Indigenous Small-Numbered Peoples of the Arctic as Environmental Law Subjects

The article is devoted to the study of indigenous peoples of the Arctic, who are subjects of environmental law. The author focuses on the fact that the peoples studied are more susceptible to adverse impacts on the environment compared to other subjects of law. This fact is confirmed by the territories of residence, economic activity and a number of other factors. In this regard, they are influenced by ongoing natural disasters, epidemiological disasters and deterioration of the climatic state of their environment due to natural and anthropogenic factors. Climate change is one of the most serious challenges of the 21st century, which goes beyond scientific discussions and represents a complex interdisciplinary problem covering environmental, economic and social aspects of sustainable development of the Russian Federation, including in the Arctic. The study identified current problems directly related to the indigenous peoples of the Arctic, such as global warming, melting glaciers, sea pollution and others. The problems existing in the field of ecology are being developed due to current research in the doctrine of both constitutional and environmental law.