Climate change is now affecting every country on every continent. It is disrupting national economies and affecting lives, costing people, communities and countries dearly today and even more tomorrow. People are experiencing the significant impacts of climate change, which include changing weather patterns, rising sea level, and more extreme weather events. The poorest and most vulnerable people are being affected the most." -Goal 13, UN Sustainable Development Goals In this background, the paper will look into what climate change is -How is climate change impacting India in 21 st century -who are the most affected -How can 'Development' and environmental protection co-exist -What are the laws dealing with Environment Protection (International and domestic) -Are they Capable enough to deal with the ever rising problems with regard to climate change -Is there a need for legal reforms -Specific instances where climate change has impacted lives significantly in recent times -How to tackle climate changeway forward

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This chapter reviews the Covid-19 pandemic through the lens of the international law regime of the International Health Regulations (IHR) of 2005. Although the World Health Organization (WHO) can claim some success in having worked with countries in Asia to build their capacity to respond to a pandemic, some of the countries that have been the most successful in containing the spread of Covid-19 did so despite the WHO’s hesitant response. The difficulty is that cumbersome IHR process of evaluating the threat posed by an outbreak and sounding the general alarm. This process enabled China to control the initial flow of information regarding the outbreak until such time as the WHO was able work through a cumbersome process and belatedly declare a “public health emergency of international concern.” The chapter then argues that a key element of combatting a pandemic is compliance with international law and the need to strengthen its regulatory mechanisms.

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