Publication Type

Journal Article

Version

acceptedVersion

Publication Date

12-2021

Abstract

While sustainability has always been an important policy imperative in Singapore, the advent of the Singapore Green Plan 2030 marks a significant development in this regard. Announced in February 2021, the Green Plan represents a concerted national-level strategic shift towards advancing the sustainability agenda in Singapore. With sustainable development now being a ‘major policy priority’, it is inevitable that the Green Plan will have important legal implications, each of which will be identified and analysed in this paper. More broadly, however, the paper also suggests that the Green Plan will open up valuable opportunities for environmental law to receive greater attention and become a mainstream legal discipline in Singapore.

Keywords

Singapore, Green Plan, administrative law, environmental impact assessment, green finance, carbon tax

Discipline

Asian Studies | Environmental Law

Research Areas

Public Interest Law, Community and Social Justice

Publication

Environmental Law Review

Volume

23

Issue

4

First Page

336

Last Page

343

ISSN

1461-4529

Identifier

10.1177/14614529211052597

Publisher

SAGE Publications

Copyright Owner and License

Authors

Additional URL

https://doi.org/10.1177/14614529211052597

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