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Climate change and the individual : a perspective of China

Qin, Tianbao and Zhang, Meng LU orcid (2021) In Ius Comparatum - Global Studies in Comparative Law 47. p.369-385
Abstract
As a state where the ruling communist party operates in a central planning mode, the policies of the ruling party and central government exert a great influence on national affairs with a long historical tradition in China, which can be even more obviously illustrated in the issues of climate change. But on the other hand, there is still no specific national climate legislation in China, which is currently the main barrier and challenge in China’s legal system for an individual to bring a case against the government for allegedly not complying with its international climate change obligations. As a concept developing gradually in various countries in recent years, ‘Climate litigation’ is not strictly a term in environmental judicial... (More)
As a state where the ruling communist party operates in a central planning mode, the policies of the ruling party and central government exert a great influence on national affairs with a long historical tradition in China, which can be even more obviously illustrated in the issues of climate change. But on the other hand, there is still no specific national climate legislation in China, which is currently the main barrier and challenge in China’s legal system for an individual to bring a case against the government for allegedly not complying with its international climate change obligations. As a concept developing gradually in various countries in recent years, ‘Climate litigation’ is not strictly a term in environmental judicial practice in China. In the long run, to improve the development of climate litigation, China is required to design a climate litigation system within the framework of Environmental Public Litigation, which is tailored specifically to climate change-related cases. (Less)
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keywords
China, Legal framework, Climate litigation, Climate change
host publication
Comparative climate change litigation : beyond the usual suspects
series title
Ius Comparatum - Global Studies in Comparative Law
editor
Sindico, Francesco and Mbengue, Makane Moise
volume
47
pages
369 - 385
publisher
Springer
ISSN
2214-6881
ISBN
9783030468811
9783030468828
DOI
10.1007/978-3-030-46882-8_19
language
English
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no
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027022ee-f0d0-43f5-be5e-5d6f4d203492
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2022-08-27 18:48:08
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2023-04-18 22:24:37
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  author       = {{Qin, Tianbao and Zhang, Meng}},
  booktitle    = {{Comparative climate change litigation : beyond the usual suspects}},
  editor       = {{Sindico, Francesco and Mbengue, Makane Moise}},
  isbn         = {{9783030468811}},
  issn         = {{2214-6881}},
  keywords     = {{China; Legal framework; Climate litigation; Climate change}},
  language     = {{eng}},
  pages        = {{369--385}},
  publisher    = {{Springer}},
  series       = {{Ius Comparatum - Global Studies in Comparative Law}},
  title        = {{Climate change and the individual : a perspective of China}},
  url          = {{http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-46882-8_19}},
  doi          = {{10.1007/978-3-030-46882-8_19}},
  volume       = {{47}},
  year         = {{2021}},
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