The domestication of Article 6 of the Paris Agreement: The Generation Path of Climate Litigation Rights in China under the Carbon Reward Mechanism

Tianqi Chen

doi:10.47297/wspelWSP2515-824406.20250902

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The domestication of Article 6 of the Paris Agreement: The Generation Path of Climate Litigation Rights in China under the Carbon Reward Mechanism

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The domestication of Article 6 of the Paris Agreement: The Generation Path of Climate Litigation Rights in China under the Carbon Reward Mechanism
The domestication of Article 6 of the Paris Agreement: The Generation Path of Climate Litigation Rights in China under the Carbon Reward Mechanism
School of Economics, Jilin University, Changchun, Jilin, 130012, China
2025年9卷第2期页码：29-34
纸质出版：2025-06-30
DOI：10.47297/wspelWSP2515-824406.20250902
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Tianqi Chen. (2025). The domestication of Article 6 of the Paris Agreement: The Generation Path of Climate Litigation Rights in China under the Carbon Reward Mechanism. 老年法学（英文版）, 9(2), 29-34.

Chen Tianqi.The domestication of Article 6 of the Paris Agreement: The Generation Path of Climate Litigation Rights in China under the Carbon Reward Mechanism[J].Elder Law,2025,09(02):29-34.
Tianqi Chen. (2025). The domestication of Article 6 of the Paris Agreement: The Generation Path of Climate Litigation Rights in China under the Carbon Reward Mechanism. 老年法学（英文版）, 9(2), 29-34. DOI： 10.47297/wspelWSP2515-824406.20250902.

Chen Tianqi.The domestication of Article 6 of the Paris Agreement: The Generation Path of Climate Litigation Rights in China under the Carbon Reward Mechanism[J].Elder Law,2025,09(02):29-34. DOI： 10.47297/wspelWSP2515-824406.20250902.

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Abstract

Climate change is one of the most severe challenges in the world today

and environmental public interest litigation is an important legal tool to address the challenges and involves a wide range of actors. The participation of citizens and social forces should be the key to climate and environmental governance.Article 6 of the Paris Agreement explicitly requires incentives for the public the participation of private entities in climate governance

however

this provision commonly faces the dilemma of virtualization of public participation in judicial practice in developing countries. The current "carbon credits" mechanism and carbon reward mechanism rules in China only create property rights. Although many scholars have mentioned the loss of citizens' right to sue

there are still few studies related to carbon credits.China's current "carbon credit" mechanism and carbon reward mechanism rules only establish property rights. Although numerous scholars have noted the absence of citizens' litigation rights

research focusing on carbon credits remains scarce.Consequently

prior to this study

no solution had been proposed for converting carbon credits into litigation rights within the Chinese context

and procedural rights had not been successfully derived

thereby leaving the citizens' right to climate litigation unrealized in the judicial field.The core innovation mechanism of this article lies in using the current carbon credit rules and legal technology to transform citizens' low-carbon behaviorinto procedural rights for climate public interest litigation

providing a technical path to solve this dilemma. It micro transforms the abstract requirements of Article 6 of the Paris Agreement into specific institutional solutions under China's "administrative led" governance framework

and also provides local judicial inspiration for similar dilemmas in southern countries around the world.

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