Climate Change and Biodiversity

Sandrine Maljean-Dubois (1, 2) , Matthieu Wemaere (2)

1 DICE - Droits International, Comparé et Européen
2 DICE / CERIC - Droits International, Comparé et Européen / Centre d'études et de recherches internationales et communautaires (CERIC)

Sustainable development requires understanding both the ecological and socioeconomic dimensions of the interdependence between the climatic system and biodiversity. And coherent and integrated policies and measures should be adopted at all levels to address the critical role of biodiversity. However climate change and biodiversity related issues are addressed in a specific though fragmented manner through two of the three so-called Rio Conventions adopted in 1992, namely the UNFCCC and the CBD. Firstly, this contribution recaps the way each of these UN treaties address climate change and biodiversity related issues in the light of its own objectives and provisions. Secondly, it looks at the efforts made or not in each regime to strengthen the coordination toward more interconnected policies and measures. Thirdly, it hightlights some current challenges to address the need of a better synergistic approach of these issues.

Mots clés: conventions; climate change; biodiversity; forests; IPCC; IPBES; United Nations; United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change; Kyoto Protocol; Convention on Biological Diversity; international law

Domaines: Droit; Etudes de l'environnement

Sandrine Maljean-Dubois, Matthieu Wemaere. Climate Change and Biodiversity. Elisa Morgera et Jona Razzaque. Biodiversity and Nature Protection Law, III, Edward Elgar Publishing, 2017, Elgar Encyclopedia of Environmental Law series, 978-1-78347-424-0. ⟨halshs-01675503⟩