Matthew Baird Keywords environmental law environmental and social governance environmental litigation climate change litigation Read more about Matthew Baird 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.
Briony Eales Keywords climate change litigation law policy climate and sustainable development law legal Read more about Briony Eales Briony Eales works with ADB’s award-winning Law and Policy Reform program. Briony has dedicated 2 years to researching climate change litigation, law, and policy in Asia and the Pacific. She is now writing working papers on climate change litigation, law, and policy based on that research. Apart from being an absorbing read (for lawyers at least), the papers will support practitioners working on climate and sustainable development law in Asia and the Pacific. Briony understands the legal challenges of large-scale infrastructure development.
Recent Climate Litigation Concerning Environmental Rights Read more about Recent Climate Litigation Concerning Environmental Rights An emerging feature of more recent climate change litigation is the use of some type of environmental right as the basis of the claim. The environmental rights invoked include the right of the public under the public trust doctrine; constitutional rights, particularly the right to life and the right to a clean and healthy environment; and more generally, human rights. This trend is likely to continue.