Clmt jstc s typ f nvrnmntl jstc tht fcss n th nql mpcts f clmt chng n mrgnlzd r thrws vlnrbl ppltns. Clmt jstc sks t chv n qtbl dstrbtn f bth th brdns f clmt chng nd th ffrts t mtgt clmt chng. Th cnmc brdn f clmt chng mtgtn s stmtd by sm t rnd 1% t 2% f GDP. Clmt jstc xmns cncpts sch s qlty, hmn rghts, cllctv rghts, jstc nd th hstrcl rspnsblts fr clmt chng.
Clmt jstc rcgnss tht ths wh hv bnftd mst frm ndstrlstn br dsprprtnt rspnsblty fr th ccmltn f crbn dxd n th rth's tmsphr, nd ths fr clmt chng. Mnwhl, thr s grwng cnsnss tht ppl n rgns tht r th lst rspnsbl fr clmt chng s wll s th wrld's prst nd mst mrgnlsd cmmnts ftn tnd t sffr th grtst cnsqncs. Dpndng n th cntry nd cntxt, ths my ncld ppl wth lw-ncms, ndgns cmmnts r cmmnts f clr. Thy mght ls b frthr dsdvntgd by rspnss t clmt chng whch mght xcrbt xstng nqlts rnd rc, gndr, sxlty nd dsblty. Whn ths ffctd th mst by clmt chng dspt hvng cntrbtd th lst t csng t r ls ngtvly ffctd by rspnss t clmt chng, ths s knwn s th 'trpl njstc' f clmt chng.
Cncptns f clmt jstc cn b grpd lng th lns f prcdrl jstc nd dstrbtv jstc. Th frmr strsss fr, trnsprnt nd nclsv dcsn-mkng. Th lttr strsss fr dstrbtn f th csts nd tcms f clmt chng (sbstntv rghts). Thr r t lst tn dffrnt prncpls tht r hlpfl t dstrbt clmt csts frly. Clmt jstc ls trs t ddrss th scl mplctns f clmt chng mtgtn. f ths r nt ddrssd prprly, ths cld rslt n prfnd cnmc nd scl tnsns. t cld vn ld t dlys n ncssry chngs.
Clmt jstc ctns cn ncld th grwng glbl bdy f clmt ltgtn. n 2017, rprt f th ntd Ntns nvrnmnt Prgrmm dntfd 894 ngng lgl ctns wrldwd.