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34 Fordham Env't L. Rev. 42 (2022-2023)
Climate Change and Legal Framework in India: A Legal Assessment with Special Reference to Forest Sector

handle is hein.journals/frdmev34 and id is 50 raw text is: CLIMATE CHANGE AND LEGAL FRAMEWORK IN INDIA: A LEGAL ASSESSMENT WITH SPECIAL REFERENCE TO FOREST SECTOR Dr Stellina Jolly*' Ashna Lamba** ABSTRACT The Sixth Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) has elucidated that the uninterrupted emission of greenhouse gases has resulted in climate change posing the biggest existential threat to humanity. India, which stretches from the Himalayas to the fertile plains of Ganges to the long west and east coast, is experiencing an array of climate change impacts. India's vulnerability is closely tied to the region's geography, economy, and population patterns. Considering the colossal population, vulnerability, and gross GHG emission, the success of climate action in India will be a major contributory factor in the global response to climate change. India has played a proactive and prominent role in elucidating the position of developing nations in climate negotiation but has not enacted climate-specific legislation. As a consequence, the climate responses have been a continuum of policy actions, drawing on various provisions of the Indian Constitution, and existing environmental legislative provisions drawing on the various international environmental instruments to which India is a signatory. Forest management is a sector closely linked with climate change in terms of impacts and addressing climate change in India. The Nationally Determined Contribution (NDC) targets of India envisaged under the Paris Agreement reveal the weightage attached to forests in the climate change response. This paper attempts to capture the legislative framework governing ' * Dr. Stellina Jolly is an Associate Professor at the Faculty of Legal Studies, South Asian University (SAARC) and Visiting Senior Research Associate, Research Centre for Private International Law in Emerging Countries, University of Johannesburg. She is a Fulbright scholar with the University of San Francisco and a recipient of the International Visitors Leadership Program (IVLP). She researches in international environmental law and conflict of laws, and can be reached at stellinajolly@sau.ac.in. 2 ** Ashna Lamba is an Advocate registered with the Bar Council of Delhi. She is an L.L.M. candidate at the Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies, Geneva for the year 2021-2022, where she has opted to study international law with a specialization in the field of international environmental law and governance. She can be reached at ashna.lamba@graduateinstitute.ch. 42

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