AN ANALYSIS OF LAWS REGARDING CLIMATE CHANGE: A TRANSNATIONAL LAW PERSPECTIVE

Authors

  • Aditi Jani GLS University
  • Dr. Mayuri Pandya

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.47413/vidya.v1i1.85

Keywords:

Fossil Fuels, Kyoto Protocol, IPCC, Climate Change, Environment

Abstract

“In spite of a lack of environmental care in the Indian Constitution, India has established a number of important environmental legislation since its independence, despite the lack of environmental concern in the Indian Constitution. However, environmental legislation in India is being developed piecemeal and in response to specific events that have occurred. In the development of Indian environmental legislation, these may be found. The 1972 United Nations Conference on the Human Environment in Stockholm paved the way for future environmental and climate change legislation. On that basis, the Indian parliament adopted many laws and placed environmental measures in the Constitution, such as Articles 48 A and 51 A. (g). Climate change is now having a subtle but profound effect on Indian society. There has been recent progress toward passing a climate change bill under the country's current legislation, while at the UN Lima summit, member nations agreed on cutting Earth-warming greenhouse gas emissions. This year, on the 147th anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi's birth on October 2, 2016, India approved the National Determined Contribution (NDC). Basic climate change law features are explained in this article, with an emphasis on those topics that are likely to be essential for some time to come and on main drivers of climate change law development. Environmental, energy, corporate, and international law all play a role in the development of the evolving climate change legislation. Any attempt to combat climate change raises questions regarding the correct role and relationship of state and federal governments. What follows will serve as a basic overview of an increasingly complicated and dynamic field.”

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30-06-2022

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Jani, A., & Pandya, M. (2022). AN ANALYSIS OF LAWS REGARDING CLIMATE CHANGE: A TRANSNATIONAL LAW PERSPECTIVE. VIDYA - A JOURNAL OF GUJARAT UNIVERSITY, 1(1), 54–59. https://doi.org/10.47413/vidya.v1i1.85

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