Advancing Sustainable Development Through Global Environmental Cooperation, With Special Emphasis Upon Indian Legal Framework for Environmental Laws.

In the era of climate change and rapid degradation of environmental health, the world demands sustainability. This era marks the sharp decline in environmental health leading to extreme situations for humans all over the world, such as, long term health diseases, skin diseases, decrease in life span, frequent natural disasters and rise in temperature globally. This raises the questions regarding the role of environmental laws and its implementations. Environment as a whole is beyond political boundaries, therefore, this article studies the international efforts and reports related to sustainable development and environment released by UNEP and sustainable development in India with special emphasis upon the environmental laws in India, its implementations and challenges in relation with the Indian society. Keywords: Environmental laws, Sustainable development, UNEP, Indian Environment Law.