The Singapore Green Plan 2030: Analysing its implications on law and the legal industry in Singapore
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
Citation
CHNG, Wei Yao, Kenny and ONG, Ken Wei.
The Singapore Green Plan 2030: Analysing its implications on law and the legal industry in Singapore. (2021). Environmental Law Review. 23, (4), 336-343.
Available at: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/sol_research/3463
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Additional URL
https://doi.org/10.1177/14614529211052597