Environmental Right - Causes, Effects And Solutions Of Climate Change

Amirtha MR, SRM School of Law

INTRODUCTION

For the global climate change fossil fuels like coal, oil and gas are the largest contributor, over 90 percent of carbon dioxide emissions and 75 percent of global greenhouse gas emissions. Over time warm temperatures are disrupting usual balance of nature and changing weather patterns. This causing risks to human beings and all life on earth. China ranks first in emitting greenhouse gas, secondly US and countries like India, European Union. Governments meet at the United Nations (UN) for the 28th annual climate conference, or COP28, to explore how to slow down and get ready for future climate change12345. The United Arab Emirates (UAE) hosted the summit in Dubai from November 30 to December 13, 2023. COP28's primary goal was to evaluate international efforts to maintain the 2015 Paris Agreement's target of keeping global warming to 1.5°Cover pre-industrial levels within reach, which was signed by 195 countries.1