Climate change and its impacts: National and International perspective

Vol-3 | Issue-06 | June 2018 | Published Online: 02 June 2018    PDF ( 384 KB )
DOI: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.1258123
Author(s)
Urmila 1

1Assistant Professor, Yen Law College, Bilaspur, Himachal Pradesh (India)

Abstract

Climate change is an environmental problem of recent era which has widespread adverse impacts over the earth, environment and its constituents. The untimely changes in the cycles of six major seasons, high rise in the rate of temperature (which is called global warming nowadays), low rate of rainfall and untimely melting of glaciers etc. are the results of climate change. In order to meet with the climatic changes, the world order has taken different palliative and curative measures to save the environment. These measures are called the environmental justice which is the reflection of moral and policy thoughts. The present paper studies the impact of climate change over the environment and its constituents from the national as well as international perspectives and what steps have been taken by the world order to save the planet earth from the adverse effects of climate change. This paper will highlight the policy decisions taken at the international and national level. The conclusion of the problem is that climate change is a serious threat to human being therefore to tackle this problem there must be equal participation of all stakeholders on the basis environmental justice.

Keywords
environmental problems, climate change, global warming, clean energy
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