Climate Law Teaching Resources

The IUCN Academy of Environmental Law is working with members to develop a set of resources on Climate Law Teaching. As one important element of environmental law, we are drawing together a number of useful resources on climate law teaching.

Below you will find a repository of course syllabi. These syllabi, indexed by their author, provide a range of materials that have used in teaching climate change law and policy. This initiative has been led by Dr. Wil Burns of Johns Hopkins University, USA and Professor Don Anton of Australian National University College of Law, Canberra. We now have close to 50 syllabi and encourage you to review them. We would also be pleased to receive course syllabi on climate law from any of our members. You can send an electronic copy to us by accessing the Contact function or by sending it to iucnael@uottawa.ca.

We have also begun to collect materials that have been used in classroom climate change simulations, accessible below.

We have included a link to a blog that has been launched on Teaching Climate/Energy Law & Policy, www.teachingclimatelaw.org and will be expanding this resource.

The Syllabi

Instructor (s)	Course Title	Institution	Year
January 2011
Alex and Richards	Global Warming and the American Legal System	Golden Gate University, USA	2007
Atapattu	Selected Problems in International Law: Climate Change, Human Rights and the Environment Course Outline and Reading Materials	University of Wisconsin, USA	2011
Benson	Law of Global Warming	Loyola Law School, USA	2010
Betsill	Global Environmental Politics	Colorado State University,USA	2008
Boykoff	Ecological Forecast for Global Warming	UC – Santa Cruz, USA	2005
Bryner	Climate Change, Air Pollution and Energy Law and Policy	Brigham Young University, USA
Bukowski	Global Climate Change: Is International Agreement Possible?	Bradley University, USA	2009
Burns	Climate Change and International Law	Santa Clara University, USA	2005
Burns	Climate Change: Legal Institutional Responses	Golden Gate University, USA	2008
Burns	Climate Change Law and Policy		2009
Burns	Global Warming and Renewable Energy	Golden Gate University, USA	2010
Burns	Mini-Course on International Climate Change Law	University of Houston,USA	2009
Carlarne	Global Climate Change Law and Policy	University of South Carolina, USA	2010
Carlson and Hecht	Climate Change Law and Policy	UCLA School of Law	2008
Chester	Climate Change and Conservation	Brandeis University, USA	2008
Dernbach	Climate Change Law	Widener University, USA	2008
Doelle	Environmental Law II	Dalhousie University, Canada	2009
Driesen	The Law and Policy of Climate Change	Syracuse University, USA	2006
Driesen et al	Climate Change: Science Perception and Policy	Syracuse University, USA	2008
Durrant	Select Issues in Climate Law	Queensland University of Technology	2011
Duyck	International Law, Climate Change and the Arctic	University of Lapland	2012
Farber et al	Climate Change law and Policy	Berkeley, USA	2007
Firestone	Climate Change Law	University of Maine	2008
Firestone	Climate Change Law and Policy	University of Delaware	2009
Flatt	International Environmental Law	University of Houston	2009
Flatt	The Present and Future of Carbon Trading Practice	University of Houston	2009
Gerrard	Climate Change Law	Columbia University, USA	2012
Halvorssen	Global Climate Change Law and Policy	University of Denver, USA	2009
Henderson	Environmental Policy Analysis	Mills College, USA	2007
Hewitt	Global Climate Change	New York University, USA	2009
Higgins	Energy, Development and Climate Change	Roger Williams University, USA	2008
Hildreth	Climate Change Law & Policy	University of Oregon, USA	2012
Ivanova	Climate Change: Science, Policy and Law	College of William and Mary, USA	2007
Kravchenko	Global Environmental Challenges	University of Oregon, USA	2009
Kuh	Global Climate Change and US Law	Hofstra University, USA	2007
Kulovesi	Climate Change Law and Policy	University of Eastern Finland	2012
Kushner	Climate Change Law	Southwestern Law School	2010
Kyser	The Law of Climate Change	Yale University	2009
Lipeles	Climate Change and the law		2008
McAllister	Climate Change Law and Policy	University of San Diego	2009
McArthur	Biodiversity Conservation and Climate Change	University of Dar es Salaam	2008
Michaels	Global Climate Change Science and Policy	Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University College of Natural Resources, USA	2007
Osofsky	Climate Change Litigation Practicum	Washington and Lee University, USA	2008
Pagh and Ronne	Climate Change and the Law	University of Copenhagen, Denmark	2010
Parenteau	Climate Litigation	Vermont Law School, USA	2009
Peeters	EU Environmental Law and Climate Change	Maastricht University, The Netherlands	2012
Ramo	Global Warming and Renewable Energy	Golden Gate University, USA	2010
Richards	Climate Change Law and Policy	Indiana University	2010
Rodgers	Global Warming and Justice Law	University of Washington, USA	2009
Rogers	Indian Law Seminar	University of Washington, USA	2008
Ronne	International Energy Law and Sustainability	University of Copenhagen, Denmark	2010
Siegel	Climate Change Law Seminar	Pace University, USA	2010
Stein	The Law of Climate Change: Domestic and Transnational	University of Albany, USA	2008
Sutton	Law, Science and Environment	Texas Tech University	2008
Takacs	Climate Change: Law, Policy and Business	University California – Hastings, USA	2010
Van Nostrand	Eco Markets and Trading	Pace University	2009
Voigt	International Environmental Law – Climate Change – UNFCC and Kyoto Protocol	University of Oslo	2007
Yang	Global Climate Change Seminar	Vermont Law School, USA	2003

Simulation Resources

There is a growing consensus about the pedagogical benefits of using active learning techniques in the classroom. In law school courses, the simulation of negotiations to formulate international agreements is a particularly salutary active learning technique because it helps law students to experience the dynamics of international bargaining, including the political factors that inhibit or facilitate cooperation, and the procedures of international organizations.

These resources have been developed by law and non-law professors and are designed to engage students in negotiation of a successor to the Kyoto Protocol. We welcome submissions of other exercises. The following simulations (and reference material) are the first step in developing this resource.

Andonova and Mendoza-Castro (Colby College, USA)

The Next Climate Treaty: Pedagogical and Policy Lessons of Classroom Negotiation (article)

Auer, Matthew (University of Indiana, USA)

Global Climate Change Conference

Cass, Loren (College of the Holy Cross, USA): Comparative Environmental Policy Course

Driesen, David (Syracuse University College of Law, USA)

Eisen, Joel (University of Richmond School of Law, USA)

Pre-Negotiation Instructions - adapted from Driesen

Draft Copenhagen Protocol - adapted from Driesen
National Documents: Brazil, China, France, India, Jamaica, Russia, United Kingdom, USA

Hart, Craig (Energy + Environment Foundation)