PRINCIPLES OF INTERNATIONAL CLIMATE CHANGE LAW

Abstract

The paper deals with the analysis of the legal principles of international climate change law. These principles have certain specificities in relation to the general principles of environmental protection law, given that climate change is of a global nature, the consequences of which affect almost all people and all ecosystems on Earth. The fight against climate change consists of mitigation measures and adaptation measures to climate change. The aforementioned 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 responsibility and appropriate opportunities, the principle of precaution and the principle of fairness. The analysis was carried out by following the aforementioned legal principles through international legal acts that regulate the law of climate change, primarily the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change and the Kyoto Protocol.