Justice Ayesha Malik speaks at China climate justice workshop on green transition and low-carbon development

Justice Ayesha A Malik of the Supreme Court of Pakistan represented the country at an international judicial workshop in Hangzhou, China, focused on climate justice and green transition. The five day event, organized by the Supreme People's Court of China, brought together judges and experts to share best practices on climate litigation and judicial responses to environmental challenges. Malik delivered a keynote and presentation on Pakistan's evolving climate jurisprudence, rights based approaches to climate governance, and institutional accountability. She also emphasized the need to include gender sensitive perspectives in climate adjudication. The workshop, titled Judicial Services for Green and Low Carbon Transition and Development, signals growing judicial engagement with climate policy across jurisdictions. For carbon market participants and climate finance professionals, this kind of cross border judicial exchange matters because court rulings increasingly shape the legal framework for emissions reductions, carbon accounting, and green investment. Pakistan's developing climate jurisprudence could influence how carbon projects are litigated and regulated in the region.