Introduction

Global environmental challenges increasingly demand coordinated legal, regulatory, and governance responses across jurisdictions. Climate change, pollution, biodiversity loss, and resource depletion place pressure on governments, regulators, and organisations to balance environmental protection with economic development and societal priorities. Environmental law plays a central role in shaping how these competing demands are managed and enforced.

This Global Environmental Law and Governance training course provides a structured examination of the sources, principles, and governance mechanisms that underpin environmental regulation at domestic, regional, and international levels. It explores the multi-layered nature of environmental law, highlighting how national legal systems interact with international agreements and regional frameworks to address global environmental risks.

The course adopts a case-based approach to examine how environmental law responds to pressing challenges such as climate change, pollution control, conservation, and sustainable development. Participants will develop a critical understanding of regulatory techniques, governance trade-offs, and future directions in environmental law and policy.

Key focus areas include:

 

Key Learning Outcomes

At the end of this training course, participants will be able to:

 

Training Methodology

This Global Environmental Law and Governance training course uses expert-led presentations, case-based discussion, and applied analysis of real regulatory scenarios. Participants engage with practical examples drawn from international environmental governance, encouraging critical thinking, structured debate, and informed interpretation of regulatory approaches rather than technical legal drafting.

Global Environmental Law and Governance

Who Should Attend?

This training course is ideal for professionals seeking to Understand environmental law within a governance and regulatory context & Strengthen oversight of environmental compliance and policy

Typical participants include:

  • Environmental and sustainability professionals
  • Regulators and public-sector officials
  • Compliance, risk, and governance professionals
  • Policy advisers and environmental managers
  • Legal and regulatory support professionals

 

Course Outline

Day 1

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 
Day 2

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
Day 3

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
Day 4

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
Day 5

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

International Standards & Professional Alignment

Our training courses are aligned with internationally recognised professional standards and frameworks across leadership, strategy, finance, governance, risk, compliance, and audit. By integrating globally trusted models, we ensure learners develop practical, relevant, and industry-recognised capabilities.

Our trainings draw on leading international standards and professional frameworks, including ISO, ISACA, COSO, OECD, IIA, FATF, Basel, IFRS/ISSB, GRI, NIST, CPD, ILM and the OECD AI Principles. This alignment ensures consistency with global best practices across financial management, risk oversight, digital governance, sustainability, and strategic decision-making..

Designed in alignment with globally recognised professional bodies, our courses support continuous professional development, strengthen organisational capability, and provide clear pathways toward professional certifications valued worldwide.

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FAQs

The course focuses on governance, regulatory frameworks, and accountability rather than technical legal practice. It examines how environmental law operates across domestic, regional, and international levels.  

Yes. Climate change is a central theme, including international commitments, emissions control mechanisms, and governance challenges associated with global climate policy.  

Yes. The Global Environmental Law and Governance training course is designed for professionals without formal legal training. It emphasises governance understanding, regulatory interpretation, and practical application.  

Participants explore how environmental law seeks to balance sustainability objectives with economic and societal priorities, including the challenges of implementing enforceable standards.  

Yes. The course examines international environmental agreements and governance mechanisms, including their interaction with regional and domestic legal systems.  

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