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An introduction to and critical examination of multi-sourced climate change law from a New Zealand perspective. Against the relevant international law backdrop, the course critically surveys and assesses domestic New Zealand climate change law including the ‘zero-carbon’ legislative framework, emissions trading, common law, climate change under planning and environmental law, and the emerging legal regime on managed retreat.

An introduction to and critical examination of multi-sourced climate change law from a New Zealand perspective. Against the relevant international law backdrop, the course critically surveys and assesses domestic New Zealand climate change law including the ‘zero-carbon’ legislative framework, emissions trading, common law, climate change under planning and environmental law, and the emerging legal regime on managed retreat.