A new interdisciplinary degree aimed at law and non-law graduates, the MSc in environmental and climate law is focused on flexibility, with students having the option of a fully online or partly in-person course, depending on preferences and circumstances. It can be taken over one year full-time or two years part-time.

“The ability to complete the degree fully online is important, I think, given the subject matter of the MSc: students based outside Ireland can obtain a high-quality degree in environmental and climate law from a top university without needing to clock up air miles flying back and forward,” says Dr Andrew Jackson, a lecturer at UCD who specialises in environmental and planning law.

The course brochure says that “environmental degradation and the climate and biodiversity crises are amongst the most important issues of our time … at their heart are questions of intersectionality and justice” and Jackson believes we need to address these crises urgently and in a just and equitable manner.

“I think the new course is going to attract people who are similarly motivated to tackle these vital issues, coming from a whole range of disciplines and countries and backgrounds,” he says.