Context
• Climate change is creating risks that existing international legal frameworks may not adequately address.
Key Issues
• Climate-related disasters increasingly cross national boundaries.
• Existing international laws are often insufficient to deal with climate responsibility and liability.
Need for Legal Reform
• Strengthen global climate governance mechanisms.
• Clarify accountability for environmental damage.
• Develop legal frameworks for climate refugees and displacement.
International Efforts
These frameworks attempt to coordinate global responses to climate change.
• Paris Climate Agreement
• UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC)
