Welcome to the Climate Change Law and Policy  Master Course! This comprehensive course explores the legal, ethical, and governance aspects of climate change, offering insights into key policy frameworks, international agreements, and corporate governance practices.

It will be available in 2024, and it will be structured in the following contents:

• Climate Change Policy, Governance and Values: This topic will  address the challenges of moving to a low-carbon economy and adapting to climate change, and how they influence global and regional development
• International and EU Environmental and Climate Change Law: This topic will provide a comprehensive overview of contemporary developments in international law regarding the protection of the environment and the sustainable use of natural resources
• Climate Change and Waste Law: This topic  will cover the international, regional, and national legal frameworks governing climate change and waste management
• Climate Change, Human Rights and Migration Law: The goal of this topic is to address the need to take into account international human rights obligations by the international community when defining the fight against climate change.
• Climate Change Dispute Resolution: This subject explores which are the main types of conflicts that arise in relation to the problem of climate change, who are their different actors involved, and which are the most important means of resolving such conflicts
• Corporate Governance and Climate Change: This topic will examine the relationship between corporate governance and climate change, with a particular emphasis on the role of corporations in mitigating and adapting to climate change
• The Science of Climate Change: Mitigation and Adaptation: This module explores the scientific basis of the global challenge that is climate change, and how we might begin to mitigate it, and its effects, on the Earth
• Climate Change and Energy:  This module will provide an in-depth understanding of the relationship between energy consumption and climate change, of energy management and the reduction of energy demand, and the various ways in which we can work towards a sustainable and renewable energy future 
• Climate Change and Sustainable Development: This module will analyse sustainable development law in connection with climate change. Sustainable development law is an emerging field at the crossroads between international environmental law and economic law.
• The Economics of Climate Change:  This module will address  the relationship between climate and development,how the costs and benefits of mitigation are measured and the strengths and weaknesses of the carbon market
• Environmental Risk Prevention and Management: This module will examine the process of identifying the risks associated with human activities such as industrial processes, transportation, waste management, and construction.

You can access the virtual learning platform here