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State’s “Responsibility to Protect” in Environmental Law and Climate Change Issue

Authors
Wisnu Aryo Dewanto1, *, Atik Krustiyati1, Gita Venolita Valentina Gea1
1Faculty of Law, University of Surabaya, Surabaya, Indonesia
*Corresponding author. Email: wisnu@staff.ubaya.ac.id
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Wisnu Aryo Dewanto
Available Online 11 February 2025.
DOI
10.2991/978-2-38476-356-6_54How to use a DOI?
Keywords
Climate Change; Environmental Law; Sovereignty; State’s Responsibility
Abstract

The impact of climate change remains one of the most difficult concerns, with complicated consequences, that must be addressed by states and the international community. Climate change is inextricably linked to the legislation governing international environmental law. However, a proper and healthy environment is a component of individual human rights, and its realization is hampered by the presence of climate change. This paper will investigate and analyze the role and obligation of states to ensure the fulfillment of the aforementioned rights. By conducting a juridical normative method, this study firstly affirms that the root cause of climate change is human behavior that could be drawn into the responsibility of states. Responsibility to protect (R2P) is a global commitment to ensure the avoidance of genocide and an obligation to protect the human existence related to the state’s sovereignty. In the framework of environmental law and climate change, the R2P empowers countries to utilize their sovereignty to protect human survival from the effects of climate change. With the R2P, it is envisaged that each state, as a member of the global community, will contribute to the fight against climate change by using its sovereignty to build a proper and healthy environment and assure a long-lived human existence.

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Volume Title
Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference Changing of Business Law (ICOCLB 2024)
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Advances in Social Science, Education and Humanities Research
Publication Date
11 February 2025
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978-2-38476-356-6
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2352-5398
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10.2991/978-2-38476-356-6_54How to use a DOI?
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© 2025 The Author(s)
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