CCN Independent Studies

Climate Change Independent Studies

Over the next several months, NAELS will develop a set of climate change independent studies. These independent studies will consist of a list of suggested readings, a research paper, and a timetable. After NAELS has developed these independent studies, NAELS will market them to law students and professors. The idea is to create a set of academic opportunities that allow students to gain credit for learning about climate change law and policy and conducting research projects. Independent studies will be supervised by professors and professionals. If you are a professor who would be interested in supervising an independent study, a student interested in proposing an independent study, or a professional looking for a student to do climate-related work, please click here to e-mail the NAELS Executive Director. Please include your name, affiliation, and a brief description of your research project. Drafts of reading lists for two independent studies - one involving campus projects and one involving general climate - are below.

Click these links for drafts of:
Campus Action Independent Study - Climate Change Primer Independent Study

Draft of Campus Action Independent Study

General Student Activism: Lessons from the Past

What's the Problem: Law, Policy, Economics, & Science of Climate Change

Red Sky at Morning, Gus Speth, (pp.1-228)
International Environmental Law & Policy - Hunter, Salzman, Zaelke (pp.609-673)

What are the Current Policy Solutions?

Pew Center for Global Climate Change Policy Reports

How Can Students Play a Role?

Case Studies
- Oberlin - Case Study of Oberlin's Green Energy Purchase
- Pennylvania Colleges - Multischool Wind Purchasing Initiative
- U of Colorado Boulder - Blueprint for a Green Campus
- Stanford U - Students for a Sustainable Stanford
- U of Florida - Sustainable UF
- Tulane - Campus Environmental Projects
- U of MD - Campus Ecology Project
- Harvard - Green Campus Initiative
- Tufts Institute of the Environment - Tufts Climate Initiative
- U of Michigan - The Sustainable University of Michigan

Changing the School as an Economic Actor & Investor

Global Sullivan Principles
CERES Publications on disclosure, action plans, and investment

Environmental Justice & Climate Change

Congressional Black Caucus Climate Change Report


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