With ever growing scientific evidence, and the tremendous impacts upon both the ecological system and the human society it has brought, climate change has been proved as a genuine issue, and come to be a primary concern to the world. As its cause and effect is accumulative and trans-boundary, climate change is characterized by an unprecedented large scale, and high uncertainty in both time and space perspectives. This feature distinguishes climate change from any other environmental issue we had ever dealt with, and challenges the capacity of the legal system. 
   
This course sets out to, by exploring relevant aspects, including global governance, policy tool, targeted issues, and legal norm, assess and evaluate the present legal system’s capacity in dealing with climate change, and depict and construct a legal paradigm qualified in the climate change era.