Domestic climate change litigation is prospering across the globe to the extent of becoming a transnational phenomenon of growing importance. At the international level the Paris Agreement, although still in its infancy, has been established as the core element of the climate change governance framework. This article explores the still opaque relationship between domestic climate change litigation and the Paris Agreement. It is argued that dynamic interaction between domestic litigation and the Paris Agreement may improve the overall efficacy of both regimes. On the one hand, an examination of the Paris Agreement's architecture and provisions reveals pathways that are already being used or can be explored further in litigation. On the other hand, litigation can assist and complement the Paris Agreement with regard to its implementation and progress towards its overall goals. The result may deliver more than a multi-level perspective on climate change law. As it captures the law in action on different levels, the proposed ‘cross-level’ approach has due regard to the implications of the mutual supportiveness or complementarity of legal tools. It also thereby responds to the concern of whether the law can be of significant benefit in addressing complex global issues like climate change.

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《巴黎协定》能否帮助气候变化诉讼，反之亦然？

国内气候变化诉讼在全球范围内蓬勃发展，已成为一种日益重要的跨国现象。在国际层面，《巴黎协定》虽然仍处于起步阶段，但已被确立为气候变化治理框架的核心要素。本文探讨了国内气候变化诉讼与《巴黎协定》之间仍然不透明的关系。有人认为，国内诉讼与《巴黎协定》之间的动态互动可能会提高两种制度的整体效力。一方面，对《巴黎协定》架构和条款的审查揭示了已经在诉讼中使用或可以进一步探索的途径。另一方面，诉讼可以帮助和补充《巴黎协定》的实施和实现其总体目标的进展。其结果可能不仅仅提供关于气候变化法的多层次视角。由于它涵盖了不同层面的法律行动，因此建议的“跨层面”方法适当考虑了法律工具的相互支持或互补性的影响。因此，它也回应了人们对法律是否对解决气候变化等复杂的全球问题有重大好处的担忧。