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| DROI0997-1 | EU Environmental Law and Climate Change
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| Duration : | 30h Th |
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| Credits/ECTS : |
| Master in Law, Professional Focus in Business Law, 1st year | | Toute l'année | | 3 |
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| Master in Law, Professional Focus in Public and Administrative Law, 1st year | | Toute l'année | | 3 |
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| Master in Law, Professional Focus in Private Law, 1st year | | Toute l'année | | 3 |
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| Master in Law, Professional focus in Criminal Law, 1st year | | Toute l'année | | 3 |
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| Master in Law, Professional Focus in Labour Law, 1st year | | Toute l'année | | 3 |
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| Holder(s) : | Marjan Peeters |
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| Language : | Langue anglaise |
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| Course contents : | This course discusses the actual legislative framework as has been adopted by the EU legislature in order to combat climate change. The course starts with an introduction to the international legal framework as laid down in the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (1992) and the Kyoto Protocol (1997). Next to that, the EU position towards the international negotiations in order to proceed with more effective agreements will be discussed. Then, the EU emissions trading instrument and the burden sharing decision among Member States will be extensively reviewed, together with other European climatge change legislation. The course concludes with the question what Member States can do, given EU law. |
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| Course objective : | The aim is to get a basic understanding of the main policy and regulatory choices adopted on the EU level with regard to climate change. This will be discussed in view of developments both on the international and national level. |
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| Prerequisites : | Bachelor level knowledge of EU law is strongly recommended. |
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| Workshops : | Students need to prepare a short presentation in which they comment a case, directive or regulation. This presentation takes 10 minutes. This presentation will be part of the oral exam. |
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| Organization : | The course consists of 5 lectures each taking of 3 hours. In addition, the students can prepare the presentation (and read additional literature with respect to that). |
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| Written notes : | LECTURE 1 :
9 March
18h30-21h30
Introduction to the course;
The challenge of environmental law;
International rule making: the case of climate change
LECTURE 2 :
23 MARCH
18h30-21h30
International rule making: the case of climate change (continued: carbon trading on the international level)
The EU position towards international climate negotiations
Introduction to EU Environmental Law (principles and competences)
LECTURE 3 :
30 MARCH
18h30-21h30
European environmental law and climate change legislation :
(1) burden sharing among member states
(2) greenhouse gas emissions trading
LECTURE 4 :
20 APRIL
18h30-21h30
European environmental law and climate change legislation : continuation of greenhouse gas emissions trading, including discussion of case law,
Other EU approaches:
renewable energy,
carbon capture and storage,
Adaptation
LECTURE 5 :
27 APRIL
18h30-21h30
What can member states do?
Harmonisation of European climate law and additional national climate legislation
Notes de cours : see the additional document for a course outline. |
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| Assessment : | The exam will consist of a 10 minute presentation by the student, followed by 2 or 3 questions on the assigned literature. The presentation will count for 60 %, the answers to the questions count for 40% |
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| Contacts : | The course will be given by a guest lecturer, who has rescheduled in order to be able to give this course but only in the format of 5 x 3 hours. She can be contacted just before or after the lectures, if needed. Questions that are in the interest of the whole group can be submitted to the lecture at the beginning of the lecture. |
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