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 be used to satisfy the Writing Requirement.
On June 23, 2025 the International Court of Justice issued a landmark Advisory Opinion defining state obligations to address climate change under International Environmental Law. In 2021, the United Nations (UN) Human Rights Council adopted a resolution recognizing for the first time the right to a safe, clean, healthy and sustainable environment as an autonomous human right and formal recognition by the UN General Assembly on 28 July 2022. These extraordinary and urgent developments signal to the global community the intrinsic connection and interdependence of our social and planetary systems. This course will explore how these systems interact through a survey of international law, domestic policy, economic structures, and climate justice. Students will have the opportunity to collaborate on a team project to submit comments to the UNHRC and an in-class presentation will be required. Coursework in Environmental, International, Immigration, and/or Human Rights law is helpful, but none are prerequisites.
On June 23, 2025 the International Court of Justice issued a landmark Advisory Opinion defining state obligations to address climate change under International Environmental Law. In 2021, the United Nations (UN) Human Rights Council adopted a resolution recognizing for the first time the right to a safe, clean, healthy and sustainable environment as an autonomous human right and formal recognition by the UN General Assembly on 28 July 2022. These extraordinary and urgent developments signal to the global community the intrinsic connection and interdependence of our social and planetary systems. This course will explore how these systems interact through a survey of international law, domestic policy, economic structures, and climate justice. Students will have the opportunity to collaborate on a team project to submit comments to the UNHRC and an in-class presentation will be required. Coursework in Environmental, International, Immigration, and/or Human Rights law is helpful, but none are prerequisites.