Abstract The protection and management of protected
areas must be adapted to the effects of climate change. An
important question is if the law on protected areas is
capable of dealing with the required changes. In general,
both international nature conventions and European Union
nature conservation law do not contain any specific provisions
on climate change and protected areas. Attention
has been paid to this link in non-binding decisions and
policy documents. In order to adapt the law to increased
dynamics from climate change, more flexibility is needed.