News of the Climate Change Protection System: the Paris Agreement

Authors

  • Andrea Lucas Garín Universidad Nacional de Córdoba

Abstract

The article introduces to the International Protection System of Climate Change in a panoramic mode, from its formation to the recent climate negotiations that resulted from the Paris Agreement. It then deals with the Agreement and revises the three pillars to confront the phenomenon indicated by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) in its latest report by the end of 2014, in order to know how if it is covered by the Agreement: Greenhouse Gas Emissions (GHG), the socioeconomic development and climate policies. It concludes by indicating the challenges and opportunities for the system.

Keywords:

Climate Change, International Protection System, Paris Agreement, Mitigation and Adaptation Measures

Author Biography

Andrea Lucas Garín, Universidad Nacional de Córdoba

Doctora en derecho y ciencias sociales de la Universidad Nacional de Córdoba. Máster en derecho internacional de la Universidad de Heidelberg y Universidad de Chile.