Judicial Responses to Climate Change in China: Environmental Public Interest Litigation as a Pathway

Huaichen Zhi

doi:10.47297/wspjclrWSP2516-249704.20250903

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Judicial Responses to Climate Change in China: Environmental Public Interest Litigation as a Pathway

Volume 9, Issue 3

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Judicial Responses to Climate Change in China: Environmental Public Interest Litigation as a Pathway
Judicial Responses to Climate Change in China: Environmental Public Interest Litigation as a Pathway
Inner Mongolia University, Hohhot, Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, 010000, China
Vol. 9, Issue 3, Pages: 23-26(2025)
Published：30 September 2025
DOI：10.47297/wspjclrWSP2516-249704.20250903
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Zhi Huaichen.Judicial Responses to Climate Change in China: Environmental Public Interest Litigation as a Pathway[J].Journal of Commercial Law Review,2025,09(03):23-26.
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Zhi Huaichen.Judicial Responses to Climate Change in China: Environmental Public Interest Litigation as a Pathway[J].Journal of Commercial Law Review,2025,09(03):23-26. DOI： 10.47297/wspjclrWSP2516-249704.20250903.

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With the progression of the times and ongoing development

climate change has become an issue that many countries must confront. In the current context of incomplete legislation

it is particularly important to explore pathways for addressing climate change through judicial means within the existing system. Environmental public interest litigation

with its unique institutional advantages and preventive function

has shown potential as an optimal judicial approach to tackling climate change. However

issues such as justiciability

evidentiary standards

the specific application of the precautionary principle

and how to balance judicial activism with restraint urgently need to be resolved.

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