Rechtsfragen Globaler Änderungsprozesse

• Understand principles and procedures of international law and its role in the management of global changes,
• Identify and critically analyse issues pertaining to international disputes, …
• Apply international law in specific concrete cases in the field of selected areas of global change
• Comprehend and evaluate the significance of international law in managing global change processes.
• Understand the way in which international agreements are achieved in specific areas,
• Understand the role various international actors play in decision making,
• Apply their understanding of international law and its implementation at the national level,
• Demonstrate a basic outline of the key challenges, the relevant actors and the legal response

• Written Exam, 120 minutes (maximum 40 points)
• Presentation, 15 min. (maximum 20 points)

• Birnie/Boyle/Redgwell, International Law and the Environment, 4th edition, Oxford University Press, 2021
• Knopp/Epstein/Hoffmann, International and European Environmental Law with Reference to German Environmental Law – A Guide for International Study Programs, 2nd edition, Berlin 2019
• Albrecht, Egute, Wanki, Ezeamama (Eds.), International environmental law (IEL) – Agreements and introduction. 6th expanded and updated edition, 2022.
• IPCC, 2022: Summary for Policymakers. In: Climate Change 2022: Mitigation of Climate Change. Contribution of Working Group III to the Sixth Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change [P.R. Shukla, J. Skea, R. Slade, A. Al Khourdajie, R. van Diemen, D. McCollum, M. Pathak, S. Some, P. Vyas, R. Fradera, M. Belkacemi, A. Hasija, G. Lisboa, S. Luz, J. Malley, (eds.)]. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, UK and New York, NY, USA. doi: 10.1017/9781009157926.001.
• IPCC, 2023. Climate Change 2023: Synthesis Report - Summary for Policymakers [Arias, P., Bustamante, M., Elgizouli, I., Flato, G., Howden, M., Méndez, C., Pereira, J., Pichs-Madruga, R., Rose, S.K., Saheb, Y., Sánchez, R., Ürge-Vorsatz, D., Xiao, C., Yassaa, N. (eds.)]. IPCC, Geneva, Switzerland
• IPCC, 2018: Summary for Policymakers. In: Global Warming of 1.5°C. An IPCC Special Report on the impacts of global warming of 1.5°C above pre-industrial levels and related global greenhouse gas emission pathways, in the context of strengthening the global response to the threat of climate change, sustainable development, and efforts to eradicate poverty [Masson-Delmotte, V., P. Zhai, H.-O. Pörtner, D. Roberts, J. Skea, P.R. Shukla, A. Pirani, W. Moufouma-Okia, C. Péan, R. Pidcock, S. Connors, J.B.R. Matthews, Y. Chen, X. Zhou, M.I. Gomis, E. Lonnoy, T. Maycock, M. Tignor, and T. Waterfield (eds.)]. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, UK and New York, NY, USA, pp. 3-24 https://doi.org/10.1017/9781009157940.001.
• German Advisory council on Global Change (2019): Towards our Common Digital Future. Berlin. WGBU. https://www.wbgu.de/en/publications/publication/towards-our-common-digital-future

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