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LS554N: CLIMATE LAW AND SUSTAINABILITY (2026-2027)

Last modified: 20 Aug 2025 16:16


Course Overview

Climate change is the biggest environmental challenge of our time and addressing it requires a range of regulatory tools and strategies for mitigating emissions. These include placing limits on greenhouse gas emissions at international and national levels, adapting to the current and projected impacts of climate change, and opening international green finance markets to support regional decarbonisation. This course immerses students in the cutting-edge field of climate law and sustainability, where they will critically explore the role of law in mitigating the climate crisis.

Course Details

Study Type Postgraduate Level 5
Term Second Term Credit Points 30 credits (15 ECTS credits)
Campus Aberdeen Sustained Study No
Co-ordinators
  • Dr Thomas Muinzer

What courses & programmes must have been taken before this course?

  • Any Postgraduate Programme (Studied)
  • Law (LS)

What other courses must be taken with this course?

None.

What courses cannot be taken with this course?

Are there a limited number of places available?

No

Course Description

Climate change is the biggest environmental challenge of our time and addressing it requires a range of regulatory tools and strategies for mitigating emissions. These include placing limits on greenhouse gas emissions at international and national levels, adapting to the current and projected impacts of climate change, and opening international green finance markets to support regional decarbonisation. This course immerses students in the exciting, cutting-edge field of climate law and sustainability, where they will critically analyse the role of law in mitigating the climate crisis as society endeavours to transition to a more sustainable future.

By the end of this course, students should have knowledge of:

  • the form and content of major legal frameworks at the international and national levels;
  • the form and operation of major international and national climate policy initiatives, and their interaction with legal regimes;
  • the role, influence and importance of climate litigation in this area internationally and nationally (i.e., court cases that centre on climate change as a key issue);
  • issues associated with specific legal-political mechanisms such as carbon trading, carbon budgets, and similar.

Contact Teaching Time

Information on contact teaching time is available from the course guide.

Teaching Breakdown

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Details, including assessments, may be subject to change until 31 August 2025 for 1st Term courses and 19 December 2025 for 2nd Term courses.

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Formative Assessment

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Resit Assessments

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