Teaching and assessment for Sustainability and Water Security MSc

The module is designed to enable you to develop an advanced understanding of global and regional climate change and to provide an objective and balanced understanding of the key terms and concepts associated with the development of the climate change debate as it has evolved over the last half-century.

This module examines the management of transboundary waters between states. It also looks into managing resources within states, and providing water services. It covers water allocation to users, water pollution regulation, water resource management, and climate change and water security.

This module will introduce the economic principles relevant to the energy sector. It will provide an overview of the tools typically used in performing economic analysis in the energy sector.

This module explores the theories and methods of economic regulation for tariff setting in network and regulated industries, e.g. electricity and gas transmission, distribution networks, and pipelines. It also analyses the economics of low carbon technologies such as renewable energy, e.g. wind and solar, electric vehicles, and hydrogen.

This module will cover the main concepts and legal mechanisms used in regulating human impact on the environment.

You will learn the key concepts shaping environmental law. This will allow you to identify different approaches and techniques for environmental regulation.

The module covers sources of international investment law. It covers the host State's and foreign investors' main legal obligations. It also looks at compensation and settlement of disputes.

It also discusses the interaction between promoting investments and protecting societal values. These include human rights, the environment, sustainable development, and just transition.

Corporate sustainability means conducting business with environmental, societal, and economic impacts in mind. Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) is a framework used to assess a company's impact and sustainability. This module considers legal, theoretical, and practical issues associated with sustainability. It looks into ESG standards for businesses and investment activities.

This module explores a variety of competing models that have been developed to explain and understand politics on the global stage. You will go through some of the main motivating debates in the field of International Relations at present.

This module will introduce you to the political science of human rights.

You will be encouraged to engage with the concepts, theories, and methods that have been used to study human rights.

You will also undertake monitoring for a human rights NGO.

The module combines theory and practice to introduce you to theoretical debates and controversies in human rights advocacy and real-world experience of running an advocacy campaign.

The aim of the module is to help you to learn by reading, reflecting, and doing.

There is an urgent need to understand and improve countries' abilities in energy planning.

You will learn about sustainable energy strategies. These strategies aim to deliver under the United Nations 2030 agenda.

Ultimately, this will serve as a pathway to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals.