Climate Change Litigation in the Asia Pacific

Introduction Daniel Hornung, Douglas A. Kysar and Jolene Lin; Part I. Theoretical Underpinnings and Implications of Climate Change Litigation: 1. Uncommon law: judging in the Anthropocene Joshua Ulan Galperin and Douglas A. Kysar; 2. Networked public interest litigation: a novel framework for climate claims? Ketan Jha; Part II. International Law and International Adjudication: 3. Using human rights law to address the impacts of climate change: early reflections on the carbon majors inquiry Annalisa Savaresi and Jacques Hartmann; 4. Litigating human rights violations related to the adverse effects of climate change in Pacific islands Margaretha Wewerinke-Singh; 5. The potential for UNCLOS climate change litigation to achieve effective mitigation outcomes Millicent McCreath; 6. Investor-state dispute settlement in renewable energy: friend or foe to climate change? Hui Pang; Part III. Domestic Law and Domestic Adjudication: 7. 'Next generation' climate change litigation in Australia Jacqueline Peel, Hari M. Osofsky and Anita Foerster; 8. Climate change litigation: a possibility for Malaysia? Maizatun Mustafa; 9. A tale of climate justice: the Indonesian case – hope or not? Andri G. Wibisana and Conrado M. Cornelius; 10. From Shehla Zia to Asghar Leghari: pronouncing unwritten rights is more complex than a celebratory tale Waqqas Ahmad Mir; 11. Climate change adaptation litigation: a view from Southeast Asia Jacqueline Peel and Jolene Lin; Part IV. China, Courts and Climate Change: 12. Climate change litigation: a promising way to climate justice in China? Jiangfeng Li; 13. The subordinate and passive position of Chinese courts in environmental governance Zhu Yan; 14. Tort-based public interest litigation on air pollution in China: a promising pathway for Chinese climate change litigation? Yue Zhao, Wei Liu and Shuang Lyu; Index.