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Recent Trends and A Future Direction of Malaysia's Climate Change Law Program

Climate change is a critical global issue that is predominantly caused by human activities. To equip students in higher education institutions (HEIs) with the necessary knowledge and skills to play an active role in mitigating the effects of climate change, HEIs need to incorporate climate change-re...

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Main Authors:	Mohd Anuar, Haslinda, Abdul Wahab, Harlida, Mohamad Mohsin, Mohamad Farhan, Mohamad, Ani Munirah, Wan Ahmad, Wan Norhayati
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Language:	English
Published:	2024
Subjects:	K Law (General)
Online Access:	https://repo.uum.edu.my/id/eprint/31308/1/ISDRS%201304%2001%202024%2001-11.pdf https://repo.uum.edu.my/id/eprint/31308/ https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1755-1315/1304/1/012004
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spelling	my.uum.repo.313082024-08-29T10:15:18Z https://repo.uum.edu.my/id/eprint/31308/ Recent Trends and A Future Direction of Malaysia's Climate Change Law Program Mohd Anuar, Haslinda Abdul Wahab, Harlida Mohamad Mohsin, Mohamad Farhan Mohamad, Ani Munirah Wan Ahmad, Wan Norhayati K Law (General) Climate change is a critical global issue that is predominantly caused by human activities. To equip students in higher education institutions (HEIs) with the necessary knowledge and skills to play an active role in mitigating the effects of climate change, HEIs need to incorporate climate change-related programs into their teaching curricula. These programs should emphasize law and policy, enabling students to become environmentally aware and motivated to act. The Climate Change Institute (Institut Perubahan Iklim or IPI) at Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia is among several (HEIs) in Malaysia offering a master's program in Climate Change (Coursework), with a specialization in Environmental Science and Earth Science. This paper aims to analyse the structure of existing climate change programs at both public and private HEIs in Malaysia. Desk research is conducted to gather various information from the available structures involving seven public universities and two private universities in Malaysia which offer 24 environmental-related programs both in undergraduate and postgraduate studies. The findings were analysed by a constant comparative approach that is guided by the key themes of the study. The finding shows that all universities that offer law programs do not have climate change postgraduate law programs offered at their faculties. Other faculties, should they have such a similar program, are more related to sciences, engineering, technology and management. This paper concludes by providing insights into the key features of recent trends in the offering of climate change postgraduate law programs in Malaysia. Accordingly, the findings of the study would serve as a significant guide for the development of any new climate change policy and law programs in the future in line with United Nation's Sustainable Development Goal SDG13 on climate action which focus on Target 13.3 in improving education, awareness-raising and human and institutional capacity on climate change mitigation, adaptation, impact reduction and early warning. The new climate change postgraduate law program will also contribute to the sustainability of climate action, particularly in capacity building of the people on teaching delivery methods of climate change policy and law, protecting the planet, promoting prosperity, maintaining peace and establishing connections and partnerships in the teaching methods, such as global learning 2024 Conference or Workshop Item PeerReviewed application/pdf en cc4_by https://repo.uum.edu.my/id/eprint/31308/1/ISDRS%201304%2001%202024%2001-11.pdf Mohd Anuar, Haslinda and Abdul Wahab, Harlida and Mohamad Mohsin, Mohamad Farhan and Mohamad, Ani Munirah and Wan Ahmad, Wan Norhayati (2024) Recent Trends and A Future Direction of Malaysia's Climate Change Law Program. In: 29th International Sustainable Development Research Society (ISDRS) Conference 2023, 11 - 13 July 2024, UKM Bangi, Malaysia. https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1755-1315/1304/1/012004
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spellingShingle	K Law (General) Mohd Anuar, Haslinda Abdul Wahab, Harlida Mohamad Mohsin, Mohamad Farhan Mohamad, Ani Munirah Wan Ahmad, Wan Norhayati Recent Trends and A Future Direction of Malaysia's Climate Change Law Program
description	Climate change is a critical global issue that is predominantly caused by human activities. To equip students in higher education institutions (HEIs) with the necessary knowledge and skills to play an active role in mitigating the effects of climate change, HEIs need to incorporate climate change-related programs into their teaching curricula. These programs should emphasize law and policy, enabling students to become environmentally aware and motivated to act. The Climate Change Institute (Institut Perubahan Iklim or IPI) at Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia is among several (HEIs) in Malaysia offering a master's program in Climate Change (Coursework), with a specialization in Environmental Science and Earth Science. This paper aims to analyse the structure of existing climate change programs at both public and private HEIs in Malaysia. Desk research is conducted to gather various information from the available structures involving seven public universities and two private universities in Malaysia which offer 24 environmental-related programs both in undergraduate and postgraduate studies. The findings were analysed by a constant comparative approach that is guided by the key themes of the study. The finding shows that all universities that offer law programs do not have climate change postgraduate law programs offered at their faculties. Other faculties, should they have such a similar program, are more related to sciences, engineering, technology and management. This paper concludes by providing insights into the key features of recent trends in the offering of climate change postgraduate law programs in Malaysia. Accordingly, the findings of the study would serve as a significant guide for the development of any new climate change policy and law programs in the future in line with United Nation's Sustainable Development Goal SDG13 on climate action which focus on Target 13.3 in improving education, awareness-raising and human and institutional capacity on climate change mitigation, adaptation, impact reduction and early warning. The new climate change postgraduate law program will also contribute to the sustainability of climate action, particularly in capacity building of the people on teaching delivery methods of climate change policy and law, protecting the planet, promoting prosperity, maintaining peace and establishing connections and partnerships in the teaching methods, such as global learning
format	Conference or Workshop Item
author	Mohd Anuar, Haslinda Abdul Wahab, Harlida Mohamad Mohsin, Mohamad Farhan Mohamad, Ani Munirah Wan Ahmad, Wan Norhayati
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title	Recent Trends and A Future Direction of Malaysia's Climate Change Law Program
title_short	Recent Trends and A Future Direction of Malaysia's Climate Change Law Program
title_full	Recent Trends and A Future Direction of Malaysia's Climate Change Law Program
title_fullStr	Recent Trends and A Future Direction of Malaysia's Climate Change Law Program
title_full_unstemmed	Recent Trends and A Future Direction of Malaysia's Climate Change Law Program
title_sort	recent trends and a future direction of malaysia's climate change law program
publishDate	2024
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