Climate Law Teaching Resources

The IUCN Academy 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. We hope to add to this repository of material and resources over the coming months.

There are several sets of material on the site, starting with 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 (Williams College, USA) and Professor Don Anton of Australian National University College of Law, Canberra. We now have close to 40 syllabi and encourage you to review them. We would also be very pleased to receive course syllabi on climate law from any of our members and these can be forwarded to This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it .

The site will be expanded to include materials that have been used in classroom climate change simulations, Power Point slides that can be used in lectures and public presentations, and pertinent lecture materials.

We have also included a link to a new blog that has been launched on Teaching Climate Change Law and Policy, www.teachingclimatelaw.org. Over time, we will be able to add additional links to these kinds of resources.

The Syllabi

We have included a List of Climate Law Syllabi -- June 2009 including dates and institutions. You can access each of those syllabi below.

The Syllabi

• Alex and Richards - GLOBAL WARMING AND THE AMERICAN LEGAL SYSTEM
• Benson - Loyola Law School - Law of Global Warming
• Betsill - Colorado State University - Global Environmental Politics
• Biodiversity and climate change curriculum
• Boykoff - Ecological Forecast for Global Warming
• Bryner - Seminar on Climate Change, Air Pollution, and Energy Law and Policy
• Bukowski - Global Climate Change -- Is International Agreement Possible?
• Burns GGU - Climate Change & International Law
• Burns - Mini-Course on International Climate Change Law
• Burns SCU - CLIMATE CHANGE: LEGAL INSTITUTIONAL RESPONSES
• Carlarne - Global Climate Change Law and Policy
• Carlson Hecht - Climate Change Law & Policy
• Chester - Climate Change & Conservation
• Dernbach - Climate Change Law
• Doelle - Environmental Law II
• Driesen - The Law and Policy of Climate Change
• Driesen et al - Climate Change: Science, Perception and Policy
• Farber et al - CLIMATE CHANGE LAW & POLICY
• Firestone - Climate Change Law
• Firestone - Climate Change Law and Policy
• Flatt - International Environmental Law 2009
• Flatt - The Present and Future of Carbon Trading Practice
• Halvorssen - Global Climate Change Law and Policy
• Henderson - Environmental Policy Analysis
• Hewitt - New York University - Global Climate Change
• Higgins - Energy, Development, and Climate Change
• Ivanova - Climate Change: Science, Policy, and Law
• Kravchenko - Global Environmental Challenges_Syllabus_2009
• Kuh - GLOBAL CLIMATE CHANGE AND U.S. LAW
• Kushner - Climate Change Law
• Kyser - The Law of Climate Change
• Lipeles - CLIMATE CHANGE AND THE LAW
• McAllister - Climate Change Law & Policy
• Michaels - GLOBAL CLIMATE CHANGE SCIENCE AND POLICY
• Osofsky - Syllabus for Climate Change Litigation Practicum
• Parenteau - Climate Litigation - Summer 2009 
• Pagh and Ronne - Climate Change and the Law
• Rogers - INDIAN LAW SEMINAR
• Rodgers - Global Warming and Justice Seminar 2009 
• Ronne - International Energy Law and Sustainability
• Stein - THE LAW OF CLIMATE CHANGE: DOMESTIC & TRANSNATIONAL
• Sutton - Law, Science and Environment
• Voigt - International Environmental Law Climate Change – UNFCCC & Kyoto Protocol
• Yang - Global Climate Change Seminar

Simulation Resources

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 are the first step in developing this resource.