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LAWS6355: Energy and Water Security Law
2024 unit information
The unit grapples with the issues of global energy and water security at a time of climate change and considers how different jurisdictions such as the United States, the European Union and Australia have developed very different law and policy responses to the issues. It investigates the inevitable links between energy and water security such as where governments choose to rely on hydroelectric power to generate renewable energy at a time of water scarcity or where the extraction of energy resources might impact on water and food security. Australia is used as a case study to critically analyse how National Competition Principles and deregulatory tendencies may persuade governments to establish national markets to try to best allocate scarce resources. Australias National Electricity Market and national water trading markets as well as the corporatisation and privatisation of energy and water utilities provide fascinating examples of this. Further information about this unit is available in the Sydney Law School timetable https://canvas.sydney.edu.au/courses/4533/pages/postgraduate-lecture-timetable, unit of study outline https://www.sydney.edu.au/units and academic staff profile https://www.sydney.edu.au/law/about/our-people/academic-staff.html
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Sydney Law School
| Study level | Postgraduate |
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| Academic unit | Law |
| Credit points | 6 |
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At the completion of this unit, you should be able to:
- LO1. Demonstrate an ability to understand and assess issues of global energy and water security at a time of climate change as well as the inevitable links between them
- LO2. Demonstrate an understanding of the law and policy responses to these issues in the United States, the European Union, Australia, China and the Mekong River Basin.
- LO3. Demonstrate an ability to assess and understand the influence of National Competition Principles and deregulatory tendencies on the establishment of electricity and water markets, and how these interact with governance and security issues
- LO4. Demonstrate an increased understanding of the linkages between water security and conflict in various regions of the world.
- LO5. Develop and demonstrate research-based skills
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