Zmiany klimatyczne są problemem, który dotyczy przyszłości wszystkich państw, niezależnie od teraźniejszego stanu rozwoju. Zasada "zanieczyszczający płaci" jest konkretnym sposobem walczenia z rosnącymi toksycznymi emisjami. Ten sposób powoduje, że firmy i państwa będą odpowiedzialne za swój wpływ na środowiskowo i ten wpływ może być kontrolowany.

Global warming causes the gathering of the international community already for 25 years, starting with the Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change. Today, more than ever, the challenge and urgency that climate change poses imply serious threat to the human world. Considering the regional inequality around the globe, this crisis prompts the question of solidarity from developed countries towards emerging and less developed countries. Accordingly, this situation brings the interrogation of the responsibility of protection of the environment and populations. In order to act, many appeals to the Polluter Pays Principle. We will first establish the juridical ground of such a principle, to determine its application - especially in international law, whereas the second point will be the assessment of the Katowice summit, as it describes the progress of the international community. Arguably, the Damocles sword that dangerous climate change constitutes would be one of the greatest opportunities to organize the biggest international cooperation in history.