must be received at least three weeks ahead of the course start date (25 March 2026). Applications must be made via the online form and applications received via any other means will not be considered.
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