CLIMATE CHANGE LAW AND POLICY

CLIMATE CHANGE LAW AND POLICY

L 5702- CLIMATE CHANGE LAW AND POLICY
LLM Assessment one: Due on 6 OCTOBER 2024 at
23.59.
“Is the Paris Agreement been more effective in addressing climate change if it is
a legal rather than a political instrument, (raising parties Ambition, Participation
and Compliance) and if parties’ NDCs (Nationally Determined Contributions) are
legally binding obligations rather than non-binding aims?”, If not, “Does Paris
rule book, help to provide detailed guidance to Parties in the implementation
of the Agreement and further guidance for the contents and features of Parties’
nationally determined contributions (NDCs), accounting rules, modalities for the
Agreement’s review mechanisms? OSCOLA.

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In providing a critical answer to the Paris Rule Book, examine the following:
How Paris Agreement maximise all the three Structural Issues (i)Top down
emission targets vs bottom up action/Policies (ii) Legally binding vs non-binding
provisions (iii) Common vs differentiated Substantive Issues
Does the rule book enhance parties Level of Mitigation ambition? Finance
obligations? And Compensation (loss and damage).
How does the rule book deal with the Legal matters: 1. Obligations (i) Treaty or
political Instrument (ii) Provisions binding/options hortatory (iii) Precision, Top
down vs bottom up (iv) Constructive ambiguity?
Delegation (i) Decision making role (ii) Compliance procedure (iii) Third Party
dispute settlement e.g (International Court of Justice)
read [Bodansky D, legally binding versus non-legally binding instruments (2015),
available at http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=2649630, p.
6] and the Katowice rule Book.

CLIMATE CHANGE LAW AND POLICY

Write a paper to the journal legal journal: 4,000-word limit includes footnotes
but excludes bibliography and 10% flexibility in the word count will apply. This
coursework will account for 15% of the final mark.
Your Essay must be not more than 4000 wards: develop topic, introduction,
main body, conclusion and references (it’s your responsibility to develop
subheadings and develop a strong legal analysis/ arguments)
Line spacing 1.5
Font Size: Roman times 12
Use OSCOLA referencing system
WARNING: Do not leave submitting your work until the last minute as it is not
guaranteed that the submission will be processed before 23.55hrs and may be
classed as late. If this is the case, you will be penalised. It is your responsibility
to ensure that your assignment is received before the deadline. Please note that
computer, load shedding (blackouts) and/or transport problems will not be
accepted as justification for late submission of your assignment. The penalty for
late submission is a deduction of 2 marks for every day (including part of a day)
that an assignment is submitted late. This includes weekends and holidays.