Teaching Climate Change Law & Policy

New publication of interest: Rayfuse, W(h)ither Tuvalu? International Law and Disappearing States, [2009] UNSWLRS 9. Abstract: Not since the demise of the fabled state of Atlantis has the world witnessed the actual physical disappearance of a state. However, climate change induced sea level rise nowthreatens to redraw the physical geographical map of the world, radically [...]

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The New York Times today contains an article discussing the potential consideration of climate change by the UN Security Council. I’ve taught this topic in climate change law courses before, and the students have always been really engaged in the discussion as to whether climate change should be deemed a threat to international security, and [...]

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A new study released today by the Global Humanitarian Forum, Climate Change: The Anatomy of a Silent Crisis, presents a sobering assessment of the current and future impacts of climate change on humans and human institutions. Among the study’s findings: * Climate change is currently responsible for more than 300,000 deaths annually, with 90% linked [...]

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In a new study, MIT climate researchers ran 400 simulations of the highly sophisticated MIT Integrated Global System Model, which is used to make probabilistic projections of climate change from 1861 to 2100. The new projections are considerably higher than 2003 projections derived from the model, with median surface warming in 2091 to 2100 of [...]

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The IUCN’s Academy of Environmental Law is developing a climate change law teaching site. The first component of project is the development of a syllabus pool, the current version of which can be found at: http://www.iucnael.org/content/view/94/112/lang,english/. If you have a syllabus for posting on the site. Please send it to Wil Burns at: williamcgburns@comcast.net

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