THE NEXUS BETWEEN LIFE, BUSINESS, AND CLIMATE FROM AN ISLAMIC PERSPECTIVE OF JUSTICE AND THE PUBLIC INTEREST by Anowar Zahid.

Source: International Journal of Civil Society Law, Volume X, Issue IV. Can be found: http://www.iccsl.org/pubs/index_journal.html

The concluding paragraph:

From the above discourse it is found that greenhouse effect or climate change is a threat to human existence on the planet earth. This is unwanted because it violates two important objectives of Shari’ah, namely it affects life, which in turn eventually affects religion, the number one Essential. In this respect the objective of the United Nations Convention and that of Shari’ah are similar only in that they both want to thwart climate change for the survival and well-being of human life. Shari’ah, however, goes further and wants to tackle the issue to attain the very purpose of the creation of mankind, namely worshiping God, the Lord of the universe.
However, in order to achieve the above objectives greenhouse gas emissions from industries must be cut down to an optimum level so that people can survive on the earth. To this end, the Copenhagen Accordii basically between the two big emitters, namely the United States and China, to reduce emissions should be implemented within the given timeframe (2010). Plus the developed countries should extend their promised support to the developing countries in this connection in order to ensure environmental justice (see Copenhagen Accord, 2009).