Climate Justice: Russian Context

Abstract

The theoretical part of the paper elaborates the system of moral require- ments applied to the international cooperation in the sphere of securing Earth’s climate balance and diminishing negative consequences of climate change. The author justifies the point that the presumption of equal and universal atmospheric rights should be adopted as a fundamental of climate justice. To determine particular rules for establishing a fair part of every member of the international community in climate change cooperation the presumption of equal and universal atmospheric rights has to be corrected in line with some morally relevant facts. They pertain to the present-day humankind’s condi- tion and the development of climate crisis. The applied part of the paper projects climate justice requirements onto the situation and the foreign policy of Russian Federation.