Changing Climate, Unchanged Mandate: BRIC Countries in the UN Security Council

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DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/18786561-11010003" target="_blank" >10.1163/18786561-11010003</a>

Jazyk výsledku

angličtina

Název v původním jazyce

Changing Climate, Unchanged Mandate: BRIC Countries in the UN Security Council

Popis výsledku v původním jazyce

The UN Security Council has turned its attention to the link between climate change and security several times. Its members and other UN member states participating in discussions have remained divided over the Council&apos;s engagement. Among vocal opponents are the bric countries: Brazil, Russia, India, and China. This article examines the argumentation of these countries during seven UN Security Council meetings between 2007 and 2020. The bric countries often concede that climate change is a threat, but they strongly resist the idea that such a threat could be addressed by the Council. I use a Critical Legal Studies approach to analyse how the bric countries bolstered their key argumentation before the Council. I find that the bric countries exploited a &apos;background rule&apos; concerning the unsc mandate and used it to reaffirm the limits on the Council&apos;s action. They were thus able to avoid self-contradiction and strengthen their political position through a legal argument. This complemented other objections they raised against the Council&apos;s involvement: its insufficient expertise, inefficient tools, and the inapplicability of the principle of common but differentiated responsibilities to its decision-making.

Název v anglickém jazyce

Changing Climate, Unchanged Mandate: BRIC Countries in the UN Security Council

Popis výsledku anglicky

The UN Security Council has turned its attention to the link between climate change and security several times. Its members and other UN member states participating in discussions have remained divided over the Council&apos;s engagement. Among vocal opponents are the bric countries: Brazil, Russia, India, and China. This article examines the argumentation of these countries during seven UN Security Council meetings between 2007 and 2020. The bric countries often concede that climate change is a threat, but they strongly resist the idea that such a threat could be addressed by the Council. I use a Critical Legal Studies approach to analyse how the bric countries bolstered their key argumentation before the Council. I find that the bric countries exploited a &apos;background rule&apos; concerning the unsc mandate and used it to reaffirm the limits on the Council&apos;s action. They were thus able to avoid self-contradiction and strengthen their political position through a legal argument. This complemented other objections they raised against the Council&apos;s involvement: its insufficient expertise, inefficient tools, and the inapplicability of the principle of common but differentiated responsibilities to its decision-making.

Druh

J_imp - Článek v periodiku v databázi Web of Science

CEP obor

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OECD FORD obor

50601 - Political science

Projekt

—

Návaznosti

I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace

Rok uplatnění

2021

Kód důvěrnosti údajů

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Název periodika

Climate Law

ISSN

1878-6553

e-ISSN

—

Svazek periodika

11

Číslo periodika v rámci svazku

1

Stát vydavatele periodika

NL - Nizozemsko

Počet stran výsledku

36

Strana od-do

76-111

Kód UT WoS článku

000637280900003

EID výsledku v databázi Scopus

2-s2.0-85105009066