Abstract
The problems of sustainable development have been discussed at the international level for more than 50 years. During this period, several international documents were adopted that formulated the goals and objectives of sustainable development, as well as the obligations of states in the field of reducing the negative impact of human activities on the environment. However, none of these documents yielded a practical result. The article analyzes the reasons for this and concludes that the main reason is due to the fact that the concept of “sustainable development”, developed by Western experts and based on the ideological model of Western civilization, contains structural contradictions inherent in this model and reinforces unstable practices that have led to the current crisis. There is a need for a transition from “sustainable” to “responsible” development based on reasonable human activity and equal dialogue between all civilizations. BRICS can become the institutional basis for such a development scenario.
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