Climate Change Law - BML0123

Assessment 1: Other

Activities providing opportunities for formative assessment will generally be integrated into the teaching and learning process and apply to all components of summative assessment.  The nature of the formative assessment tasks used will be at the discretion of the tutor, to include for example, workshop exercises, quizzes, group discussions. 

Other

Assessment 1: Written Assignment

Written Assignment
The assignment will consist of a written exercise which may be an essay, topic briefing, report writing, reflective learning journal, article critique, case note, statutory interpretation or judgement. 

Written Assignment

<p>This module is designed to critically analyse the various legal perspectives to the global climate change problem and its regulation at the national and international levels. You will study the legal and institutional regulation of climate change mitigation and adaptation, judicial approach to climate change through climate litigation, and the impact of climate change on other important areas of law such as human rights under international law. You will also explore the role of corporations in climate change mitigation, climate financing of mitigation projects and regulatory frameworks for climate change mitigation including market regulation through the emissions trading scheme. The module will conduct an in-depth analysis of key international legal instruments on climate change focusing on the UN Climate Change Framework Convention of 1992, the Kyoto Protocol and the Paris Agreement 2015; and selected national legislation on climate change focusing on the UK Climate Change Act and the climate change regime in the EU. The module will expose you to contemporary discussions on the global climate change problem and innovative perspectives and solutions.</p>

Huddersfield Business School

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BML0123 - Climate Change Law

Climate Change Law

Demonstrate an independent learning ability for continuing professional development and competency in initiative-taking, personal responsibility and decision-making. 

Apply learned knowledge within academic and/or professional contexts, make sound judgements in the absence of complete data and communicate their conclusions clearly to a specialist and/or non-specialist audience.

Recognise and debate current problems and new insights in Climate Change Law. 

Demonstrate a systematic understanding of core legal theory relating to Climate Change Law.

3)	Appraise current research and advanced scholarship in Climate Change Law, critically evaluate approaches and arguments and develop critiques of them and where appropriate, propose new hypothesis.