Summer 2013 Course Schedule

Intl Climate Change Negotiations (LAW-795-032)
Porter

Meets: 06:30 PM - 09:00 PM (MTWTHF) - Room 445

Enrolled: 7 / Limit: 20

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Notices

Meets 6/10-14

Description

This course will provide an overview of the international response to climate change through the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) with a focus on the effectiveness of existing approaches and the current status of negotiations. We will cover the negotiation, structure and implementation of both the UNFCCC and the Kyoto Protocol. The course will also track current events and news reports that relate to climate change in order to relate these sometimes abstract concepts currently in the news. We will also explore the ongoing effort to negotiate the post-2012 international climate regime and why the effort has proved elusive despite wide agreement that human induced climate change is occurring and risks grave consequences. The course will also examine examples of how climate change interacts with other bodies of international law (e.g., the Ozone Treaty, Human Rights, Law of the Sea). We will conclude by examining selected topics relating to climate law and policy in the United States and considering the role for law in the transition to a low-carbon future.

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Syllabus

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