The Dundee Student Law Review (DSLR) has published Volume XII, which focuses on climate change challenges and energy solutions.

The Dundee Student Law Review is a student-run, peer-reviewed legal academic journal, established in 2014. It aims to critically engage with issues in the legal system and showcase the academic prowess of the University of Dundee Law School.

Legal systems around the world must prioritise dealing with the climate crisis and advancing the development of environmentally friendly energy solutions. This is a matter that affects us all and will continue to do so for years to come.

DSLR’s Volume XII encouraged authors to critically engage with this quote from the second edition of ‘A Guide to the New Energies’, 2023:

“There is again concern over Greenland and West Antarctic ice sheet melt, with the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation (AMOC) collapsing, bringing severe regional weather changes. These, however, are still projected events that can be avoided should considerable investment and development of sustainable technologies occur.”

Wex Xi Kong, a recent Illustration graduate from DJCAD, created the cover art of Volume XII. The cover showcases the Lady of Justice holding a balance scale.

One side of the scale contains a tree, which outweighs the other side with factories releasing toxic gases, signifying that green energy and protecting our Earth from climate change should be prioritised over industrial developments at the cost of a healthy planet.

The DSLR editorial team published 6 submissions made by different authors in Volume XII. The papers are titled:

  • Climate Change, Carbon Trading, and Energy Finance: Emerging Legal and Regulatory Challenges, A comparative analysis on India and Scotland’s climate governance.
  • A Certain Flexibility: A Comparative Analysis of UK and EU Space Debris Mitigation Regulation.
  • Trees Can’t Sue (Yet): Impediments to Rights of Nature in Anglo-American Juridical Systems.
  • The Atlantis Problem: Statehood Continuity and Climate-Induced Territorial Loss.
  • Policy Brief & Suggested Reform for Ofgem.
  • Should Scope 3 Emissions be Assessed? A Comparative Analysis of Norway and the United Kingdom.

You can read the full Volume XII, Paper Authors and DSLR Editorial Team here.