APCEL Director Dr. Jolene Lin featured in Channel News Asia

APCEL Director Dr. Jolene Lin featured in Channel News Asia article on “Children can sue governments over climate change inaction, but don’t expect boom in Southeast Asia litigation,” Channel News Asia, 5 Sept 2023.

Dr. Jolene Lin provided her insights on the recent endorsement by UN Committee on the Rights of the Child on 28 August 2023 that all children are entitled to a clean and healthy environment. Dr Lin described the decision as a very encouraging development as it opens up an additional pathway to bolster litigants’ claims but also noted there was unlikely to be an explosion of litigation in Southeast Asia that has been seen in other jurisdictions: https://www.channelnewsasia.com/asia/united-nations-climate-change-sue-government-children-legal-recourse-3746991#:~:text=The%20UN%20Committee%20on%20the,urgent%20action%20on%20climate%20change.