[Article] Climate Change Litigation in Indonesia by Dr Linda Yanti Sulistiawati

APCEL Senior Research Fellow, Dr Linda Yanti Sulistiawati, published her recent article, “Climate Change Litigation in Indonesia” in Nature Communications Earth and Environment Journal. This is what she says about her article: “Indonesia contributes to greenhouse gas emissions but is also vulnerable to climate change. However, the country does not have a single, overarching law explicitly addressing climate change. Climate litigation is now used in Indonesia to hold governments and corporations accountable. Here, I review the courts’ decisions for criminal and civil climate change-related cases between 2010 and 2020 and highlight trends and examples of case studies, driving factors, and impacts of climate litigation cases in Indonesia. I show that 112 climate change-related cases were brought to Indonesian courts, most of which were criminal cases concerning forestry or forest fires.”

The article can be found at: https://www.nature.com/articles/s43247-024-01684-1.epdf

To know more about Linda’s work, visit: https://law.nus.edu.sg/apcel/people/linda-yanti-sulistiawati/