Climate Justice within Sustainable Justice: The Power Legitimacy Dialectic in International Relations between the Global North and South.

This study examines climate justice within the broader framework of sustainable justice to reassess the relationship between power and legitimacy in North-South climate governance. As climate change intensifies, inequalities between countries that contribute most to greenhouse gas emissions and thos...

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Publicado en:Journal of Human Security (Librello Publishing House) Vol. 21; no. 2; pp. 105 - 111
Autor principal: Hassan, Alshaimaa Mohamed Mahmoud
Formato: Artículo
Publicado: Librello Publishing House 2025
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        au: Hassan, Alshaimaa Mohamed Mahmoud
        affil: Associate Professor of Political Science, Department of Public Law, College of Law, King Faisal University, AlAhsa, Saudi Arabia
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        International cooperation on climate change
        International relations
        Climate justice
        Government policy on climate change
        Sustainability
        Developing countries
        International relations theory
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          International cooperation on climate change
          International relations
          Foreign affairs
          International Affairs
          Climate justice
          Government policy on climate change
          Sustainability
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        Climate Governance
        Climate Justice
        International Relations
        North-South Relations
        Power-Legitimacy
        Sustainable Justice
        Climate Governance
        Climate Justice
        International Relations
        North-South Relations
        Power-Legitimacy
        Sustainable Justice
      ab: This study examines climate justice within the broader framework of sustainable justice to reassess the relationship between power and legitimacy in North-South climate governance. As climate change intensifies, inequalities between countries that contribute most to greenhouse gas emissions and those that suffer the greatest impacts raise fundamental questions of fairness, responsibility, and authority in global governance. While climate justice is widely discussed, it is often treated separately from wider justice frameworks and from structural power dynamics in international relations. This paper addresses that gap by integrating climate justice into a sustainable justice perspective and linking both to the power legitimacy dialectic. Using a qualitative, normative-analytical design based on document analysis of major climate agreements, scientific assessments, and climate finance reports from the post-2015 period, the study evaluates governance arrangements through four justice dimensions: distributive, procedural, recognition, and intergenerational justice. The findings reveal persistent justice deficits in burden-sharing, participation, vulnerability recognition, and long-term responsibility, which contribute to legitimacy concerns in the climate regime. The study proposes a power legitimacy analytical model connecting structural resources, norms, and institutions. It argues that aligning climate governance with justice principles can strengthen credibility, trust, and cooperation, making justice a practical foundation for more stable and effective global climate governance.
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