Abstract
The purpose of this scoping is to examine the extent to which international law reflects on the waterand soil nexus with special attention to few most relevant issues like pollution, floods, land uses impactingwater resources as well as climate change impac t on water and soil. Some of international regulationsdirectly regulate issues related to water and soil nexus. Many others, though water and soil are notnecessary a primary subject of their regulation, they support the objectives of protection and suitabledevelopment of water and soil.The extent to which international law regulates the nexus between soil and water will be assessedin respect to four key issues: 1) scope of treaties defining as geographical and functional application ofa treaty, which identifies resource in question like watercourse, groundwater, wetland, soil, land, catchment;2) substantive norms reflecting right and obligations pertaining to management of the relevant resources;3) procedural norms offering implementation mechanisms enabling effective implementation ofthe substantive norms, 4) dispute settlement framing the way to peaceful solution of any dispute amongthe state parties.Key words: international law, water law, natural resources, climate change, ecology.