2. The second innovative element is the identification of gaps in the existing legal system(s) and, on this basis, the proposal of innovative legal changes with a view to developing a legal regime that ensures sustainable practices.

Methodologically, the project is divided into three research streams corresponding to the research questions and will be carried out in five work packages (WPs).

(1) In the first work package (WP1), the project will seek to identify which aspects are relevant for a change in the legal paradigm from treating climate change as a "state of emergency", as the current way of addressing climate change seems to perpetuate the existing unsustainable business. This DS will analyse the legal concept of "state of emergency" in national, regional and international legal regimes. This will serve as a starting point to expose the shortcomings of the use of the concept of "state of emergency" in addressing irreversible climate change. By exposing the shortcomings, DS1 will identify the legal aspects that need to be incorporated in a new approach to (re)conceptualise the legal paradigm on climate change in order to establish sustainable practices. A change in the legal paradigm also requires sufficient political commitment, which in turn depends on the general societal perception of the seriousness of the problem. It will examine the origins and current forms of the socio-psychological mechanisms involved in maintaining the status quo in dealing with the 'climate crisis'.

(2) Work Package 2 (WP2) will identify gaps in the current legal frameworks at international, regional and national level that address climate change and negatively affect the achievement of sustainable practices. Building on the legal aspects identified in WP1 as necessary for a (re)conceptualised approach, WP2 will analyse the existing legal framework related to climate change to identify where the gaps are in order to achieve a comprehensive and appropriate response to the context of irreversible climate change and to the implementation of sustainable practices. This will require not only legal expertise in environmental, human rights and state responsibility law, but also input from a civil law expert who will examine the regulation of business operations and liability issues under domestic law. DS2 will reveal potential legal gaps and legal inadequacies in the legal framework, taking into account a (re)conceptualised approach. We will also need to undertake a critical assessment of the ideas - located at the border between law, politics and philosophy - that have been introduced to regulate the essentially unconditional (and potentially harmful) nature of emergency response (such as transitional justice, social justice and planetary justice).

(3) Work Package 3 (WP3) aims to explore how the legal system of the Republic of Slovenia can adapt to new challenges and changing circumstances in order to promote sustainable practices. In line with the nature of the problem, whose consequences are diffuse and reach across all social and economic spheres, DS3 will look for opportunities for an analogous "diffuse intervention" in the legal system. In doing so, we will start from the hypothesis that the urgency of addressing climate change requires opening up the possibility of changes also in areas that are not, at first sight, directly linked to tackling the crisis (education, research, regulation of labour processes, defence, trade, mechanisms of democratic participation, etc.). A well-founded and well-reasoned extension of the social sphere involved in tackling climate change can provide a synthesis of the intensity of the emergency and the sustainability of the generally applicable legal order; a combination of simultaneous changes in as many areas as possible can, over time, have multiplier effects. We will focus in particular on the legal order of the Republic of Slovenia, identifying which laws and legal norms need to be amended or adopted in order to create a legal framework that effectively addresses climate change, in line with the (re)conceptualised approach. We will also take into account EU and international law addressing climate change in order to identify and propose a legal model for the Republic of Slovenia in line with Slovenia's obligations under EU and international law.

(4) Work Package 4 (WP4) aims to develop a new model approach to tackling climate change, with the corresponding development of the legal framework. It will build on the results of the previous three WGs and will identify what measures are needed to follow a (re)conceptualised approach that responds effectively to climate change. The aim is not only to provide a set of legal rules that States must follow, but also to propose the design of effective mechanisms to support States in their action, taking into account contemporary phenomena such as mass migration flows, issues of State and individual responsibility and the sanctioning of illegal conduct.

(5) Work Package 5 (WP5) focuses on governance, dissemination of results and internal and external communication. Project management will include coordination of the research work and regular sharing of findings among the members of the research team.