Climate Change Litigation in the Asia Pacific

Comprehensively examines the role that litigation can play in galvanizing climate action in the Asia Pacific Region.

This edited collection is the first to comprehensively consider the role that litigation can play in galvanizing climate action in countries including Pakistan, Indonesia, Malaysia and China. Scholars, lawyers, and students of law and environmental studies will find this immensely useful.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.