Development of legislation in the sphere of adaptation of agricultural production to climate change

The article is devoted to the study of legislation in the sphere of adaptation of agricultural production to climate change. It is noted that the implementation of this type of activity is not only related to environmental pollution, but also directly depends on favorable climatic conditions. It is stated that the norms that regulate relations in the sphere of adaptation of agricultural production to climate change in Ukraine are contained in various legal acts, mostly of a strategic or conceptual in nature. Sometimes their norms are inconsistent and contradictory. There is no mechanism for the implementation of the measures established in these documents. So, their implementation becomes optional. In particular, the Recommendations on the adaptation of agriculture to climate change for the period up to 2030, which are provided by the Action Plan for the Implementation of the Realization Concept of State Policy in the Sphere of Climate Change for the Period up to 2030, approved by the Decree of the CMU of December 6, 2017 № 878-р, are unadopted. It is claimed that for solving the problem of adaptation of agriculture to climate change, it is especially important to increase the role of organic production as an activity that contributes to sustainable development of rural areas and solving a number of social problems. Because organic production is one of the most common direction of climate smart agriculture, it is proposed to put Consept of this one on basis of the legislation about adaptation of Ukrainian agriculture to climate change. Taking into account the significant negative impact of agricultural production to the environment, we propouse to provide agriculture among the main sources of greenhouse gas emissions (industry , energy and transport) into the Ukrainian Law of February 28, 2019 «About the Basic Principles (Strategy) of the Ukrainian State Environmental Policy for the Period up to 2030» (part I).