#climate law Berita
Kebijakan & Keuangan
Are China’s blue carbon credits a free pass to harm its oceans?
The purchase of blue carbon credits should only be considered if directly remediating environmental damage is not possible, experts say.
The country’s constitutional court is examining whether government inaction on climate change violates citizens’ rights. Could it set a precedent?
Tan replaces Peter Barnett, who moves on after six years. She will run the non-profit's energy transition and nature programmes in the region.
Karbon & Iklim
India gives people legal protection against climate change, but will big polluters be held to account?
The supreme court has ruled that Indian citizens should be free from climate harm. Should India's big carbon polluters worry about impending lawsuits?
Kebijakan & Keuangan
Q&A: What does the EU ‘nature restoration’ law mean for climate and biodiversity?
#climate law Opini
Kebijakan & Keuangan
Climate litigation can power China’s low-carbon transition
Climate litigation is steadily growing in China, but a different approach from the Global North, involving the proactive role of state agencies, could be more effective in ensuring compliance with climate policies across local governments.
House Bill 7705, the low carbon economy bill, could help the climate-vulnerable nation seize the economic opportunities that come with decarbonisation.
Kebijakan & Keuangan
Getting from climate pledges to climate action
Government agencies charged with devising effective policies to clean up our fossil-fuel-based economies often lack the resources and expertise to do so, underscoring the need for NGOs to provide them with critical data and technical know-how.
Kebijakan & Keuangan
The siren song of climate authoritarianism
With the climate crisis escalating fast, calls for more authoritarian decision-making structures – widely viewed as more efficient – are increasing. But the notion that any version of an authoritarian system would be free of “special interests,” and run by neutral, rational technocrats, is implausible.
Karbon & Iklim
Environmental rights as human rights in Asean: Why not?
Kebijakan & Keuangan
Could we sue Mother Earth for storm damage?
Karbon & Iklim
Rays of hope in the climate struggle
#climate law Podcasts
Kebijakan & Keuangan
‘Businesses fear regulation on transition-washing’: Environmental lawyer Joyce Melcar Tan
The new head of Japan and Southeast Asia for ClientEarth tells the Eco-Business Podcast how the law can be used to hold polluters to account in the world's biggest emitting region. She also says it's time the legal profession faced scrutiny for greenwashing.
