Vercoming Global Climate Change: Assisting Developing Countries

Abstract

Global climate change is another factor in occurrence of natural disasters, as a result of which damage is caused to the population, economic and transport facilities; the infrastructure of cities and settlements is destroyed. Developing countries are particularly affected by climate change. Currently, the international community has reached a certain consensus on losses and damage that take place due to climate change. The author shows that the practical dilemma in identifying liability for damage because of losses caused by climate change lies in the fact that a number of international treaties on climate change, e.g., the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change, do not clarify the legal basis for compensation. There are certain difficulties in determining the subject of liability, and the lack of a mandatory mechanism for compensation for damage. The article shows that the direction of solving this problem is the allocation of a mandatory mechanism of responsibility, primarily of developed countries to developing countries, as well as to review the mechanism for the formation of climate funds.