Climate Law, Economics and Finance

Climate change is increasingly necessitating systemic change to the structure of the global economy and financial system. This subject will examine the interaction between climate change law and policy and these systemic changes. It considers a range of legal, policy and financial tools that governments around the world have used to try and manage responses to climate change, such as carbon pricing, green fiscal spending, climate risk disclosure and emissions regulations. It critically evaluates these legal, financial and policy approaches, and the economic theory underpinning them.