Globalna politika u oblasti klimatskih promena i politika država najvećih emitera gasova sa efektom staklene bašte
Politics of Global Climate Change and State Policies of the Largest Greenhouse Gas Emitters

Summary/Abstract: The paper presents the general framework of the law and policy of climate change identified in the existing international treaties in the field of environment and in particular the provisions of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change and the Kyoto Protocol. By considering the specific situation of individual countries and using different criteria (share in total emissions of greenhouse gases, membership in international treaties, the implementation of international treaties, the definition of strategic objectives and the existence and characteristics of national legal systems in the area of climate change) there have been analysed the elements of the policy and law of the states which are the largest GHG emitters. It has especially considered the situation in the Member States of Annex I of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (Australia, Japan, Germany, UK, USA, Russian Federation) and the situation in several countries that have the status of “non-Annex I” (China, Brazil, India, South Africa, Mexico). The paper is based on the assumption that the global policy on climate change depends solely on the policies of the major GHG emitters. This paper describes the thesis that the policy of the largest GHG emitters, despite the differences, has common elements of importance for the achievement of global politics.

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