Syllabus Bank
Climate change is one of the most difficult problems facing humankind. This semester, we will directly address this issue from a legal and policy standpoint. Smart, solution-focused Emory University School of Law graduates will play a vital role in solving the many problems caused by climate change.
Learning Objectives:
- Explain the basic causes of climate change and how it impacts the U.S. and international communities, with a particular focus on the Global South and disadvantaged communities.
- Understand core climate change terms such as “climate adaptation” and “mitigation.”
- Understand the state of climate change litigation and the governing domestic climate change legal framework affecting climate change.
- Understand the main legal components of the international law frameworks (i.e., UN Framework Convention on Climate Change and the Paris Agreement).
- Understand “climate change federalism” and the role of sustainability initiatives already underway at the state and local level.
- Understand climate change’s security implications, with an emphasis on disaster law and how climate change impacts the military.