JJUA14119U Climate Change and the Law
The objective of the course is to provide students with a basic
understanding of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate
Change and the Kyoto Protocol; the European regime on climate
change; the interrelation between Energy Law and Climate Change;
and negotiations on post 2012 commitments under the United Nations
Framework Convention on Climate Change and the Kyoto Protocol.
The course is divided in three parts.
The first part of the course covers the United Nations Framework
Convention on Climate Change, the Kyoto Protocol and its
flexibility mechanisms. Focus is put on developments, principles,
competences and right and duties of the parties. Included are also
the negotiations on post 2012 commitments, and to familiarise the
students with various options for further developments the course
will include a negotiation exercise to be executed by the end of
the course.
The second part of the course will focus on the European regime on
climate change. It will cover the the EU regime on climate change,
with a special focus on the European Union Emission Trading Scheme,
its relevant regulation and case law and the relationship with
other environmental legislation.
The third part will focus on the energy law aspects connected to
climate change. Energy consumption is one of the main causes of
green house gasses emissions. This part of the course will cover
legal challenges posed by the need to substitute fossil fuels with
alternative sources, the need for energy savings, and the potential
to render traditional carbon based consumption ‘clean’ by
extracting CO2 for storage.
On the first day of the course a detailed course description will
be distributed in hard copy and uploaded on Absalon
A Collection of book chapters, articles and extracts of report
will be made available in a digital form.
Primary legal material (Conventions, legislation and case law will
be made available on the Absalon web-page
- Category
- Hours
- Lectures
- 34
- Preparation
- 241
- Total
- 275
- Credit
- 10 ECTS
- Type of assessment
- Oral examination, 20 minOral exam without preparation 20 minutes
- Marking scale
- 7-point grading scale
- Censorship form
- External censorship
- Exam period
- 8. - 12. December 2014 (preliminary dates)
Course information
- Language
- English
- Course code
- JJUA14119U
- Credit
- 10 ECTS
- Level
- Full Degree MasterFull Degree Master choice
- Duration
- 1 semester
- Placement
- Autumn
- Schedule
- C2 (Mon 15-17 + Wednes 13-17)
- Continuing and further education
- Study board
- Law
Contracting department
- Law
Course responsibles
- Anita Rønne (11-66736e796633777473736a456f7a7733707a336970)
Lecturers
Lektor i energiret, Associate Professor, Anita Rønne
Professor i miljøret, Peter Pagh