The British Academy for Training and Development offers Global environmental law and governance training course. A training course planned to provide comprehensive coverage of topical issues on global environmental law and governance. It is of interest for the professionals interested in the field, especially for those into environmental management and regulation. Training starts from the nature and sources of global environmental law but mainly working towards the multi-layered characteristics of the subject. To this end it examines the relationship between domestic, European, and international environmental law. An important issue in this respect over the next few years may be the complications arising from 'BREXIT' and its implications. The course also includes general approaches to global environmental law and gomement policy together with overarching principles and broad themes. Having set the scene, the course then looks into how environmental law deals with some of the most important problems that currently face society, on selected substantive areas as case studies. Therefore, there will be some flexibility around substantive areas but it may change from time. 

Training aimed at these topics in global environmental law and governance. It's for professionals interested in this field, especially those engaged in environmental management and regulation. The training begins with a lecture on the nature and sources of global environmental law, but it is mainly focused on the multi-layered dimension of the subject. Towards that end, it looks into the relationship between domestic, European, and international environmental law. Among the important issues likely to arise will be complications due to 'BREXIT'. The training also deals with the overall paradigm of global environmental law and governance policy in broad principles and major issues. Having set the scene, the course examines a number of the most current problems facing society today, and addresses several substantive areas as case studies. This would ensure some flexibility around the substantive areas although they may vary from time to time. However, there would be some constants, including climate change and COP26's role in it. 

Global environmental law and governance course will train you on how law tackles some of the most pressing global environmental problems at the dawn of the 21st century. It will be using the case study method to open up some recurring themes in environmental law. These include the need to achieve sustainable economic development and the difficulties of translating scientific concepts into legally enforceable standards. The course requires attendees to develop an independent approach to learning and intellectual curiosity.

By the end of this Global Environmental Law and Governance training course, attendees will be able to:

• Recognise realistic problems associated with balancing other needs of the society with the global environmental concerns.

• Be knowledgeable about sources of environmental law and bring all functions to a common framework.

• Compare and contrast how certain regulatory techniques could help solve certain environmental problems.

• Praise or criticize the practice of these regulatory techniques in some fields.

• Acknowledge an analytical understanding of environmental law at the domestic, European, and international levels.

• Look into how far law has approached an integrated method to pollution control.

• Predict the future development of global environmental law and governance.
  This involves synthesizing viewpoints from many sources outside legal publications.

Who Should Attend?
This course is ideal for:

• Environmental Officers

• Middle and Senior Managers in environmental related Agencies and Ministries

• Business Owners, Aspiring Environmental Managers and those who work for larger-scale companies

• For those who have a lively interest in Environmental Protection and Activism

• For all those wishing to learn how global environmental legislation affects their organisation and hoping to refresh their legislative knowledge

How will attendees benefit?
By completing the programme, attendees will gain many benefits:

• Comprehensive Legal Understanding: Attendees will maintain an in-depth understanding of international treaties, legal framework, and compliance mechanisms relevant to climate change, biodiversity, water law, and pollution control.

• Policy and Decision-Making Skills: The course enhances policy analysis and decision-making skills to enable its alumni to contribute in a meaningful way to environmental governance at local, national, and international levels.

• Tools for Implementation in Practice: Attendees will be trained on the application of environmental laws in practice, such as Environmental Impact Assessments (EIA), allowing regimes, enforcement strategies, and sustainable development approaches.

• Global Best Practices: The professional will be able to learn from the best proved successful targeted environmental governance model by several case studies, including comparative legal analysis.

• Networking with Experts: Associations Organising the Programme enable participants to link with International Legal Scholars, Environmental Regulators, NGO Leaders, and Colleagues, offering a chance to network and collaborate across borders.

• Awareness of Emerging Trends: Attendees will be kept abreast of ongoing and new issues like those relating to climate justice, environmental rights, green finance regulations, and the relevance of ESG (Environmental, Social, Governance) in compliance.

An Introduction to Global Environmental Law & Governance and Sustainable Development

• An introduction to the history of global environmental law

• Primary sources of global environmental law

• Fundamental principles of global environmental law

• Relationship with other policy areas

• Sustainable Development 

• Evaluate the current issues 

Atmospheric Pollution and the Environment

• Introduction to atmospheric pollution and the scale of the issue at a global level 

• Evaluate the selection of domestic laws on localized pollution

• Smoke

• Industrial Pollution

• Environmental Permitting

• Integrated Pollution Prevention and Control

• Industrial Emissions Directive and trans-boundary pollution such as acidification

• Water: Key Legislation and Regulatory Techniques

• Land and Waste: The problem of land contamination and the problem of landfill

• Analysis of regulatory techniques including landfill tax

Climate Change and the Environment

• Introduction to Climate change and the scale of the crisis

• Oil and Gas Industry vs Climate Change

• UN COP26: Its Objectives and Implications

• The Law, Markets, and Technology as conceptual themes for the regulation of climate change

• International Commitments

• Emissions Trading

• Energy Conservation

• Carbon Capture and Emerging Challenges such as Geoengineering

Nature Conservation and Animals

• Exploring the problem of widespread declines in species of animals

• Understanding international law surrounding conservation and biodiversity

• Understanding notions of ‘consumptive use’ of animals and whether trophy hunting can be considered a technique of conservation

• Understanding different possible environmental approaches towards animals and how that impacts conservation

• Evaluating which approaches are preferable

Water and the Environment

• International and Regional Consideration

• EU Water Directives – Underlying Approaches

• Key aims of the EU Water Framework Directive

• The Directive’s ‘non-deterioration’ principle?

• WFD and Flow

• Drought Guidance

• Drought Permits and Orders

• Emergency Drought Orders

• Flooding – Institutional Responsibilities

• Sustainable Development

• Water Pollution

• The Environmental Permitting (England and Wales) Regulations 2016 (2016 No. 1154)

• EPR Definitions

• EPR Meaning of “Water Discharge Activity”

• EPR Offences

• EPR Defences