Climate Law (DIFC Laws Certificate Programme 2024)

Course Description

The Climate Law module of the DIFC Laws Certificate Programme is a vital course that provides a comprehensive overview of international climate law and the legal responses to the current climate crisis. The course is divided into two parts and will cover the international legal foundations, principles and policy features which govern efforts to manage global climate change and climate law litigation.

In order to promote sustainable development, the global legal and institutional frameworks are instrumental in ensuring compliance with and full implementation of the Paris Agreement and achieving low-carbon targets and the establishment of climate resilience systems.

Addressing the responses to climate change from legal and institutional lenses, this module aims to provide knowledge and critical understanding of the development of the current international legal and institutional regime to address climate change and the relevant global reforms required under the Paris Agreement. Participants will appreciate, consider and evaluate the key concepts, and current debates and considerations, underpinning the legal principles and institutional mechanisms relating to climate law and governance and explore their practical applications in climate change litigation and dispute resolution.

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