East and Southeast Asia

Abstract This chapter focuses on climate change law developments in East and Southeast Asia, excluding India and China, which are discussed in Chapters 36 and 40. These developments warrant discussion and analysis, even though many of them are at early stages compared to legal and regulatory developments elsewhere (e.g., within Australia and the European Union), because they signal the direction of travel and raise interesting legal questions that merit scholarly attention. This chapter focuses on a few key areas of law that are potentially promising avenues for achieving corporate climate accountability in Asia and draws out some implications for the broader discussion about climate change and private law. These key areas are climate litigation against private actors, greenwashing, and corporate accountability legislation.