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Global change in climate from a legal point of view
Rydlová, Miroslava ; Damohorský, Milan (advisor) ; Franková, Martina (referee)
Legal view on global climate change It is no exaggeration to say that climate change is one of the most critical issues of the present. It threatens not only the environment but also economic and social stability - global as well as local. Higher temperatures, rising sea levels, more frequent storms, floods, droughts and heat waves are already visible today. The basic principle of so called global warming consists in the fact that greenhouse gases release solar radiation to the ground, while they absorb and emit heat radiated by the Earth, consequently warming up both the lower layer of the atmosphere and the Earth's surface. The significance of the greenhouse gases production from human activities (esp. energy production, industry, transport and agriculture) is subject to ongoing dispute, because there is also the natural greenhouse effect that occurs naturally on Earth. However, current scientific knowledge has proven that human activity does have an impact on the Earth's climate. Given that greenhouse gasses are emitted regardless of the state lines and that the adverse effects of climate change are also global, it's obvious that international cooperation is necessity. In 1992 at the Earth Summit in Rio de Janeiro the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) was founded. The...
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Global change in climate from a legal point of view
Rydlová, Miroslava ; Damohorský, Milan (advisor) ; Franková, Martina (referee)
Legal view on global climate change It is no exaggeration to say that climate change is one of the most critical issues of the present. It threatens not only the environment but also economic and social stability - global as well as local. Higher temperatures, rising sea levels, more frequent storms, floods, droughts and heat waves are already visible today. The basic principle of so called global warming consists in the fact that greenhouse gases release solar radiation to the ground, while they absorb and emit heat radiated by the Earth, consequently warming up both the lower layer of the atmosphere and the Earth's surface. The significance of the greenhouse gases production from human activities (esp. energy production, industry, transport and agriculture) is subject to ongoing dispute, because there is also the natural greenhouse effect that occurs naturally on Earth. However, current scientific knowledge has proven that human activity does have an impact on the Earth's climate. Given that greenhouse gasses are emitted regardless of the state lines and that the adverse effects of climate change are also global, it's obvious that international cooperation is necessity. In 1992 at the Earth Summit in Rio de Janeiro the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) was founded. The...
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