“Climate refugees can’t be returned home, says landmark UN human rights ruling”
Michael Mehling, Harro van Asselt, Kati Kulovesi, Elisa Morgera, “Teaching Climate Law: Trends, Methods and Outlook”
Journal of Environmental Law (forthcoming)
Abstract: "Climate change presents unique challenges for legal education. As a subject matter, it is technically complex and normatively contested, evolves at a dynamic pace and crosses established boundaries between academic disciplines, branches of law, and levels of jurisdiction. Still, it has, by now, firmly entered the legal curriculum through general and specialised courses, and is also increasingly featured in courses on neighbouring areas of law. This article offers an initial, exploratory survey of the current state of climate law education, including courses, degree programmes, and teaching material, as well as teaching methods and the role of interdisciplinary approaches. Based on this survey, it identifies broader trends in the still nascent field, including a tendency towards consolidation and specialisation. Climate law will evolve over time, as will approaches to its instruction. For future climate lawyers, practical skills and sound judgment will therefore weigh more heavily than exhaustive command of doctrinal detail. Interactive teaching formats and experiential learning are therefore recommended as integral elements of climate law education, as is cautious exploration of an interdisciplinary approach to the topic."
Abstract: "Climate change presents unique challenges for legal education. As a subject matter, it is technically complex and normatively contested, evolves at a dynamic pace and crosses established boundaries between academic disciplines, branches of law, and levels of jurisdiction. Still, it has, by now, firmly entered the legal curriculum through general and specialised courses, and is also increasingly featured in courses on neighbouring areas of law. This article offers an initial, exploratory survey of the current state of climate law education, including courses, degree programmes, and teaching material, as well as teaching methods and the role of interdisciplinary approaches. Based on this survey, it identifies broader trends in the still nascent field, including a tendency towards consolidation and specialisation. Climate law will evolve over time, as will approaches to its instruction. For future climate lawyers, practical skills and sound judgment will therefore weigh more heavily than exhaustive command of doctrinal detail. Interactive teaching formats and experiential learning are therefore recommended as integral elements of climate law education, as is cautious exploration of an interdisciplinary approach to the topic."
“It’s The Gulf Stream, Stupid!” Climate Scientists Warn Tipping Point Is Near.
A new scientific study suggests that the Gulf Stream may be about to change. It has already declined to its lowest level in 1600 years. Without the Gulf Stream, Europe would see winters 10 degrees colder and more extreme heat waves, while there would be less rain in arid parts of Africa.
“It’s The Gulf Stream, Stupid!” Climate Scientists Warn Tipping Point Is Near.
A city in Pakistan may have just endured the hottest April temperature ever observed on Earth
Climate change and its impacts are unfolding in front of us, every day. For some, the toll is already terrible.