ENVIRONMENTAL DIPLOMACY: HISTORY AND CURRENT ISSUES

Abstract

The paper analyzes the history and the stages of the development of environmental diplomacy. Its achievements aresummarized and the current state is described. Environmental diplomacy as a phenomenon of the XX-XXI centuries arose as aresult of the world community's reaction to the threat of an ecological catastrophe. Environmental diplomacy is a complex andmultifaceted phenomenon that develops at several levels: the global level, represented by the functioning of the UN and theactivities of the EU; regional level of diplomacy: environmental activities conducted by the regional environmental institutes.