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Law and Sustainability: Tackling Global Environmental Challenges

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Project description

The course will address sustainable development and the law; environmental protection and climate change; and opportunities for intervention within health and food law and corporate and securities law. Participants are introduced to a range of definitions, concepts, and themes which provide foundational knowledge in sustainability, with both theoretical and practical applications for how law can be used to mediate, prevent, and redress sustainability challenges. Participants should leave the course empowered with confidence in their understanding of sustainability and equipped with tools and perspectives to act both as individuals and within their professional roles.

Year 2022

Location United Kingdom

Organization University of Oxford

Project aims

Project outcome

1. examine the key sustainability challenges; 2. develop an understanding of environmental legal principles and frameworks; 3. study the key international treaties developed to address sustainability issues including climate change and the biodiversity loss; and 4. explore the relationships between science and the law.