Prerequisites for the Formation of Carbon Law in the Russian Federation

The main result of this study is a comprehensive examination of the current normative legal regulation of topical issues related to limiting greenhouse gas emissions into the environment. The paper attempts to formulate carbon law as a complex legal institution representing a set of mandatory rules of decarbonization. The latter term implies the reduction of harmful emissions into the atmosphere, their capture and reuse in production, as well as the expansion of the scope and quality of airborne pollutants' absorbers. Such an approach is necessary because existing regulatory legal acts, from international to regional levels, mostly duplicate each other. Domestic and foreign scholars agree that the entire set of mandatory rules does not work, the concentration of greenhouse gases on the planet is only increasing, inevitably bringing catastrophic consequences of global warming closer, including flooding of most coastal areas, including cities, and drought in Africa and several other regions. New systematization of law, as well as the development of organizational and legal measures, can significantly influence slowing down environmental problems.