Unit convenor and teaching staff |
Unit convenor and teaching staff
Convener
Judith Preston
Contact via 0410108371
W3A 441
By appointment
Lecturer
Justice Brian Preston
Contact via (02)91138261
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By appointment
Brian Preston
Tutor/marker
Ana Napoli Carneiro
Contact via By email
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By appointment
Tutor/marker
Ross Mackay
Contact via By email
N/A
By appointment
Judith Preston
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Credit points |
Credit points
4
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Prerequisites |
Prerequisites
Admission to MEnvLaw or MIntEnvLaw or MIntTrdeComLaw or MIntRelMIntTrdeComLaw or MPPP or GradDipPPP or MPlan or LLM or MIntLawGovPP or MMarScMgt or MPPPMIntRel or 42cp in LAW or LAWS units at 400 or 500 level or (admission to JD and 32cp in LAW or LAWS units at 800 level)
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Corequisites |
Corequisites
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Co-badged status |
Co-badged status
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Unit description |
Unit description
Almost daily we encounter a new development or opinion concerning climate change, but what do we know about the legal framework that has formed around the subject? This unit is an introduction to the subject of climate change with a particular focus on its legal aspects. It is designed to help students understand the fundamentals of climate change law at the international and domestic levels.
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On successful completion of this unit, you will be able to:
Students are encouraged to carefully look through the Unit Guide well in advance of the course to ensure you are informed about the assessment tasks particularly that one of the assessment tasks is to completed within the on campus session.
Students are also advised to complete the online inforMEA/Unitar e-courses assessment prior to the start of the OCS for preparation.
Unless a Special Consideration request has been submitted and approved, (a) a penalty for lateness will apply – two (2) marks out of 100 will be deducted per day for assignments submitted after the due date – and (b) no assignment will be accepted more than seven (7) days (incl. weekends) after the original submission deadline. No late submissions will be accepted for timed assessments – e.g. quizzes, online tests.
Name | Weighting | Hurdle | Due |
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InforMEA/ Unitar Climate Law | 20% | No | 14 December 2018, 5pm |
Reflection of Climate Issues | 20% | No | 19 December 2018, 5pm |
Class Presentation | 10% | No | 10 December 2018 |
Research Paper | 50% | No | 13 January 2019, 5pm |
Due: 14 December 2018, 5pm
Weighting: 20%
Students are to complete either the online InforMEA courses on Climate Change International Legal Regime found at-https://elearning.informea.org/course/index.php?categoryid=7 or the Unitar Introductory e-course on Climate Change found at https://unccelearn.org/.
Students are to upload the Certificate of Completion by 5pm on 14 December 2018 onto iLearn. Students are strongly recommended to complete the course prior to starting the on campus session to assist with preparation for the course and to mitigate any technical problems that may be encountered in completing the online course.
Due: 19 December 2018, 5pm
Weighting: 20%
Students are to select an article in the media that concerns issues relating to the effectiveness of legal framework regulating climate change preferably in Australia or the Asia /Pacific region.
The article has to be sourced from a reputable journal or newspaper and have been written within the last nine months,This a reflective piece and the focus is to write about your reaction to the issues discussed in the article and how your viewpoint may have changed and the reasons for the change.
The paper is a maximum of 1,000 words exclusive of references and a bibliography.References must be compliant with the Australian Guide to Legal Citation.
Due: 10 December 2018
Weighting: 10%
Students are to select an article in the media that concerns issues relating to the effectiveness of the legal framework regulating climate change preferably in Australia or the Asia /Pacific region and prepare an oral presentation to a maximum of five(5) minutes.
The presentation will be an outline of the issue(s) to be discussed in the reflective paper and your reaction to the issue(s).
Students should submit a hard copy of their concise summary (max 500 words) of their presentation to the Convenor at the time of the delivery.
Presentations should be supported by online tools such as Powerpoint,Google Docs, OpenOffice and Zoho Show.
Due: 13 January 2019, 5pm
Weighting: 50%
Students are to write a research paper on a topic of relevance to the course objectives. Students may propose their topic in an abstract to the Convener for approval by 18 December 2018.
Suggestions may be given on topics to be uploaded on iLearn. This is intended to be a thought-provoking exercise to stimulate students to explore in depth a topic of genuine interest to them. Length: 4,500 words (exclusive of references and bibliography).
To be submitted through Turnitin as a Word document (no PDFs accepted).
All references are to be compliant with the Australian Guide to Legal Citation.
Intensive Block from Friday December 7 to Monday December 10, 2018 (inclusive))
All teaching materials including Readings will be available on iLearn.
Recommended textbook:
The Oxford Handbook of International Climate Change Law
Edited by Kevin R. Gray, Richard Tarasofsky, and Cinnamon Carlarne (2016).This is available online at Macquarie University Library.
Day 1 (Friday 7 December 2018)
Morning sessions (9.00-1.00pm)
9.00am-10.45am
Introduction to the unit and assessments and overview of knowledges contributing to the understanding of climate science, law and policy.(Judith Preston)
10.45 am -11.15am- Morning break
11.15am -12.15 pm
Climate change and adaptation (Dr Paul Adams)
12.15 am-1.00pm
International Declaration on Human Rights and Climate Change (Dr Kirsty Davies)
Lunch (1.00 pm-1.45pm)
Afternoon sessions (2.30- 6.00pm)
2.00pm -3.00pm
The potential effects of humans and ecosystems existing in a climate warming by 3 degrees higher on average and the ways the legal framework may be able to support mitigation of that concerning outcome. (The Honourable Justice Michael Wilson from the Supreme Court of Hawaii by Skype)
3.00pm- 3.15pm-Afternoon break
3.30pm-4.30pm
International mechanisms engaging the Global South- REDD+ (Lisa Ogle)
4.30pm-5.30pm
World Heritage and Climate Change (Judith Preston)
Day 2 (Saturday 8 December 2018)
Morning sessions (9.00am-1.00pm)
9.00am-11.00am
Legal elements of the international climate change framework (The Honourable Justice Dr Brian Preston, Chief Judge of the Land and Environment Court)
11.00am-11.30am -Morning Break
11.30am-1.00pm
Legal elements of the international climate change framework continued.
Lunch (1.00-2.00pm)
Afternoon sessions (2.00-5.00pm)
2.00pm-3.30pm
Australian climate change law framework at national and state level. (The Honourable Justice Dr Brian Preston)
3.30pm-3.45pm- Afternoon Break
3.45pm-5.00pm
Australian climate law framework continued.
Day 3 (Sunday 9 December 2018)
Morning sessions (9.00am -1.00pm).
9..00am-11.00 am
Climate litigation ( The Honourable Justice Dr Brian Preston)
11.30- 12 noon Morning break
12 noon- 1pm
Climate Change and Planning (Dr Les Stein)
Lunch ( 1pm-2.00pm)
Afternoon Sessions (2.00pm-4.00pm)
2.00pm- 3.00pm
Renewable Energy and the Australian Renewable Energy Authority(ARENA) (Charlotte Hanson)
3.00pm-3.15pm-Afternoon Break
3.15pm-4.30pm
Climate Financing overview (Registrar of the Land and Environment Court of NSW, Sarah Froh)
Day 4 (Monday 10 December 2018)
Morning sessions (9.00am-1.00pm)
9.00 am-11.00am
Human Rights and Climate Change (Professor Donna Craig and Judith Preston)
11.00am-11.30am Morning break
11.30am-1.00pm
Oral presentation by Law 851 students
Afternoon sessions
2.00-4.00pm-
Oral presentations continued.
4.00-5.00pm-
Course Concluding Session
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