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International Environment Law (Kyoto Protocol)

by Kushal Naharki | 15-07-2018 21:22



Although environmental laws have been increasing awareness of and concern over issues impacting the entire world. Although environment laws are bound by principles of sustainable development, equity, public participation and transparency, environmental laws have been an source of controversy due to the debates over the necessity, fairness, cost and appropriatness of regulations.Nepal along with other 15 Asian nation have formed Asian Environmental Compilation and Enforcement Network (AECEN) dedicated to improve cooperation with environmental laws in Asia.

 

Kyoto Protocol is an international treaty which extends the 1992 United Nations Framework Convention On Climate Change (UNFCCC) that commits the state parties to reduce greenhouse gas. There are currently 192 parties to the protocol. The Kyoto Protocol implemented the objective of the UNFCCC to fight global warming by reducing greenhouse gas concentrations in the atmosphere to "a level that would prevent dangerous anthropogenic interference with the climate system".



USA, a being a powerhouse of emission of GHGs haven't ratified the Kyoto Protocol along with withdrawal of Canada. Nepal only produces 0.027% of the GHGs whereas it has been the fourth vulnerable country interms of effect of climate change due to green house gases. There also a question of equality and environmental justice since major developed countries haven,t ratified the protocol There has been criticism in the flexibility of Kyoto Protocol. There has also been a critism saying no authoritative assessments of the UNFCCC or its protocol asserted that agreements will succeed in solving the climate problem.



With Climate Change and Global Warming emering as a major global threat which is caused due to Green Houses Gases and pollution, Kyoto Protocol is the ultimate protocol to be accepted by all the nation, so that they can reduce the amount of green house gases being produced their country and reduce the problems being created by them.

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