Book contents
- Climate Change Litigation in the Asia Pacific
- Climate Change Litigation in the Asia Pacific
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Figures
- Tables
- Contributors
- Foreword
- Abbreviations
- Introduction
- Part I Theoretical Underpinnings and Implications of Climate Change Litigation
- Part II International Law and International Adjudication
- Part III Domestic Law and Domestic Adjudication
- Part IV China, Courts and Climate Change
- Index
Introduction
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 06 November 2020
Book contents
- Climate Change Litigation in the Asia Pacific
- Climate Change Litigation in the Asia Pacific
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Figures
- Tables
- Contributors
- Foreword
- Abbreviations
- Introduction
- Part I Theoretical Underpinnings and Implications of Climate Change Litigation
- Part II International Law and International Adjudication
- Part III Domestic Law and Domestic Adjudication
- Part IV China, Courts and Climate Change
- Index
Summary
Any plausible solution to the world’s growing climate crisis will need to take root in the Asia Pacific region. With Asia holding 54 per cent of the world’s projected 2050 population and 41 per cent of its projected 2040 energy use, a policy response to climate change that does not include a major role for Asia and does not give voice to the region’s governments and citizens would be wholly incapable of achieving the kind of decarbonization that scientists agree is necessary to avert climate catastrophe.
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- Climate Change Litigation in the Asia Pacific , pp. 1 - 12Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2020