Exploring The Environmental Responsibility Of Developed Countries In Response To Climate Change

Since the environmental responsibility of developed and developing countries was distinguished by "Declaration on Human Environment in Stockholm",the principle of Common But Differentiated Responsibilities(CBDR)became one of the basic principles of international environmental law gradually.In the field of environmental responsibility for tackling climate change,the develop and implement of "United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change","Kyoto Protocol" and "’the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change(UNFCCC)’ Paris agreement"(hereinafter referred to as "Paris Agreement")which was adopted in Paris convention in December 12,2015 led to the formation of responsibility system that developed countries take most of the responsibilities and globe response to the climate change together.It has established the difference on environmental responsibility of developed and developing countries in a legal sense.Although the newly passed"Paris Agreement" which is used to determine the international legal framework of tackling climate change after 2020 has changed the Kyoto mechanisms of "top-down"emission reduction model,it adhered to the principle of respective capabilities as well as strengthen and refine the rules of developed countries with differentiated responsibilities in the aspects which include mitigation,adaptation,funding and technical assistance.However,in the long-term practice,developed countries implement unilateralism and refuse or are negative to perform the environmental responsibility that they should be positive emission reduction to tackle climate change and assist the developing countries to adapt the climate change.During the previous negotiations,developed countries force large developing countries to undertake the same responsibility of reducing emissions and weaken or even abolish the principle of CBDR,which severely prevents the international community from fighting climate change.To overcome the dilemma that developed countries avoid the environmental responsibility,it needs further improve the existing responsibility system in the subsequent negotiations and achieves the goal of tackling climate change together through global cooperation.Basing on the existing environmental responsibility system,this paper uses the methods of investigation and information inquiry to briefly analyze the environmental system of developed countries and raise my own poor improvement suggestions for the existing deficiencies.The body of paper mainly includes introduction and three chapters.Introduction part introduces the reason and meaning of selected topic.After that,the paraphrase,origin and characteristic of environmental responsibility system of developed countries are introduced in chapter I.Chapter II mainly introduce the present situation and existing problem of environmental responsibility system of developed countries.First,it introduces the emission reduction,financial aid,technology transfer system and their implementation status in the environmental responsibility system of developed countries.Then,the problems making the responsibility system difficult to be implemented are analyzed,which includes the lack scientificalness of environmental responsibility system,the insufficient legal basis,lack of binding constraint and the incomplete responsibility implementation mechanism.For the existing deficiency of system,chapter Ⅲ puts forward the way to solve the current problems.Basing on the subsequent negotiations of Paris Agreement,it should strengthen national environmental responsibility system and introduce harmless rules following with refining appropriate prudent obligation as well as it should structure measures which can promote the implement of environmental responsibility system of developed countries.Also it needs to stipulate mandatory punishment mechanism,build diversified supervision procedures and create wide appeal platform.