THE INTERSECTION OF TORT LAW AND CLIMATE CHANGE: IMPLICATIONS FOR LIABILITY AND COMPENSATION

AUTHOR – AYUSHI MISHRA, STUDENT AT CPAS, GURGAON

Best Citation – AYUSHI MISHRA, THE INTERSECTION OF TORT LAW AND CLIMATE CHANGE: IMPLICATIONS FOR LIABILITY AND COMPENSATION, ILE JOURNAL OF TORT LAW STUDIES (ILE JTLS), 1 (1) of 2023, Pg. 27-31, APIS – 3920 – 0030 | ISBN – 978-81-961791-1-3.

Abstract

As the effects of climate change become more widely acknowledged and the demand for responsibility and compensation becomes more pressing, the area of law where these two topics overlap has become increasingly important. This article investigates the climate change-related tort law consequences for responsibility and compensation and looks at how the law is changing and the difficulties encountered by people and businesses that have been harmed by climate change.It examines the challenges of causation, culpability, and compensation in climate change cases including severe weather, increasing sea levels, and ecological harm. It also emphasizes how government rules and international frameworks shape climate change tort claims by exploring climate change responsibility and compensation options through case law, legal theories, and policy issues.