Law On Energy Policy And Climate Change

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Running head: LAW ON ENERGY POLICY AND CLIMATE CHANGE
LAW ON ENERGY POLICY AND CLIMATE CHANGE
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Question 1
Energy policy is the action of the government of any country for affecting the supply, as
well as the demand for energy within or outside its territory (Scarlat et al. 2015). The action has
included several ways following which the governments can able to cope with such any
disruption of energy supply and its efforts of influencing consumption of energy, as well as
economic growth. The energy policy is also connected with the environment and climate change
(Kilinc-Ata 2016). The energy market in the territory of the Ireland is closely associated with the
UK, as well as such regulatory regimes of both nations have operated well together. Energy
policy of this country is also indirectly linked with such climate change of this contry. The
Conventions of United Nations relating to climate change, Paris Agreement on the basis of
environmental and climate issues and Kyoto Protocol are related to the energy policy in the
territory of Ireland. The aim of this paper is to outline such context, rationale and improvement
of law and energy policy with reference to the development of UNFCCC, the Kyoto Protocol and
the Paris Agreement.
There is an international treaty named the United Nations Framework Convention on
Climate Change (UNFCCC), which has been adopted in the year 1992. It has unwrapped for a
signature from 3rd June to 14th June in the year 1992 for such Earth Summit, which has held in
Rio De Janeiro. The object of the UNFCCC is for ‘stabilizing the concentrations of greenhouse
gas at a level in this atmosphere which will prevent such hazardous anthropogenic intervention
with the system of climate’ (Roelfsema et al. 2018). The framework has set various non-binding
limitations on the ground of emission of the greenhouse has for such individual nations and has
not contained any enforcement mechanism. Instead of those objects, the framework has outlined

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the way in which such particular international treaties can be negotiated for specifying any
further action to the objectives of the UNFCCC. The ‘Kyoto Protocol’ has been adopted in the
year 1997 on December 11. It has operationalized the UNFCCC by committing such
industrialization in the countries for limiting and reducing the emission of greenhouse gases
following the agreed targets of individuals (Almer, and Winkler 2017). It is based on the
provisions and principles of the UNFCCC and has followed its structure. It has bound on the
developed countries and has placed a substantial burden on those countries within the context of
the principle of ‘general but different responsibilities, as well as respective capabilities’. In this
Kyoto Protocol, it has recognized that the developed countries are more responsible for
increasing the level of greenhouse gas emission, which has affected the atmosphere, as well as
the climate. On December 12, 2015, the participants to the UNFCCC had reached in an
agreement that they will combat for such climate change, as well as intensify and accelerating
the investments and actions necessary for a justifiable reduction of carbon future (Rogelj et al.
2018). This agreement is known as the Paris Agreement. It is the first time, which helps to bring
all the countries into a general cause for undertaking an ambitious effort for combating on such
climate change and has enhanced the support for assisting the developing countries of doing so.
This Paris Agreement has charted a fresh course in international climate effort. Energy policies
have been discussed in this Paris Agreement, which is relating to climate change (Blau 2017).
The parties or participants of the UNFCCC have been requested for communicating
information under Article 12 of this Convention, relating to mitigation of their climate and
adapting the policies (Hermwille et al. 2017). The government of Ireland has retained the
responsibility to ensure the delivery of responsibilities and accountabilities under the UNFCCC,
the Kyoto Protocol, as well as the Paris Agreement. The government has gotten the assistance of

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Cabinet Committee to carry out the responsibilities of implementing the whole approach of the
government, which has given the fractious sectorial habit of climate. The Quantified Emission
Reduction or Limitation Commitment of Ireland has set out 80% in Annex B of the Doha
Amendment of the Kyoto Protocol (Gulzar 2018). Following the Article 4 of Kyoto Protocol the
European Union, as well as its member nations have made a second amendment on the basis of
the appreciative that these can be able to fulfil jointly (Shishlov, Morel, and Bellassen 2016). The
National Policy Position on Climate Action and Low Carbon Development 2014 of Ireland has
set out several fundamental and national objectives to the transition of low carbon, competitive,
climate irrepressible and biologically supportable economy within the year 2050 (Torney 2017).
The participants or members to the Convention have gathered annually from the year
1995 in the Conferences of the Parties (COP) for assessing the progression to deal with such
climate change. In the year 1997, the introduction of the Kyoto Protocol has been concluded and
establish various legitimately binding responsibility for such developed countries for reducing
their emissions of greenhouse gas within the year 2012 (Rhodes 2016). The UNFCCC has made
several programs relating to environment for the promotion of that renewable energy, and it is
one of the high-potential extenuation opportunity, which can be delivered emission of reductions
near about 1.5 to 2.5 Gt of carbon-di-oxide within the year 2020 (Nair 2016). The deployment of
renewable energy has been provided for the advancement of technologies, as well as substantial
benefits in rural economy in the calculation to contemporary energy policies. The UNFCCC has
enhanced independence and energy security, improved public health, reduced air pollution and
has supported to adapt goals.
The energy policy has been discussed in the Kyoto protocol, and it has led in the
formation of the European Energy policy. There is a significance of Kyoto protocol regarding