Analysis of the Applicability of Principle 2 of the 1992 “RIO Declaration”

Abstract

According to Principle 2 of the 1992 “Rio Declaration”, “States have, in accordance with the Charter of the United Nations and the principles of international law, the sovereign right to exploit their own resources pursuant to their own environmental and developmental policies, and the responsibility to ensure that activities within their jurisdiction or control do not cause damage to the environment of other States or of areas beyond the limits of national jurisdiction.”

1. a)  How the content of principle has normally been understood?
2. b)  How is this principle seen in light of the need to solve such global environmental problems as the climate problem and the loss of biodiversity?