MVV157K The Law of Climate Change: Current Status and Challenges

Právnická fakulta
podzim 2014
Rozsah
0/1. 3 kr. Ukončení: k.
Vyučující
Lawrence Charles Watters (cvičící), doc. JUDr. Jiří Valdhans, Ph.D. (zástupce)
Garance
doc. JUDr. Jiří Valdhans, Ph.D.
Katedra mezinárodního a evropského práva – Právnická fakulta
Kontaktní osoba: Mgr. Věra Redrupová, B.A.
Dodavatelské pracoviště: Katedra mezinárodního a evropského práva – Právnická fakulta
Rozvrh seminárních/paralelních skupin
MVV157K/01: Po 20. 10. 16:40–18:10 038, Čt 23. 10. 16:40–18:10 038, Pá 24. 10. 8:00–9:30 025, 9:35–11:05 025, Po 27. 10. 16:40–18:10 038, 18:15–19:45 038, St 29. 10. 16:40–18:10 038, Čt 30. 10. 16:40–18:10 038, 18:15–19:45 038, L. Watters
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Cíle předmětu
At the end of the course, students should have the ability to:
(1) Understand and explain the international framework for the law of climate change, along with selected aspects of regional and national developments;
(2) Develop and work with information concerning primary themes and problem-areas involving climate change;
(3) Create and integrate an interdisciplinary perspective to the subject; and
(4) Formulate deductions on the acquired knowledge, interpret new materials and enhance analytical skills in research, writing and oral presentations with the goal of stimulating further study in the field.
Osnova
  • 1 Introduction
  • Objectives
  • Requirements
  • Resources
  • Empirical Data
  • Define: The Interaction Of Law, Policy, Science And Economics
  • Globalization And The Internationalization Of Law
  • Climate Change: Overview
  • 2 The International Framework
  • The Climate Change Convention
  • 3 The International Framework
  • The Climate Change Convention (continued)
  • Achievements
  • Shortcomings
  • 4 The International Framework
  • The Kyoto Protocol
  • 5 The International Framework
  • The Kyoto Protocol (continued)
  • Achievements
  • Shortcomings
  • 6 After The Copenhagen Conference: The Key Issues And Problems
  • The EU
  • China
  • India
  • The U.S.
  • 7 Mandatory Limits For Less Developed Countries (LDCs)
  • 8 Monitoring, Reporting And Verification (MRV)
  • 9 Technical Assistance
  • 10 Current Developments: Climate Change And The EU
  • 11 Case Study: The EU Airlines Emissions Tax Case
  • 12 Current Developments: Climate Change And The U.S.
  • 13 Current Developments: Climate Change And China
  • 14 Current Developments: Climate Change And India
  • 15 Climate Change And Trade
  • 16 Climate Change And Trade (continued)
  • 17 A New International Agreement On Climate Change?
  • 18 A New International Agreement On Climate Change? (continued)
  • Closing Remarks
Literatura
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Výukové metody
Course time is devoted to lectures and discussion with an emphasis on active student participation. All of the assigned material is required reading and necessary in order to succeed. Failure to keep up with the reading and discussion will impair the ability to learn.
Metody hodnocení
Students will research and write a paper on a topic related to the assignments in the course. The paper will conform to the Faculty’s requirements discussed the first day of class.
Vyučovací jazyk
Angličtina
Informace učitele
This course explores the framework for the law of climate change with an emphasis on its current status and challenges. The analysis addresses international, regional and national developments with a holistic perspective that integrates law, economics and science.
The primary focus is on an introduction to the field. This includes consideration of the Climate Change Convention, the Kyoto Protocol and significant developments since the adoption of these agreements. Topics for discussion include common but differentiated responsibility, climate change and trade, technical assistance, monitoring, reporting, verification, public participation, intergenerational equity, traditional knowledge and climate change and human rights.
Major themes are analyzed in recent developments in the EU, the U.S., China, India and other influential participants in international environmental governance. Leading cases at the international level, including the conflict over the EU airlines emissions tax, are considered in illuminating areas of controversy. Contemporary negotiations with direct links to other aspects of climate change, like the newly proposed EU – U.S. trade agreement, are also discussed with a view to anticipating “the shape of things to come.”
The course considers climate change in an evolving context in light of “law on the books” and “living law” as the international community grapples with new approaches to the problems presented.
Students download international agreements available online without cost including the Climate Change Convention, the Kyoto Protocol and related instruments published by the UN EP. Specific themes are addressed in additional materials available online without cost including Trade and Climate Change (2009), published by UN EP and the WTO. Other materials are used as necessary with selected issues and several lectures will draw on Economic Foundation of International Law, Eric Posner, Alan Sykes, Harvard University Press (2013) but this does not require any purchase.
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