Annotation: The study conducts research on the importance of legal climate protection in the world, and in particular in Ukraine. First of all, international acts are analyzed, since they are the basis for the national legislation of Ukraine in the field of climate protection. And, of course, the national climate legislation is analyzed, which is the subject of legal protection. The legal framework in the relevant field has appeared relatively recently and this base is not numerous. Legislation is represented primarily by international as well as national legal acts that were adopted on the basis of the former.