Does the Development of Civil Litigation Mechanisms for Environmental Disputes Promote China's Ecological Civilization Progress——Based on a Quasi-Natural Experiment in 31 Provinces (Municipalities) of Chinadata-did.zip

this study examines the correlation between changes in the intensity of environmental civil justice and a comprehensive index of environmental pollution across 31 provinces and municipalities in China, both before and after 2015. The results reveal a significant reduction in the composite index of environmental pollution in these regions, coinciding with increased judicial intensity in environmental civil disputes. This finding underscores the causal relationship between strengthened environmental civil liability, the development of litigation mechanisms for environmental disputes, and the advancement of ecological governance in China.