The REACT – Summer School/Courses will be directed to students at large, PhD students, Erasmus and international students during which a mixture of traditional ex cathedra lectures will be delivered by academics and practitioners with additional activities that will include a half-day roundtable. Group work will also be organized, aiming to further deepen the knowledge of the topics covered during the modules and to stimulate interaction among participants. As an overall indication, teaching will occupy four academic hours in the morning and two academic hours in the afternoon (excluding Fridays when afternoons will be free). High profile speakers and major academic experts in the field of climate change from an international and EU law perspective as well as some practitioners ranging from politicians to diplomats and negotiators to the Paris Agreement have already confirmed their participation at the 5 days intensive course to be held in Cagliari in 2023.
Climate Change and International and EU Law: The obligation of international cooperation on mitigation and adaptation to climate change
1st Summer Courses
Jean Monnet Chair “European Climate of Change – REACT”
5-9 June 2023, Cagliari (Italy)
University of Cagliari
The JEAN MONNET CHAIR ON EUROPEN CLIMATE OF CHANGE – REACT is pleased to announce the 1ST Summer Courses on “Climate Change and International and EU Law/ The obligation of international cooperation on mitigation and adaptation to climate change” directed to students at large, PhD students, Erasmus and international students during which a mixture of traditional ex cathedra lectures will be delivered by academics and practitioners with additional activities that will include a half-day roundtable. The Summer Courses will be held in a hybrid format (in person and online via the teams platform) from 5 to 9 June 2023 in Cagliari, Italy in AULA MAGNA BAFFI, viale Sant’Ignazio 74 from 9to 17.30.
The Summer Course will focus on the international law responses to climate change. The complex phenomenon of climate change upends many constants of international law and calls for innovative solutions. Its unprecedented traits as a global threat, where scientific knowledge continuously evolves, its institutional arrangements and the multiplicity of actors involved in climate change governance have put a strain on international law and led to bold and groundbreaking normative developments, such as the principles of adaptation, mitigation and non-regression, the common but differentiated responsibilities, the emissions’ trade and the concept of nationally determined contributions and how their implementation can be monitored. The Summer Course will approach the evolving climate change regime dealing into a variety of crucial aspects relating to climate change in contemporary international and EU law. The lectures by renowned scholars and experts in the field will focus on the historical evolution of the international climate regime; the main universal instruments and the various types of climate change litigation and the challenges it represents for international justice; the relationship between climate change and human rights or international trade and investment law; the contribution of the EU and the Global South to the climate governance. These issues will be covered from a practical perspective by examining the most recent developments and the case-law of domestic and international courts and tribunals and group work will also be organized, aiming to further deepen the knowledge of the topics covered during the modules and to stimulate interaction among participants. As an overall indication, teaching will occupy four academic hours in the morning and two academic hours in the afternoon (excluding Fridays when afternoons will be free after the closing ceremony ). High profile speakers and major academic experts in the field of climate change from an international and EU law perspective as well as some practitioners ranging from politicians to diplomats and negotiators to the Paris Agreement have already confirmed their participation at the 5 days intensive course to be held in Cagliari.
The director of the 1th JMC Summer Course is: Prof. Francesca Ippolito, Associate Professor of International Law and Jean Monnet Chair Holder European Climate of Change- React, University of Cagliari
The program is the following one:
The JMC awards a Certificate of Attendance to all participants who have regularly attended the courses, lectures and expert workshops.
Attendance is free from charge but limited to 45 places.
Please register at francescaippolito@unica.it before the 25th of May 2023 sending the following form filled in.