The newly designed program International Law Plus (IL+) seeks to bring ten German and ten Australian law students together to work on specific issues of international law. These 20 students will attend law courses together – in Sydney as well as in Hamburg – and will undertake joint research (online) supervised by academics from both law schools. During the first IL+ summer program 2018 participants will focus on international environmental law and climate change, discussing in which way environmental principles may transform and develop international (environmental) law. By applying a comparative “law in context approach” the impact of Australia and the European Union on the development of universal environmental law standards will be analyzed and participants will discuss furthermore how this impact can be secured facing future uncertainties. The aim of the IL+ summer program 2018 is not only to provide students with a deeper understanding of climate change science and environmental law but also to raise prospective academic leaders’ awareness of the impacts on the daily lives of those most threatened by climate change.