Beyond Borders: Defending Communities and the Climate in Thailand and the Mekong

In this episode, Sharon Pia Hickey Programme Officer at International IDEA’s Constitution-Building and Climate Change and Democracy programmes speaks with Thai lawyer Sor Rattanamanee Polkla, Executive Coordinator, and Co-Founder of Community Resources Centre Foundation about the landscape of climate and environmental litigation in Thailand. Drawing on her experience with cases focusing on extractive industries, development projects, and public interest law, Sor tracks her path from realising the importance of protest and shares a message for climate lawyers across the region. Background reading: Let the courts decide? The Potential and Limitations of Climate Litigation from a Democracy Perspective

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Beyond Borders: Defending Communities and the Climate in Thailand and the Mekong is an episode from Democracy IDEAs by The International Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance.

This episode is 30:07 long.

This episode was published on Feb 26, 2026.

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