Environmental sustainability

The environment is one of the biggest contemporary issues and a top priority for individuals and decision makers. Its global problems tackle: climate change, deforestation, rising waste production, water and air pollution and much else. Though there is a perception that policies and decision-making procedures are failing, and often environmental decisions are unsatisfactory, the environmental law becomes a central tool to manage the environment.
The course core topics are: Introduction to Environmental law. The notion of Environment. EU Environmental law sources and principles: as the Precautionary Principle, the Polluter Pays Principle, the Preventive Principle, and the Rectification at Source Principle, all drawn in the light of the Sustainable Development. Enforcement of the EU environmental law at Members States levels. Environmental impact assessment. Techniques for environment management. European Climate Law: principles and secondary laws. Challenges and opportunities in specific sectors, namely: Reneawble Energy Consumption; Climate Law and Human Rights; Waste Policy and Management, Public Procurement, Biodiversity.