On 25 April 2025, APCEL jointly organised an online consultation on the draft ASEAN Declaration of Environmental Rights, with the Asian Research Institute for Environmental Law (ARIEL) and the Indonesian Center for Environmental Law (ICEL). The draft Declaration is the work of the ASEAN Environmental Rights (AER) Working Group, established by the ASEAN Intergovernmental Commission on Human Rights (AICHR). The AER Working Group has been developing a regional framework for the promotion of environmental rights since 2022.

APCEL’s Academic Fellow, Mark Ortega, recently presented his Working Paper at the Borneo Rainforest Law Conference 2024, organised by the Commonwealth Lawyers Association. Mark’s Working Paper was titled “Climate Justice for Migrant Workers in Climate Adaptation”. Mark’s presentation received an enthusiastic reception from the Conference participants.

From 6 to 7 May 2024, APCEL and the Journal of Environmental Law jointly held a writing workshop in Singapore for early career scholars from the Global South. The workshop was intended to create opportunities for such scholars to receive feedback on their scholarship, exchange ideas with other scholars, and to learn more about navigating […]

Former visiting researcher at APCEL, Joe Negrine, has published his article, "A shell for directors? Issues facing climate-oriented derivative action claims" in the Australian Journal of Corporate Law (2024) Vol 39 (2). This article was conceptualised during Joe's exchange semester at NUS Faculty of Law and finalised during his time at APCEL. Congratulations, Joe!

On 29 April 2024, APCEL held a webinar discussing the landmark decision by the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) ruling that Switzerland had failed to comply with its duties to act on climate change. We had the pleasure of hearing from three climate litigation experts: Dr Laura Burgers, Assistant Professor at the Amsterdam Centre […]

APCEL’s SRF, Dr. Linda Yanti Sulistiawati is a member of the ASEAN Environmental Rights Working group and attended the Working Group’s 4th meeting on 6-8 May, in the ASEAN Secretariat Headquarters, Jakarta, Indonesia. During the meeting, initial assessment of comments submissions from stakeholders was presented. The meeting discussed a suitable process to consolidate comments for […]

APCEL’s Senior Research Fellow, Dr. Linda Yanti Sulistiawati, attended the IPCC Scoping Meeting for the Special Report on Climate Change and Cities in Riga Latvia, from 16-19 April 2024.  The Special Report on Climate Change and Cities is envisaged to include aspects of biophysical, impacts and risks including economic and non-economic loss and damages, sectoral […]

APCEL Academic Fellow, Mark Ortega article, "Finding a Core of Sustainability in Directors' and Officers' Fiduciary Duties" was published in the Duke Environmental Law & Policy Forum. Directors and officers have a fiduciary duty to act in the best interests of a corporation and its shareholders. Yet corporations may be employing unsustainable, short-term business models that fail to properly account for financial and systemic risks that could harm the corporation in the long term. This paper asks whether there is, embedded within directors' fiduciary duties, a greater duty to consider "sustainability".

APCEL and the Centre for International Law (CIL) jointly welcomed the Rt. Hon. Lord Robert Carnwath of Notting Hill (CVO) on 11 April 2024 to speak about climate change litigation. The event was moderated by Dr Tara Davenport, Deputy Director of APCEL and Assistant Professor, NUS Law. The Rt. Hon. Lord Robert Carnwath of Notting […]

On 26 March 2024, APCEL held a webinar on Indonesia’s Dilemma Toward Net Zero, discussing coal dependency issues in Indonesia. This webinar is the first of a three-webinar series on energy, climate and environmental issues in Indonesia.

Danielle Yeow, Visiting Researcher at the Asia-Pacific Centre for Environmental Law (APCEL),collaborated on a recently published legal paper titled “The Legal Character of Voluntary Carbon Credits: A Way Forward” (March 2024). The paper is jointly produced by GenZero and Allen & Gledhill LLP and reviewed by Danielle Yeow and Joyce Lai, Executive Director Group Legal and Compliance – Sustainability / ESG Lead, DBS Bank Ltd.

APCEL and the Institute for Governance & Sustainable Development (IGSD) have jointly published a briefing paper on China’s efforts to reduce methane emissions. This paper provides an overview of China’s existing national targets and regulatory requirements that are relevant to methane. It also identifies policy opportunities to strengthen China’s efforts on methane emissions control in the near term and for achieving the country’s longer-term 2060 carbon neutrality goal.