Право. Людина. Довкілля

This paper examines scientific approaches to the characterization of objects of natural resources legal relations. The paper covered the theoretical provisions of legal scientists regarding the definition of natural resources as objects of natural resource legal relations, distinguished their legal features. The authors of the study analysed the scientific approaches to the legal nature of climate resources and their place in the modern system of natural resource legal relations. Natural resources relations consist of the use and reproduction of natural resources or their properties (e.g., the potential energy of water, which is transformed into electrical energy, the surface of water for the needs of water transport, the properties of atmospheric air to contain and dissolve pollutants (reduce concentration), the property of the subsoil to contain own underground gas storage facilities, etc.). Climate resources are inexhaustible natural resources that include solar energy, moisture, wind energy, etc. and are determined by climate characteristics. The use of certain properties of climatic resources as primarily alternative sources of energy is extremely relevant. Climatic resources in most of the territory of Ukraine are favourable for the development of alternative energy. However, the current state of legal regulation of activities aimed at ensuring the rational and efficient use of climate resources requires improvement.

природоресурсне право, природоресурсні правовідносини, природні ресурси, кліматичні ресурси, клімат