PRINCIPLES OF INTERNATIONAL LAW OF CLIMATE CHANGE Cover Image

НАЧЕЛА МЕЂУНАРОДНОГ ПРАВА КЛИМАТСКИХ ПРОМЈЕНА
PRINCIPLES OF INTERNATIONAL LAW OF CLIMATE CHANGE

Author(s): Gordana Preradović
Subject(s): Civil Law, International Law, Human Rights and Humanitarian Law, Environmental and Energy policy
Published by: Правни факултет Универзитета у Бањој Луци
Keywords: climate change; legal principles; mitigation measures; adaptation measures;

Summary/Abstract: The paper deals with the analysis of the legal principles of international law of climate change. These principles have certain specifics in relating to general environmental law principles, given that climate change has a global character whose impact effects almost all people and аll ecosystems on Earth. The combat with climate change consists of mitigation measures and adaptation measures. These measures are based on the following legal principles which are discussed in this paper: the principle of sustainable development, the principle of common but differentiated responsibilities and respectively capatibilities, precautionary principle and principle of equity. Analysis was carried out by monitoring these legal principles through international acts which regulating climate change law, above all The UN Framework Convention on Climate Change and Kyoto Protocol.

  • Issue Year: 2018
  • Issue No: 51
  • Page Range: 81-102
  • Page Count: 22
  • Language: Serbian