Author(s)

Rauf Akhmatov¹, Cholpon Sulaimanova², Zhyldyz Dekhkanova³, Ailira Abdyraimova⁴, Zhazgul Zheenbekova⁵, Edilbek Begaliev⁵, Zhypargul Abdullaeva^6*

¹Department of Jurisprudence, Kyrgyz Russian Slavic University, Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan.
²Department of Civil Law and Procedure, Kyrgyz Russian Slavic University, Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan.
³Department of Theory, Government History and Law, Osh State University, Osh, Kyrgyzstan.
⁴Department of Civil Law and Procedure, Osh State University, Osh, Kyrgyzstan.
⁵Department of Criminal Law and Procedure, Osh State University, Osh, Kyrgyzstan.
⁶Science and Research Department, Osh State University, Osh, Kyrgyzstan.

Climate change is one of the biggest threats and challenges that humankind has ever faced. Therefore, humankind has to convey the earth’s climate to future generations at its best by all means necessary. In doing so, the law is the instrument that can create, maintain and develop an adequate mitigation and adaptation framework for climate change. It is important to note that the earth’s climate is a common responsibility in the international community and each country has its own obligation concerning climate change. In this sense, authors discuss the international legal framework for climate change influencing legal framework and gaps in the Kyrgyz Republic at the institutional level.

Climate Change, Kyrgyz Republic, Commitments, Legislative Gaps, Institutional Gaps, Framework Convention, Kyoto Protocol, Paris Agreement

Akhmatov, R. , Sulaimanova, C. , Dekhkanova, Z. , Abdyraimova, A. , Zheenbekova, Z. , Begaliev, E. and Abdullaeva, Z. (2021) Legislative and Institutional Gaps in the Legal Framework for Adaptation and Mitigation of the Climate Change in the Kyrgyz Republic. Open Journal of Political Science, 11, 357-369. doi: 10.4236/ojps.2021.113024.