LAW699
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CLIMATE CHANGE LAW
Course Title
CLIMATE CHANGE LAW
Course Number
699
Min
3
Course Types
Letter Grading, Writing Requirement
Credit Type
GPA SEMINARS
Description
May satisfy Writing Requirement.
Some scientists warn that climate change will devastate human communities here and abroad, and cripple the ecological systems upon which human life depends. Some market analysts predict that trading in carbon will be the planet's leading industry by 2020, worth more than 2 trillion dollars annually. How do these two phenomena coexist? How does domestic and international law encourage a market-based approach to solving a pressing environmental problem? We will examine local, state, national, and international laws, policies, and litigation to address climate change's impacts, with a particular focus on cap-and-trade, carbon offsetting, and other private sector responses to the climate change crisis. A research paper and an in-class presentation will be required. Coursework in Environmental, International, and/or Business law is helpful, but none are prerequisites.
Some scientists warn that climate change will devastate human communities here and abroad, and cripple the ecological systems upon which human life depends. Some market analysts predict that trading in carbon will be the planet's leading industry by 2020, worth more than 2 trillion dollars annually. How do these two phenomena coexist? How does domestic and international law encourage a market-based approach to solving a pressing environmental problem? We will examine local, state, national, and international laws, policies, and litigation to address climate change's impacts, with a particular focus on cap-and-trade, carbon offsetting, and other private sector responses to the climate change crisis. A research paper and an in-class presentation will be required. Coursework in Environmental, International, and/or Business law is helpful, but none are prerequisites.