Training materials

Template PowerPoint slides

Lexis+® UK training materials include template PowerPoint slides, designed to be used as the starting point for presentations introducing an audience to various aspects of environmental law, EU environmental law and assimilated law.

The following template Powerpoint slides are available:

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   Introduction to environmental law—training materials—provides an introduction to environmental law, including what environmental law is, how it has developed, the principles and sources of environmental law, key environmental law regimes, environmental liabilities, regulatory action and third party claims, and environmental law in practice

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   Introduction to EU environmental law—powerpoint—provides an overview of the founding treaties, the institutional framework and the sources and principles of EU law. It explains how EU law is superior to Member State’s national law and how the Commission can commence infringement proceedings against non-compliant states

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   Climate change—training materials—provides an introduction to what climate change is and why it is important, the legislative and policy framework, whether current targets are sufficient, how climate change issues affect businesses, climate change and biodiversity—‘the twin crisis’ and lawyers’ duties and climate change

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