Matthew Baird

Director
, Asian Research Institute for Environmental Law
Profile / Bio: 

Matthew was called to the NSW Bar in 1991. He has been involved in the area of environmental law since 1987. Since 2010 he has worked in ASEAN, providing environmental legal advice on a range of environmental and social governance (ESG) matters. He has worked in most of the ASEAN countries providing advice on legislation and ESG and has worked with UN Environment, UNDP, ADB, IFC, WB, WWF, Vermont Law School and Earthrights International. In particular, he was worked with ADB on judicial capacity development in environmental and climate change adjudication since 2013. He has participated in judicial workshops in Bhutan, Cambodia, Myanmar, the Philippines, and Thailand.

He has run many climate litigation cases in Australia and has lectured on nuclear energy law, transboundary EIA law and environmental crime and enforcement. He has also presented training sessions for judges in a number of ASEAN countries and assisted ADB in the Train the Trainers program for capacity development for environmental law academics in Asia. He is the Deputy Chair of LAWASIA’s Environmental Law Committee and a Visiting Scholar in Vermont Law School.

Materials

Title Date Learning Materials Topic
The Role of Litigation in Achieving Cleaner Air 17 November 2023 Slides Environment, Urban Development
Breakout Session Results 08 October 2019 Slides Capacity Development, Climate Change, Environment, Knowledge Management, Regional Cooperation and Integration
Judicial Cooperation and the Way Forward 08 October 2019 Slides Capacity Development, Climate Change, Environment, Knowledge Management, Regional Cooperation and Integration