THE ROLE OF THE UNITED NATIONS IN INTERNATIONAL LEGAL CLIMATE PROTECTION

Abstract

The article is devoted to the study of the activities of the United Nations (UN) aimed at combating climate change. The achievements of this international organization of universal nature on the way to overcoming such a global problem of mankind as climate change are determined. The main international legal acts adopted with the assistance of the UN, which constitute the legal basis for interstate cooperation in the field of combating climate change, are analyzed. The importance of the UN for the formation and development of a modern international legal regime for climate protection is clarified. The author came to the conclusion that today the UN is the international organization that influences the formation of global climate policy and serves as the main platform that unites all the states of the world to discuss various issues in the field of environmental protection and make significant decisions on them. Despite the fact that the main goal of this universal international organization is to maintain and strengthen peace and international security, combating climate change and adaptation to the consequences of such change has become one of the main areas for cooperation within the UN bodies and agencies. Holding annual UN climate conferences allows states not only to discuss, but also to set new goals to reduce harmful emissions every year and identify ways to achieve them. The development of individual components of the international climate policy and their implementation depends on the reports of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), which contain the most reliable and authoritative scientific assessment of the consequences and future risks of climate change, as well as proposals for mitigation and adaptation to climate change. Ukraine, as a UN Member State and a party to all important international treaties in the field of climate change, always actively participates in international UN events aimed at promoting the creation of effective mechanisms to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and prevent possible consequences of global warming. In the context of the armed aggression of the Russian Federation against our country, the strategic task for Ukraine is the gradual integration of climate goals into all sectors of its activities.