The Climate Crisis as a Challenge for the Legitimacy of the International Order

Abstract

The panel will examine the consequences of the emerging climate crisis for the legitimacy of the international order. This question concerns both the normative status of specific international institutions and treaties, as well as the organising principles of the international system as a whole, such as state sovereignty or the related principle of non-intervention. The contributions to this panel ask how the potentially catastrophic consequences of climate change affect the legitimacy of these institutions and principles, what forms of resistance to the international status quo are justified by climate concerns, and what changes to the international system are necessitated by climate change.

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