CLIMATE CHANGE LITIGATION IN GLOBAL PERSPECTIVES

Resumo

Following the signing of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change in 1992, an international response to climate change has developed, and there is an urgent desire to mitigate and adapt to climate change in order to avoid the damage caused by it. To urge governments, businesses and others to actively address climate change, justice is becoming an important tool for countries to respond to climate change. Climate change litigation first originated in the United States and is now practiced to varying degrees around the world. The 2016 Paris Agreement laid the empirical logical foundation for climate change litigation. Climate change litigation, as a special type of justice dealing with climate interests, has a rich manifestation. The legal basis for climate change litigation and the type of litigation varies from region to region due to different levels of economic development and litigation philosophies. This paper is based on a global perspective and analyses the development path and existing problems of climate change litigation from a regional and international climate perspective. In doing so, it provides a macro-level understanding of climate change litigation.