EUROPEAN UNION LAW AND THE CHALLENGES OF CLIMATE CHANGES
EUROPEAN UNION LAW AND THE CHALLENGES OF CLIMATE CHANGES

Summary/Abstract: The European Union is the party of key international documents dealing with the issue of climate changes: the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, the Kyoto Protocol and the Paris Agreement. Moreover, the European Union has designed a rich legislative framework dedicated to the prevention of climate changes and the suppression of their negative consequences, including numerous decisions, directives, thematic strategies and action programmes. Their main purpose is to minimise and control the emissions of greenhouse gases, in order to contribute to the minimisation of pollution, increase of energy efficiency and the mitigation of negative consequences of climate changes. The reports on the implementation of the aforementioned documents confirm that the application of the measures prescribed by various sources of acquis in this field has given positive results in the European Union countries. However, they also show that climate changes still represent a serious challenge for the legislators as well as for all the other entities whose activities can contribute to this environmental phenomenon. Having in mind the fact that the Republic of Serbia is anticipating the opening of the Negotiation Chapter 27, dedicated to environment and climate changes, the author of this paper analyses relevant international documents of universal character signed by the European Union, sources of the European Union law that are significant for facing climate change as well as the reports on achieved results when it comes to combating climate change at the European Union level. The author also discusses international obligations of the Republic of Serbia in this area, its current progress in this field as well as the steps that our country has to take in the future in order to fulfil these obligations.

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