Japanese Toolbox Event

Climate Litigation in Japan: Challenges and Opportunities

The Japanese event took place as a closed session during the Japanese Association for Environmental Law and Policy 2024 Annual Meeting on 15 June 2024.

All presentations and discussions were conducted in Japanese. As it was a closed event there is no recording or report.

Programme

Hitoshi USHIJIMA, Introduction and Re-examining the Kobe Coal-fired Power Plant Administrative Litigation Case

Masako ICHIHARA, Examining the Sendai and Yokosuka Coal-fired Power Plant Cases

Naoki IKEDA, Injunctive Relief of the Kobe Coal-fired Power Plant Case

Misa NORIGAMI, Non-litigious Remedies Against Non-compliance with the OECD Guidelines for Multinational Enterprises Recommendations for Responsible Business Conduct (RBC)

Mie ASAOKA, Comment on the Presentations and Remedies Against Green-wash Cases