Il rapporto tra comunità politica internazionale e società civile nell’ambito della protezione ambientale e della lotta ai cambiamenti climatici. Quando il principio di precauzione diventa un obbligo morale prima ancora che uno strumento decisionale

Abstract

The paper’s aim is to retrace the history of climate change through its definition and the process of negotiation aroused from the creation of the United Nations Framework Convention for Climate Change (UNFCCC). After a brief description of this institution, the basic principles beneath the whole system of environment protection and the struggle against climate change will be presented. The intention is to demonstrate how, despite the undeniable advancements of the latest decades, the international legislative framework, even supported by the action and intervention of the European Union, is still not sufficient and leads to a diffused and latent disillusion among civil society.