11, August 2025

Environmental Law and Its International Aspects, Including Conventions

VOLUME-11; ISSUE-8; AUG-2025

Author(s): Dr. Ram Prakash Chaubey

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Principal, Gyan Ganga College of Excellence Law, Jabalpur (M.P.), Bharat

DOIs:10.2015/IJIRMF/202508011     |     Paper ID: IJIRMF202508011


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Environmental degradation has reached critical levels, with global warming, deforestation, biodiversity loss, and pollution becoming central challenges. These issues transcend national boundaries, prompting nations to collaborate under a common legal framework. International environmental law has developed extensively through conventions and treaties such as the Stockholm Declaration (1972), Rio Declaration (1992), Kyoto Protocol (1997), and Paris Agreement (2015). This paper explores how these treaties have laid the foundation for global environmental governance and how they have been incorporated into national legal systems, particularly India's. India’s environmental law regime is a dynamic amalgamation of international obligations and domestic priorities. Instruments such as the Environment (Protection) Act, 1986, and the Biological Diversity Act, 2002, have roots in international environmental jurisprudence. The study also investigates the role of Indian courts in interpreting and enforcing environmental norms in alignment with global standards. Through doctrinal and comparative legal research, this paper addresses the efficiency, limitations, and future of international environmental law, focusing on India's active engagement in shaping and implementing these frameworks.
Environmental Law, International Conventions, Treaties, India, Sustainable Development, Climate Change, Biodiversity.

Dr. Ram Prakash Chaubey (2025); Environmental Law and Its International Aspects, Including Conventions, International Journal for Innovative Research in Multidisciplinary Field, ISSN(O): 2455-0620, Vol-11, Issue-8, Pp. 79-95.         Available on –   https://www.ijirmf.com/

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