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What Obligations do Developed Countries Have to Assist Developing Countries in Adapting to and Mitigating Global Warming?

Temesgen Abebe Degu * timatimdegu@yahoo.com * ORCID: 0000-0002-7856-7328
Wachemo University, Law School, Hossana, ETHIOPIA

Open Journal for Legal Studies, 2022, 5(1), 19-30 * https://doi.org/10.32591/coas.ojls.0501.03019d
Received: 23 June 2022 ▪ Revised: 21 August 2022 ▪ Accepted: 29 August 2022

LICENCE: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.

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ABSTRACT:
Global warming is serious and irreversible threat that requires urgent action including adaptation and mitigation. Many developing countries, nevertheless, have less adaption and mitigation capacities but suffer first and worst from global warming, to which they contributed the least. Developing countries should take action only if developed countries provide them with adaptation and mitigation assistance. This article examines what obligations developed countries have in this regard, and why. Accordingly, Sec-II deals with the need for adaption and mitigation. Sec-III dwells on how to tackle global warming. Sec-IV explores the obligation of developed courtiers to provide adaptation and mitigation assistance. The last section concludes the essay.

KEY WORDS: climate change, adaptation, and mitigation.

CORRESPONDING AUTHOR:
Temesgen Abebe Degu, Wachemo University, Law School, Hossana, ETHIOPIA. E-mail: timatimdegu@yahoo.com.

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