#climate law News
Carbon & Climate
South Korea government sued over renewables target backslide
A group of citizens and renewable energy firms are suing the Korean government for weakening the East Asian country's domestic climate commitment.
Policy & Finance
South Korea to fine firms for greenwashing
It will be the first government in Asia to dish out fines for false or exaggerated green claims. But campaigners say the maximum US$2,300 fine does not go far enough to address the problem.
Policy & Finance
Post-COP27, Philippines lawmakers mull first-of-its-kind climate accountability bill
Members of congress who attended the climate talks are pushing for a law that will penalise businesses for overshooting safe levels of greenhouse gas emissions by making them pay fines that will go to affected communities.
Recent fires at reforestation projects raise the question, can the carbon-capture claims of a booming offset industry hold up?
#climate law Opinion
Carbon & Climate
Environmental rights as human rights in Asean: Why not?
In Asean, there is no general regional agreement securing environmental rights and obligations but the Asean Agreement on Transboundary Haze Pollution is an example of a sectoral achievement.
Indonesia risks losing its exclusive rights to all of the resources in and under the waters between its …
Policy & Finance
Could we sue Mother Earth for storm damage?
The recognition of natural entities as living persons has generated awareness but its contribution to their legal protection remains uncertain.
Carbon & Climate
Rays of hope in the climate struggle
The recent passage of the US Inflation Reduction Act (IRA), aimed at accelerating the country's clean-energy transition, is a welcome and timely development in the fight against global warming.
Carbon & Climate
Mongabay founder Rhett A. Butler: 11 things to watch in 2021
