Research On Legal Issues Of National Independent Contribution Mechanism Under The Paris Agreement

Based on the global nature of climate issues,tackling climate change is a common challenge for the international community and an integral part of building a community of shared future for humanity.The entry into force of the "Paris Agreement" made the national independent contribution mechanism replace Kyoto's mandatory emission reduction model and become a new mechanism for the international community to respond to climate change.Compared with the "top-down" compulsory emission reduction model of the Kyoto Protocol,the Paris Agreement establishes a "bottom-up" national independent contribution mechanism,and adopts a more flexible and autonomous approach to obligations.The redistribution of emission reduction responsibilities has made all parties share their emission reduction obligations,expanded the participation of the international community in emission reduction,and supplemented by mechanisms such as global inventory and transparency framework to ensure the realization of emission reduction effects.However,the greater autonomy and flexibility of the national independent contribution mechanism can also easily lead to tragedy of the commons and "free-riding" behavior,which makes it difficult to achieve emission reduction targets.At the same time,the non-punitive compliance mechanism also leads to the absence of national responsibility.The international community needs to work together to resolve these issues.The provisions of the Paris Agreement on the national independent contribution mechanism are mostly framework provisions.The adoption of the "Katowitz Package" has further refined the implementation rules of the Paris Agreement,but the long-term implementation of the Paris Agreement has been reduced.The goal of ranking still needs the joint efforts of the international community.Based on the analysis of the Paris Agreement and the Katowice Package,this article summarizes the content of the national independent contribution mechanism,and proposes perfect suggestions for the problems of the national independent contribution mechanism,with a view to the future climate change conference.Settled in negotiations.In order to the nationally contributed emission reduction mechanism effectively implemented,institutionally,it is necessary to broaden channels for non-state actions to participate in emission reduction actions,and improve the global inventory and transparency framework.At the same time,at the theoretical level,the pressure of international public opinion is used to promote national good faith in fulfilling international obligations.China actively participates in the international community's negotiations on climate change and has made ambitious commitments to reduce emissions by itself,but there is still a gap between the current national situation and the achievement of emissions reduction obligations.Therefore,China should expedite the release of the "Climate Change Response Law",improve the legal system for addressing climate change,improve the disclosure system of greenhouse gas emissions,promote the construction of a carbon emission trading market,and establish a climate change cooperation fund to better achieve emission reduction obligation.