International cooperation and responsibility sharing to combat climate change: Lessons for international refugee law

IF 1 Q2 LAW
Rebecca Dowd, J. McAdam
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By examining high level statements by states at the past four sessions of the Conferences of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (2013-16) and the UN General Assembly over the past decade, this article seeks to provide insights into the meaning of responsibility sharing, international cooperation, and common but differentiated responsibilities and respective capabilities in international environmental law from the perspective of individual states. Its purpose is to elucidate more fully how these precepts might inform deliberations on responsibility sharing for international refugee protection. This article complements a recent piece by the same authors examining the concepts of 'international cooperation' and 'responsibility sharing' in international refugee law. Since these principles are at a more advanced stage in international environmental law (most notably through their inclusion in binding international agreements on climate change), the present article compares and contrasts how states understand and apply them in that context. While there are some fundamental differences between responsibility sharing in the two regimes, it is clear that no state alone can respond to the protection needs of the world's refugees nor address the global impacts of climate change. The need for international cooperation and responsibility sharing in both cases is clear; indeed, it is a humanitarian imperative. Yet, the article shows that, ultimately, national interests tend to prevail when states determine how such global issues should be addressed.
应对气候变化的国际合作与责任分担:国际难民法的经验教训
本文通过对过去十年来《联合国气候变化框架公约》(2013- 2016年)四届缔约方大会和联合国大会上各国高层发言的梳理,试图从各国的视角来洞察责任分担、国际合作、共同但有区别的责任和各自能力在国际环境法中的意义。其目的是更充分地阐明这些规则如何为关于分担国际难民保护责任的审议提供信息。这篇文章补充了同一作者最近的一篇文章,该文章研究了国际难民法中的“国际合作”和“责任分担”概念。由于这些原则在国际环境法中处于较先进的阶段(最明显的是通过将其纳入具有约束力的国际气候变化协定中),因此本文比较和对比了各国在这一背景下如何理解和应用它们。尽管两国在责任分担方面存在一些根本差异,但很明显,没有哪个国家能够单独应对世界难民的保护需求,也无法应对气候变化的全球影响。在这两种情况下进行国际合作和分担责任的必要性是明确的;事实上,这是人道主义的当务之急。然而,这篇文章表明,当国家决定如何解决这些全球性问题时,最终往往是国家利益占上风。
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