Analyzing failure factors of climate agreements with a view to the necessity of focusing on localized legal models

Subject Areas : Recent Developments in public law

Shabab Jahanbin ¹ , Ali Faqih Habibi ² , Ali Mohamadi ³ , shirin shirazian ⁴ , Hadi Kiadaliri ⁵

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2 - Associate Professor, Department of Law, Islamic Azad University, South Tehran Branch
3 - Assistant Professor, Department of Environmental Management, Science and Research Unit, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran
4 - Assistant Professor, Department of Environmental Management, Science and Research Unit, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran
5 - Associate Professor, Department of Law, South Tehran Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran (corresponding author)

Received: 2024-10-27 Accepted : 2024-12-17 Published : 2025-04-09

Keywords: Environmental law, Climate treaties, Climate change, Climate justice, Subjects of international law,

Abstract :

Climate change has become a global crisis due to the actions of policymakers. From this point of view, this study has been done with the aim of analyzing the most obvious obstacles to the failure of climate agreements. The necessity of using comprehensive models consisting of localized legal mechanisms for the transition from the consequences of this crisis is important. This research includes three research and operational phases. International climate law texts have been studied and reviewed to increase the research team's awareness. Also, the expert survey process has been utilized to identify and evaluate the most significant factors influencing the failure of international climate agreements. According to the organized observations of this research in the review of IPCC documents, the lack of attention of countries to reduce greenhouse gas emissions has caused defects in climate sustainable. The non-use of strict and binding rights has caused climate consequences in recent years. Also, the perspective of climate justice has only remained as a simple network connection between UN environmental negotiators. As a result, these events confirm the focus on the implementation of localized legal models in the field of climate change.

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