Climate Change Litigation in India and Pakistan

Why are India and Pakistan identified for their climate change litigation potential? What are the challenges and opportunities for future climate change litigation in the region?

In this session of the CEI book club, our host Maha Husain sits down with Dr Birsha Ohdedar, to discuss his book chapter titled 'Climate Change Litigation in India and Pakistan: Analyzing Opportunities and Challenges' in the book 'Climate Change Litigation: Global Perspectives' edited by Ivano Alogna, Christine Bakker, and Jean-Pierre Gauci and published by Brill.

The CEI Book Club is an initiative of the Climate and Environment Initiative (CEI) at the Research Society of International Law, Pakistan (RSIL), an independent, non-partisan think tank based in Pakistan. The Climate and Environment Initiative is a unique initiative at RSIL dedicated to finding legal solutions to climate change and environmental problems.

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Intro (0:00)
Comments on the book chapter (1:12)
Why India and Pakistan are identified for their climate change litigation potential (5:42)
What climate change litigation can and can't do (11:30)
Just transition (19:36)
Greenwashing using the term climate change (26:54)
Litigating 'in the context of' climate change (30:01)
Developments in climate change litigation (37:24)
Outro (42:48)