A Review of the Research on Transnational Environmental Tort Law

Abstract

The accelerated pace of globalization has brought about rapid economic development, while the number of transnational environmental pollution problems is also increasing. On the one hand, the imbalance of the global economy has intensified, and transnational corporations have taken advantage of the low cost and low standards of environmental protection in developing countries to transfer polluting industries; On the other hand, with the awakening of citizen’s environmental awareness in developing countries, more and more people realize that their own legal provisions are not enough to compensate for their losses, so they choose to go overseas to appeal to the home country courts. Based on the review of relevant literature in China and foreign theoretical circles in recent years, this paper summarizes it from three aspects: jurisdiction, application of law and transnational corporations, with a view to promoting the improvement of China’s transnational environmental tort law.