A PARADIGM SHIFT IN ENVIRONMENTAL APPROACH

AUTHOR– ADITYA PANDEY* & ABHYUDAY RAM TRIPATHI* & DR. ARVIND KUMAR SINGH**

* STUDENT AT AMITY UNIVERSITY, LUCKNOW, UTTAR PRADESH

** PROFESSOR AT AMITY UNIVERSITY, LUCKNOW, UTTAR PRADESH

BEST CITATION – ADITYA PANDEY & ABHYUDAY RAM TRIPATHI & DR. ARVIND KUMAR SINGH, A PARADIGM SHIFT IN ENVIRONMENTAL APPROACH, INDIAN JOURNAL OF LEGAL REVIEW (IJLR), 5 (1) OF 2025, PG. 1307-1319, APIS – 3920 – 0001 & ISSN – 2583-2344.

ABSTRACT

Today, the ecosystem of the world is on the verge of decline. Since 1850, the average global temperature has increased about 2°and there have been rapid climate changes which have led to calamities like wild bushfires, extreme heat wave and landslides etc further leading to environmental degradation. Countries from around the globe have now come together for the conservation of global environment as they have realised that their end might be near. Incidents like Great Smog of London and many more have shifted the countries focus to preserve the environment because of which The Stockholm Declaration took place that on a global stage presented the problems of environment degradation.

Talking of India, post Stockholm Declaration many laws were enacted to conserve and preserve environmental degradation some of them were the Wildlife protection act, 1972 and Environment Protection Act, 1986 and many more. This paper covers major laws and conventions which were done to create a healthy and safer environment, but these laws are not implemented properly that poses some legal challenges too. As the times have passed the countries have adopted the approach of Sustainable development that has pressed to conserve and use environment in such a way that meets the need of present and without harming the environment for future generations.

In the coming years, countries have realised that the human centric approach would not be able to meet the goals to conserve the nature and hence have decided to adopt the idea of ecocentrism where they value nature and doesn’t harm them. Thud there has been a gradual shift from Anthropocentrism to Ecocentrism which will help in preserving our environment and natural resources more efficiently.

KEYWORDS – Ecosystem, Global temperature, United Nations, Stockholm Declaration, Human environment, Sustainable development, Anthropocentrism, Eco centrism