Document Type : Article
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1 Associate Professor of Public International Law, Faculty of Law, Shahid Beheshti University, Tehran, Iran
2 PhD student in Public International Law, Faculty of Law, Shahid Beheshti University, Tehran, Iran
Abstract
Scientific evidence shows that global warming and climate change are real and alarming phenomena that have been intensified by human activities. Climate change is a global challenge that cannot be solved by any single country alone, and addressing this phenomenon requires the cooperation and commitment of countries through international law regimes, both hard and soft. Due to the rapid changes and dynamics of the climate change phenomenon, hard law is often unable to provide comprehensive and complete responses, and soft law can serve as a complement to fill legal gaps and offer new solutions to combat this phenomenon. The binding commitments related to climate change, including the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, the Kyoto Protocol, and the Paris Agreement, are influenced by soft law in their formation and implementation. Soft law facilitates international cooperation in the field of climate change, increases public awareness of the risks of climate change and the need for action, and provides flexible and adaptable solutions with national sovereignty that create a basis forconcluding an agreement and implementing a legal rules and norms among independent states with different and conflicting interests.
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