The Rise of Climate Litigation in Asia with Jolene Lin

Climate change litigation has developed rapidly across the world, but arrived more recently in Asia. In the first scholarly examination on the prospects of climate litigation in Asia, several contributors to "Climate Litigation in the Asia Pacific" (Cambridge University Press 2020) highlighted challenges and obstacles. While these challenges remain, climate litigation in Asia has seen a powerful emergence in 2024 alone. In this talk, moderated by LEAP Faculty Director Doug Kysar, National University of Singapore Professor Jolene Lin will share her analysis and reflections on some of the leading cases in the Asian climate litigation docket with particular focus on the Korean Constitutional Court's landmark decision declaring parts of Korea's Carbon Neutrality Act unconstitutional and the Indian Supreme Court's historic judgment on climate change and human rights in M.K. Ranjitsinh v. Union of India. She will also consider global trends in climate litigation and their impact on Asia.