Labour Law and Environmental Sustainability

At the end of the course, the student must be able to demonstrate:
· Knowledge and understanding of the intersection between two normative systems: labour law and environmental law.
· Ability to apply the knowledge and competences gained to specific contexts and cases, to perform legal consultancy and policy advice in the fields of labour law and environmental law.
· Analytical skills to give critical and autonomous interpretation of the main EU and national regulations and policies to contrast climate change and the implications of the energy transition from fossil fuels to renewables for labour law and industrial relations systems.
· Communication skills to discuss the knowledge gained with consistency in arguments, systematic accuracy and appropriate language.
· Learning ability to elaborate and build on the theoretical and normative foundations of the relationship between labour and environmental sustainability. Learning capabilities.

For the purpose of successful completion of the course, student must be able to demonstrate:
· In depth knowledge on the employment implications of the energy transition to a climate neutral society and on the contribution of labour law to sustainable development of communities and firms.
· Competences to rethink, in an interdisciplinary perspective, fundamental concepts and principles of law so as to properly address the global environmental crisis and the dilemmas of the energy transition, that are too complex to be answered satisfactorily by a single disciplinary perspective.