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Researchers suggest compulsory climate change education in the core law curriculum

by Matthew Atungwu January 25, 2023
written by Matthew Atungwu January 25, 2023
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Academics from Durham University are demanding that climate change education should be made compulsory across the core law curriculum in Higher Education.

The researchers evaluated students’ engagement and their broader views concerning climate change education by integrating climate change and environmental law into the core curriculum at the University of Exeter, a Russell Group University.

Results from the study showed that law students want to study climate law and the climate context of the law as part of their core curriculum. Students also said that climate change education should be compulsory and taught across the program.

In the study, the researchers further argue that climate change is still perceived as a niche topic and that students are leaving Law School without a proper understanding of the legal framework or social context within which they will practice.

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They also emphasized the relevance of understanding climate constitutional legislation and net zero, climate risk and interpretation of legal rules in the context of climate change in the findings which have been published in the journal, Legal Studies.

According to the study, Students graduating from law school will spend their working lives needing to understand and apply legal norms in the context of a society dealing with the impacts of climate change while transitioning to ‘net zero’ carbon economies.

Legal educators now face the responsibility of ensuring that law graduates are equipped with adequate knowledge of climate law and the social context in which they will operate. Lead researcher Dr Kim Bouwer, of Durham Law School, Durham University, said, “We have been working on a cross-curriculum approach to climate education at Durham Law School for this academic year, and have found that integrating materials relating to climate change in various modules not only has been very natural but also supports students’ study of law.”

“We are considering how to approach this long term as part of a broader curriculum review,” he said, adding that the approach was developed based on previous research by Dr Kim Bouwer conducted at the University of Exeter.

Story was adapted from Phys.org.

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