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Who We Are

The AJNE is an information and experience sharing arrangement among senior judges of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) and the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC). This informal judicial network is committed to providing a dynamic forum for judicial capacity building and multilateral exchanges on environmental adjudication.

Third Asian Judges Symposium on Law, Policy, and Climate Change meeting

"The fellowship, the support, the facilitation which Asian Development Bank is providing to judges is unique because very few organizations work with the courts. This is an exceptional program. The extraordinary part of this program is we are not only connecting among the judges of the world, but we are also able to connect with academicians."

Justice Sapana Pradhan Malla
Supreme Court of Nepal

 

In Action

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On 30 July 2024, IRM CD Jiro Tominaga welcomed Indonesian stakeholders from CIFOR-ICRAF, CSOs, academia and private sector and a delegation of international environmental law and forest experts to discuss the challenges and opportunities for forests.

Asian Development Bank Collaborates with Indonesian Stakeholders on the Model Forest Act Initiative

The Model Forest Act Initiative held a pivotal week of intensive work and knowledge sharing in Indonesia on 26-30 July 2024, bringing together leading experts in forest law and policy to refine the draft Model Forest Act and engage with key stakeholders.
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ADB Law and Policy Reform Program collaborates with the Royal Academy for Justice of Cambodia to provide comprehensive training for judges in handling climate and environmental law litigation.

ADB Holds Comprehensive Training for Cambodian Judges on Climate and Environmental Law

On 11–15 March 2024, ADB's Law and Policy Reform Program collaborated with the Royal Academy for Justice of Cambodia to provide comprehensive training for judges in handling climate and environmental law litigation. This workshop marked a significant innovation in judicial education on environmental law because it focused on the craft of adjudication, complementing previous training on climate and environmental law.
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Justices from Bangladesh, India, Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan and Sri Lanka with the President of Global Judicial Institute on the Environment, Principal Counsel Christina Pak and ADB Consultant Briony Eales.

ADB Engages in Multi-Stakeholder Dialogue on Forests and Protected Areas Law and Science

On 27-29 April 2023 in Kathmandu, ADB convened the first-of-its-kind Regional Symposium on Forest and Protected Areas Legislation and Jurisprudence: Bridging Law and Science which brought together judges, lawyers, policy makers, legislators, enforcement agencies, civil society, scientists and forestry experts to discuss forest protection and sustainable forest management based on a whole-of-the-planet approach and underpinned by science and technology.
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ADB General Counsel Clark participated as panellist at Stockholm+50 official side event on Judges, the Environmental Rule of Law and a Healthy Planet Since the 1972 Stockholm Declaration: Achievements, Challenges and Opportunities

ADB Convened Global Environmental Leaders at Stockholm+50 Symposium

Thomas Clark, General Counsel of the Asian Development Bank addressed global environmental leaders on the need to strengthen the environmental rule of law to accelerate action in addressing the triple planetary crises of climate change, biodiversity loss, and pollution during the Symposium on Judges and the Environment at the Stockholm+50 Conference.
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Knowledge Resources

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Climate Change, Coming Soon to a Court Near You: National Climate Change Legal Frameworks in Asia and the Pacific

Climate Change, Coming Soon to a Court Near You: National Climate Change Legal Frameworks in Asia and the Pacific

Report 3 provides holistic syntheses of the climate legal and policy frameworks of 32 countries in Asia and the Pacific and discusses key legislative trends and climate-relevant constitutional rights.

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Climate Change, Coming Soon to a Court Near You: Climate Litigation in Asia and the Pacific and Beyond

Climate Change, Coming Soon to a Court Near You: Climate Litigation in Asia and the Pacific and Beyond

Report 2 contains a comprehensive review of the growing number and variety of climate lawsuits in Asia and the Pacific. It underscores the unique flavor and voice of regional jurisprudence and compares it with global approaches.

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Climate Change, Coming Soon to a Court Near You: Report Series Purpose and Introduction to Climate Science

Climate Change, Coming Soon to a Court Near You: Report Series Purpose and Introduction to Climate Science

Report 1 guides readers through some of the basics about climate change as a defining challenge of our time. It further explains how judges from Asia and the Pacific contribute to climate governance and litigation.

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