Climate change litigation in the Asia Pacific

This is the first scholarly examination of climate change litigation in the Asia Pacific region. Bringing legal academics and lawyers from the Global South and Global North together, this book provides rich insights into how litigation can galvanize climate action in countries including Pakistan, In...

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Other Authors: Lin, Jolene (Editor), Kysar, Douglas A. (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Cambridge Cambridge University Press 2020
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Summary:This is the first scholarly examination of climate change litigation in the Asia Pacific region. Bringing legal academics and lawyers from the Global South and Global North together, this book provides rich insights into how litigation can galvanize climate action in countries including Pakistan, Indonesia, Malaysia and China. Written in clear and accessible language, the fourteen chapters in this book shed light on the important question of how litigation may unfold as a potential regulatory pathway towards decarbonization in the world's most populous region
Physical Description:xvi, 427 pages digital
ISBN:9781108777810