The Climate Law module of the DIFC Laws Certificate Programme is a vital course that provides a comprehensive overview of international climate law and the legal responses to the current climate crisis. The course is divided into two parts and will cover the international legal foundations, principles and policy features which govern efforts to manage global climate change and climate law litigation.
Course Outline
In order to promote sustainable development, the global legal and institutional frameworks are instrumental in ensuring compliance with and full implementation of the Paris Agreement and achieving low-carbon targets and the establishment of climate resilience systems.
Addressing the responses to climate change from legal and institutional lenses, this module aims to provide knowledge and critical understanding of the development of the current international legal and institutional regime to address climate change and the relevant global reforms required under the Paris Agreement. Participants will appreciate, consider and evaluate the key concepts, and current debates and considerations, underpinning the legal principles and institutional mechanisms relating to climate law and governance and explore their practical applications in climate change litigation and dispute resolution.
Session 1: Climate Law Foundations and Principles
10 Sep 2024 | 5:00pm - 7:00pm
Online via Teams
Session 2: Climate Law Litigation
11 Sep 2024 | 5:00pm - 7:00pm
Online via Teams
Speaker/Lecturer
Tejas Rao
Senior Manager, Centre for International Sustainable Development Law & PhD Researcher, University of Cambridge
Tejas Rao is a PhD Candidate at the Department of Land Economy & C-EENRG, University of Cambridge, where he is a Nehru Trust Scholar, and Research Coordinator with the Visiting Chair in Sustainable Development Law and Policy. He is also Manager at the Centre for International Sustainable Development Law.
His research examines narratives and the political economy of international law-making, with a specific focus on communities of practice and the Rio Treaties. He has previously taught at SOAS, University of London, and the National Law School of India University, Bangalore and worked with members of the United Nations International Law Commission.
He holds an LLM from the University of Cambridge (as JN Tata Scholar), and a B.A., LL.B. (Hons.) from the Gujarat National Law University. With a cross-cutting interest across the Sustainable Development Goals, he volunteers time as Operations Co-Lead with Project EduAccess, which aims to improve the representation in higher education of marginalized communities in South Asia by providing application mentorship and guidance.
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