S1E80: “We’ll see you in court”: When climate change becomes a legal battle

Synopsis: Every first and third Monday of the month, The Straits
Times analyses the beat of the changing environment, from
biodiversity conservation to climate change.


Globally, there has been a surge in climate lawsuits against
governments and companies for failing to act on climate change
and for polluting the environment. And as climate impacts are
felt more strongly, the number of cases is likely to rise, as
vulnerable communities, youth and environmental groups turn to
the courts to drive change and find solutions. 


In this episode, The Straits Times’ environment correspondent
Audrey Tan and climate change editor David Fogarty discuss the
rise of climate litigation with Mr Sean Tseng, a legal consultant
for global NGO ClientEarth and an Adjunct Research Fellow at the
Asia-Pacific Centre for Environmental Law in Singapore.


ClientEarth specialises in using the power of the law to take on
powerful corporations and governments to force them to act on
climate change, protect nature and reduce air pollution.


Highlights (click/tap above):


1:32 What is climate litigation?


7:08 Why are there more climate lawsuits being filed? 


12:16 How is ClientEarth approaching climate litigation in
Asia? 


16:56 How does climate litigation work with other climate action
strategies?


Produced by: Audrey Tan (audreyt@sph.com.sg), David Fogarty
(dfogarty@sph.com.sg), Ernest Luis and Hadyu Rahim


Edited by: Hadyu Rahim


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