The Ukrainian actualization of justice in global climate policy

The article examines the concept of climate justice as a key element of effective climate policy in Europe in the fight against global warming and the actualization of this issue in Ukraine as a result of Russian military aggression. The role of international law in regulating the human impact on the climate system and ensuring environmental justice is highlighted. The efforts of the European Union to implement the Paris Agreement in order to prevent an in global average annual temperature on the planet by more than 2 degrees from the pre-industrial level by 2100 are analyzed, in particular with regard to the implementation of the European Green Deal and the package of legislative initiatives «Fit for 55», which were joined by all EU members, proclaiming an ambitious goal to turn Europe into the first climate-neutral continent by 2050 and reduce emissions by 55% by 2030. The development of European policies for the transition to a carbon-free economy is aimed at integrating climate related commitments into various sectors of the economy, which historically coincided with the war on the eastern borders of EU. The author puts attention to the lack of a mechanism for reimbursement of significant volumes of greenhouse gas emissions caused as a result of armed conflicts, which is a significant gap in the modern methodology of concepts for achieving the normatively enshrined long-term goal of the EU to achieve climate neutrality by 2050 in accordance with the European Climate Law. Particular attention is paid to the situation in Ukraine, where the issue of climate justice is being actualized in connection with the consequences of the Russian aggression, which has caused large-scale environmental crimes. Attention is paid to the challenges associated with environmental racism, war environmental crimes, and ways to improve legal mechanisms to ensure climate justice at the international level are proposed. The author emphasizes the need for effective implementation and synchronization of EU environmental and climate legislation in the legal system of Ukraine, which should become an important prerequisite for the «green» and sustainable post-war recovery of the country.