Eco Business reports this interesting statistic
There has been rapid growth in climate lawsuits in the Philippines, South Korea, and Japan over the past two years, a report by US-based law firm White & Case has found. But Asia still lags the West for climate litigation. As a climate-vulnerable region, why hasn’t there been more legal action?
Asian governments and industries have increasingly been facing legal action for climate change-related harms over the past two years, a report by a United States-headquartered law firm has revealed.
From 2018 to 2020, there has been an 185 per cent increase in the number of climate lawsuits in Asia, according to figures from a study by White & Case, which examined the rise in global disputes, with some 600 new cases filed all over the world over the same period.
Titled Climate change disputes: Sustainability demands fuelling legal risk, the research showed how there are now 20 climate lawsuits filed across the Philippines, South Korea, Japan, India, Indonesia and Pakistan.
Read the full report at. https://www.eco-business.com/news/climate-legal-cases-in-asia-have-risen-by-185-since-2018/
HERE”S THE PDF
