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17 U. C. Dublin L. Rev. 164 (2017)
The Paris Agreement: Effectiveness Analysis of the New UN Climate Change Regime

handle is hein.journals/ucdublir17 and id is 178 raw text is: University College Dublin Law Review THE PARIS AGREEMENT: EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS OF THE NEW UN CLIMATE CHANGE REGIME EZGI EDIBOGLU* I. INTRODUCTION In the second half of the twentieth century, climate change and its effects on human beings became the focus of international negotiations. As a result, the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (hereinafter the 'Convention') was concluded in 1992 as the main convention on climate change.2 Its aim is to stabilise greenhouse gases ('GHG') concentration in the atmosphere at a level that would prevent dangerous anthropogenic interference with the climate system'.3 The importance of the Convention is conveyed by its LLB (Istanbul University), LLM (University of Aberdeen Law), PhD Candidate at the University of Aberdeen. 1 United Nations General Assembly, 'Protection of Global Climate for Present and Future Generations of Mankind' (6 December 1988) A/RES/43/53; William J McGregor Tegart, Gordon W Sheldon and Colin D Griffiths (eds),Climate Change: The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change Impacts Assessment (Australian Government Publishing Service 1990). For climate change effects on human rights, Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms as amended by Protocols No: 11 and No: 14 (4 November 1950) ETS 5, Art 8; United Nations General Assembly, International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (16 December 1966) 993 UNTS 3, Art 12; United Nations Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, General Commitment No 14: The Right to the Highest Attainable Standard of Health Art 12 (11 August 2000) E/C.12/2000/4. 2 United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (adopted 9 May 1992, entered into force 21 March 1994) 1771 UNTS 107 (Convention). ' ibid Art 2. 164 [Vol. 17 2017]

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