Abstract
Climate change is one of the greatest environmental challenges of our time. Climate change can occur as a result of natural processes on Earth (e.g., tectonic motion of continents), as a result of external influences on the planet (e.g., changes in the intensity of solar radiation), or even as a result of human activity (e.g., greenhouse gas production). Human activities have boosted emissions of carbon dioxide, pushing up the temperatures. One potential impact is extreme weather and melting polar ice. There are natural climate fluctuations, but it is a fact that temperatures are growing higher now than at many other periods. This is related to the greenhouse effect which describes how some of the Sun's energy is trapped in the Earth's atmosphere. Solar energy from the Earth's surface, radiating back to space, is absorbed by greenhouse gases and re-emitted in every direction. This present paper discusses the impact of climate change and summarises the role of legal regulations in the process of this major environmental problem.
Highlights
The Framework Convention on Climate Change is the first binding international instrument to address the issue of climate change directly
Parties to the UNFCCC reached a historic agreement in Paris in 2015 to tackle climate change and to speed up and accelerate the steps and investments, required for a sustainable low carbon future
The Paris Agreement builds on the Convention and brings all nations into a common cause – for the first time – to pursue concerted measures to combat climate change and adapt to its consequences, with expanded funding to assist developing countries in this
Summary
Weather data reports include the proof of important climate change measures, such as rises in global land and ocean temperature; rising sea levels; loss of ice at Earth’s poles and in mountain glaciers; shifts in frequency and intensity of severe weather, such as hurricanes, heatwaves, wildfires, droughts, floods and precipitation; and changes of cloud and vegetation, to name but a few. The Framework Convention on Climate Change is the first binding international instrument to address the issue of climate change directly. The following milestone in climate regulation is linked to the Kyoto Protocol.
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