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LAWS6320: Global Climate Justice and Disaster Law

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LAWS6320: Global Climate Justice and Disaster Law

2027 unit information

Climate-induced disasters are occurring around the world with serious economic, social and environmental costs. Governments must reduce greenhouse gas emissions, engage in climate change adaptation and disaster risk reduction and respond to the loss and damage caused by climate disasters. This unit of study examines how the international multilateral instruments on climate change, disaster risk reduction, sustainable development, Human Rights and human security respond. Climate Justice concerns arise at all stages of a disaster: prevention; response; recovery; rebuilding and compensation and risk transfer. The role of insurance plays an important part in compensation and risk transfer. The unit of study comprehensively analyses how the international and domestic legal responses to climate change interact with climate science and economics. An in-depth analysis of multilateral climate change negotiations dating from the establishment of the 1992 United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change to the present day is offered by Professor Lyster, one of the world鈥檚 leading climate lawyers. Refer to the Sydney Law School timetable - https://canvas.sydney.edu.au/courses/4533/pages/postgraduate-lecture-timetable

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Managing faculty or University school:

Sydney Law School

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Study level	Postgraduate
Academic unit	Law
Credit points	6

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Prerequisites: ?	None
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Learning outcomes

At the completion of this unit, you should be able to:

LO1. Critically assess recent climate science reports and the respective roles and responsibilities of government and insurers to avoid, prepare for, respond to, recover from, and compensate for, the risks of climate disasters;
LO2. Apply understandings of environmental planning as well as the protection of biodiversity in relation to the questions of avoidance and recovery;
LO3. Critically evaluate the viability of tort law and strict liability regimes for hazardous activities to compensate those who are impacted by climate disasters;
LO4. Communicate understandings of strict liability regimes, including: global oil pollution spills, hazardous chemicals, asbestos and nuclear disasters as inspiration for a Fossil Fuel-funded Disaster Response Fund;
LO5. Develop and demonstrate research-based skills. Apply relevant legal research methodologies to synthesise primary and secondary sources and construct sound, logically structured legal argument(s) and communicate these to diverse audiences.

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Session	MoA ?	Location	Outline ?
Intensive August - September 2027	Block mode	Camperdown/Darlington, Sydney	Outline unavailable

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Semester 2b 2022	Block mode	Camperdown/Darlington, Sydney	View
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Semester 2a 2024	Block mode	Camperdown/Darlington, Sydney	View
Intensive August - September 2025	Block mode	Camperdown/Darlington, Sydney	View

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LAWS6320: Global Climate Justice and Disaster Law

2027 unit information

Unit details and rules

Managing faculty or University school:

Sydney Law School

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Enrolment rules

Learning outcomes

Unit availability

Modes of attendance (MoA)

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