Lectures (Video)
- 1. The Science of Climate Change
- 2. The Economics of Climate Change
- 3. Financing Adaptation
- 4. Insurance
- 5. The International Climate Regime
- 6. Engaging the Developing World
- 7. Climate Change and Biodiversity
- 8. Climate and Trade Law: The Biofuels Problem
- 9. Massachusetts v. EPA and its Aftermath
- 10. Putting a Price on Carbon
- 11. Current Federal Statutes and Litigation
- 12. State initiatives
Climate Change: Law and Policy
Course Summary
This course is based on Law 2723 - Climate Change: Law and Policy made available by University of California, Berkeley: Webcast.Berkeley under the Creative commons BY-NC-ND license.
Climate change will be a core concern that will influence policy and economic activity for years to come. It raises classic issues of distributional justice, law and science, risk, uncertainty and precaution, litigation strategy, technology policy, and international relations. Students will leave this course with an understanding of the sources and impacts of climate change, the key state, national and international policies, and the role of law.
Reading Material
1. Global Climate Change and U.S. LawGerrard, M. B., Ed. (2007). Global Climate Change and U.S. Law, ABA.
2. Field notes from a catastrophe: man, nature, and climate change
Kolbert, E. (2006). Field notes from a catastrophe: man, nature, and climate change, New York: Bloomsbury.
