Environmental Intervention: An Activist Idea or Legal Tool? An Analysis of the Possibilities of Environmental Protection under the Principle of Non-Intervention

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dc.contributor.authorAkkuş, Berkant
dc.date.accessioned2026-04-04T13:19:02Z
dc.date.available2026-04-04T13:19:02Z
dc.date.issued2024
dc.departmentİnönü Üniversitesi
dc.description.abstractClimate change is arguably the single most important threat to all life on Earth. Through the 2015 Paris Agreement and annual United Nations (UN) climate change conferences, the international community has attempted to rally universal support for mandatory greenhouse gas emission reduction targets. If attained, it is likely that destructive global temperature rises would be at least slowed. The fact that States agree to pursue environmental protection objectives, but routinely fail to act accordingly provides essential context for this four-section critical discussion. ‘Environmental intervention’ as contemplated by this research topic is more than a mere activist idea. It necessarily represents a valid international law alternative given that the entire world faces a potentially catastrophic climate emergency. The various points considered in this discussion confirm that unilateral State intervention to prevent transborder pollution created in another State might seem justified under well-recognised ‘Responsibility to Protect’ principles. The materials assembled for present discussion purposes support an alternative conclusion. The combined effect of the international law emphasis placed on State sovereignty, and a dysfunctional, inconsistent international community commitment to achieving actual climate change mitigation likely condemns to failure any environmental intervention measures that the UN might advance through proposed treaties or similar international agreements. © 2024 Istanbul University Press. All rights reserved.
dc.identifier.doi10.26650/annales.2024.75.0008
dc.identifier.endpage223
dc.identifier.issn0578-9745
dc.identifier.issue75
dc.identifier.scopus2-s2.0-85216858524
dc.identifier.scopusqualityQ4
dc.identifier.startpage199
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.26650/annales.2024.75.0008
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/11616/108113
dc.indekslendigikaynakScopus
dc.institutionauthorAkkuş, Berkant
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherIstanbul University Press
dc.relation.ispartofAnnales de la Faculte de Droit d'Istanbul
dc.relation.publicationcategoryMakale - Uluslararası Hakemli Dergi - Kurum Öğretim Elemanı
dc.rightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
dc.snmzKA_Scopus_20250329
dc.subjectClimate Change
dc.subjectEnvironmental Intervention
dc.subjectHumanitarian Intervention
dc.subjectResponsibility to Protect
dc.subjectThe Principle of Non-Intervention
dc.titleEnvironmental Intervention: An Activist Idea or Legal Tool? An Analysis of the Possibilities of Environmental Protection under the Principle of Non-Intervention
dc.typeArticle

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