DECLARATION CERTIFICATE; ACKNOWLEDGEMENT; ABBREVIATIONS; CHAPTER-I; INTRODUCTION; CONTENTS; 1.1 RESEARCH METHODOLOGY; CHAPTER-2; PHENEOMENON OF CLIMATE CHANGE AND IT'S IMPACT; 2.1 CLIMATE CHANGE; 2.2 CAUSES OF CLIMATE CHANGE; 2.3 IMPACT OF CLIMATE CHANGE; CHAPTER-3; INTERNATIONAL LEGAL DEVELOPMENT; 3.1 GLOBAL CLIMATE CHANGE REGIME; 3.2 LANDMARKS OF CLIMATE CHANGE REGIME; 3.3 V AROIOUS INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE; RELEATING TO CLIMATE CHANGE; CHAPTER-4 CURRENT LEGAL REGIME; 4.1 UNITED NATION FRAMEWORK CONVENTION ON CLIMATE CHANGE; 4.2 KYOTO PROTOCOL; CHAPTER-5 OUSTANDING ISSUES AND CONCENSUS; A. OUSTANDING ISSUES; 5.1 KYOTO'S FAILURE; 5.2 ISSUES OF DEVELOPED COUNTRIES; 5.3 POSITION OF DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; B. NEW AND EMERGING ARRANGMENTS; 5.4. ASIA PACIFIC PARTNERSHIP ON CLEAN DEVELOPMENT AND CLIMATE; 5.5 THE ALLIANCE OF SMALL ISLAND STATES; CHAPTER-6; EMERGING LEGAL REGIME; 6.1 BALI CLIMATE CHANGE CONFERENCE; 6.2 POST BALI DEVELOPMENTS; 6.3 POST BALI MEETINGS OF UNFCCC; CHAPTER-7; CONCLUSION; BIBLIOGRAPHY