Environmental Courts and Tribunals in Asia-Pacific

Linda Yanti Sulistiawati is a Senior Research Fellow at the Asia-Pacific Centre for Environmental Law, National University of Singapore. Asia Pacific APCEL and also an Associate Professor of Law in Universitas Gadjah Mada. Linda was the Lead Author of UNEP's Environmental Courts and Tribunals, Guideline for Policymakers 2021, and also the Lead Author for the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Assessment Report 6, Working Group 3 on Mitigation, 2023. Sroyon Mukherjee is a post-doctoral research fellow at the Asia-Pacific Centre for Environmental Law, National University of Singapore. His research has been published in the Journal of Environmental Law, Review of European, Comparative & International Law, and has also been cited by the Supreme Court of India.

Preface


List of Figures and Tables


Consolidated Cases


Part 1

Bridging the Gap: Theories and Practice of ect s in Asia-Pacific

1 The Role of Environmental Courts and Tribunals in Delivering Environmental Justice

  The Honourable Justice Brian J Preston



Part 2

Challenges and Benefits of ect s in Asia-Pacific: Case Studies

2 India’s National Green Tribunal Quo Vadis?

  Gitanjali Nain Gill



3 Environmental Courts and Tribunals in the Philippines Opportunities and Challenges in Environmental Litigation

  Grizelda Mayo Anda



4 The New Zealand Environment Court Past, Present, and Future

  Laurie Newhook, Ceri Warnock and Alan Webb



5 Japan’s Administrative Environmental Tribunals 50 Years of the Pollution Dispute Resolution System

  Jo Toriyabe



6 Greening the Bench in Indonesia From Certification to Environmental Courts?

  Agung Wardana



7 Unearthing Environmental Justice Judicial Review and Pakistan’s Climate Crisis

  Ayesha A. Malik



8 Specialized Environmental Courts in China

  Yuhong Zhao



Part 3

Regional Perspectives on ects: Prospects and Challenges

9 South Asian Perspectives on Environmental Courts and Tribunals Prospects and Challenges

  Kokila Konasinghe



10 Asia-Pacific Regional Perspective on Environmental Courts and Tribunals The Way Forward

  Linda Yanti Sulistiawati



Index