Our focus in the region

We help build legal frameworks to address climate change, accelerate the transition to clean and accessible energy, and protect nature.

We work in collaboration with government, the private sector and civil society to support practical solutions to environmental challenges and build a future in which people and planet thrive together.

Asia and the Pacific are particularly vulnerable to the impacts of climate change.

But the region is also uniquely positioned, as the main driver of global growth and a hub for innovation, to address those challenges and capture the opportunities of the clean energy transition and enhanced natural ecosystems. 

We work to accelerate the energy transition across Asia by providing practical guidance in the finance sector to support sustainable finance, strengthening international and cross-sector cooperation on climate action, and developing capacity-building activities to safeguard nature. 

 

Net zero engagement in Asia

The guide “Net zero engagement in Asia – A Guide to shareholder climate resolutions” is a resource for Asia-focused investors considering shareholder resolutions as a complement to broader corporate engagement options when exercising responsible stewardship on climate matters.

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Our work on greenwashing 

There is a critical role for sustainable finance in enabling and facilitating the green transition. However, greenwashing has the potential to impede this transition by distorting the financial markets and undermining the effective allocation of capital.

Regulators and international bodies have begun to introduce standards and guidelines to address the various aspects in which greenwashing can arise in the finance sector. Enforcement against greenwashing is also on the rise, with a variety of regulators and actors commencing action against companies they consider to be misleading the market.

More on our guide for Asia's finance industry

Our work in China

Environmental law has a huge role to play in cutting pollution and protecting the natural world. ClientEarth has been helping the Chinese government draft new laws, train judges and support environmental groups to bring cases against polluting companies and local authorities.

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EU-China environment project

This project, funded by the EU Foreign Policy Instrument, supported cooperation between the EU and China on environmental policy, aiming to improve environmental protection standards and increase integration between the EU and China on environmental governance.

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Our work in Japan

In Japan, our current primary areas of work are corporate climate governance, sustainable finance, and the energy transition. 

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18 May 2023

In conversation: Professor Tommy Koh and Laura Clarke OBE on using law and diplomacy to address climate change and biodiversity loss

20 July 2023

Asian Leaders Sustainable Finance Development Programme

2 September 2023

Gathering of Partners – Green Legal Clinics Consortium

15 August 2023

Seminar on the Green and Low-carbon Transition Cooperation of China and Indonesia

Community forestry

In Southeast Asia, deforestation is accelerating at an alarming rate, with devastating costs for biodiversity and forest communities. We are working to change this by helping design legal frameworks that protect local rights and empower communities to manage their lands sustainably.    

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