Climate Change and Food Security. The Legal Aspects with Special Focus on the EU

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Climate Change and Food Security. The Legal Aspects with Special Focus on the European Union

Autor: Monika Adamczak-Retecka, Olga Śniadach (red.)

Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Gdańskiego

According to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change Report presented in March 2014, today climate change is already having substantial and widespread impacts which are being felt on all continents of the world.In the recent decades, changes in climate have caused impacts on both natural and human systems. Global warming is already having serious consequences on human health, biodiversity, ecosystems and the goods and services they provide, as well as on many social and economic sectors, including agriculture and food production. The aim of this monographs is to analyse the legal aspects of climate change impacts on food security from the European Union law perspective. It will be also attempted to show that both climate change and food security are global problems to solve with necessary international cooperation. Moreover, it is essential to change the consumption mentality of the present society for the sake of future generations. We assume that the problems already experienced in tropical and subtropical countries nowadays might soon enter Europe and that European citizens should be prepared for changes. Therefore, an immediate action is required and legally binding documents are essential for adapting to the unavoidable impacts of climate change and creating „climate resilient society”.

Spis treści

About the Authors

Preface

Acknowledgements

List of Abbreviations

Introduction

1. Reasons for this research

2. Problem definition

3. Research questions, structure and methodology

Chapter I. Setting the Scene

1. General remarks

2. Terminology

3. Fundamental concepts

3.1. Climate as common good

3.2. Solidarity and human rights

3.2.1. Solidarity

3.2.2. The right to environment

3.2.3. Climate change and human rights

3.3. Good governance

4. The legal framework

4.1. The international law

4.2. EU hard law

4.3. EU soft law

5. Institutions and agencies

5.1. International level

5.1.1. United Nations

5.1.2. COP

5.1.3. FAO

5.2. European level

5.2.1. European institutions

5.2.2. European agencies

Chapter II. Climate law

1. General remarks

2. The EU & Environment

2.1. The development of European Environmental Law

2.2. The objectives of European Environmental Law

2.3. The principles of European Environmental Law in relation

to Climate Law

2.3.1. Principle of sustainable development

2.3.2. Precautionary principle

2.3.3. The principle of inter- and intragenerational justice

2.3.4. The principle of common but differentiated

responsibilities

2.3.5. The principle of preventive action

2.3.6. The polluter pays principle

2.3.7. The principle of good neighbourliness

3. Governing climate change

3.1. The international perspective

3.1.1. The Climate Convention

3.1.2. The Kyoto Protocol

3.1.3. The Paris Agreement

3.2. The EU perspective

3.2.1. Legal basis

3.2.2. Implementing the Kyoto Protocol

3.2.3. Adaptation strategy

Chapter III. Food security

1. General remarks

2. Agriculture

2.1. The future of food and agriculture

2.2. New objectives of the CAP

2.3. Aquaculture

3. Food security and human rights

3.1. Food security

3.2. Right to food

4. Governing food security

4.1. The international perspective

4.2. The EU perspective

Chapter IV. Climate change and food (in)security go in pair

1. General remarks

2. Climate change and food security as global problems

2.1. Global problems

2.2. Global concepts

3. „Green” participation

3.1. Public Participation in Environmental Matters

3.2. The „green” participation of NGOs

3.3. Transnational networks

3.3.1. Civil society organisations

3.3.2. Corporate social responsibility

3.3.3. EU Digital society

Conclusion

Literature

Table of cases