Strengthening Global Environmental Governance: Analysing The Role Of International Legal Frameworks In Addressing Pollution And Climate Change

  • Dr. Sumita Gope
  • Dr Priti Rupa Saikia
Keywords: Kyoto Protocol, Climate Change, Water pollution, Deforestation, Soil pollution

Abstract

Environmental degradation and climate change includes some major issues that affect sustainable development in India. Policies exist at the legal level regarding the controlling of environmental pollution, however, the problem of enforcement continues. The current paper investigates the efficiency of the Indian environmental legislation and acts such the Environment Protection Act, the Air (Prevention and Control of Pollution) Act, and the Water (Prevention and Control of Pollution) Act. Further, it discusses India’s international treaties like the Paris Agreement and measures the extent to which nations are compliant with those undertakings as per the domestic policies. Based on these two investigations of judicial initiatives, policy actions, and governance rules, this investigation highlights enforcement deficiencies and offers suggestions for improving the environmental governance framework. The paper also calls for an integrationist model of regulation where legal instruments that are orthogonal to the principle of sustainable development will be encouraged as well as the participation of the common people so as to support India’s sustainable development goals in the face of degraded environmental quality and climate change.

Author Biographies

Dr. Sumita Gope

Assistant Professor, Dept. of Juridical Studies, Mahapurusha Srimanta Sankardeva Viswavidyalava.

Dr Priti Rupa Saikia

Assistant Professor, Dept. of Juridical Studies, Mahapurusha Srimanta Sankardeva Viswavidyalava.

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Published
2024-05-10
How to Cite
Dr. Sumita Gope, & Dr Priti Rupa Saikia. (2024). Strengthening Global Environmental Governance: Analysing The Role Of International Legal Frameworks In Addressing Pollution And Climate Change. Revista Electronica De Veterinaria, 25(1), 2915- 2925. https://doi.org/10.69980/redvet.v25i1.1429
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