Climate Litigation and Justice in Africa / ed. by Uzuazo Etemire, Kim Bouwer, Tracy-Lynn Field, Ademola Oluborode Jegede.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Bogg, Alan, Contributor.

Bouwer, Kim, Editor.

Etemire, Uzuazo, Editor.

Field, Tracy-Lynn, Editor.

Oluborode Jegede, Ademola, Editor.

Series:

Bristol Studies in Law and Social Justice Series

Bristol Studies in Law and Social Justice

Language:

English

Genre:

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (352 p.)

Edition:

First edition

Place of Publication:

Bristol : Bristol University Press, [2024]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

In recent years, climate litigation has become an important subject of global scholarly and policy interest. However, developments within the Global South, particularly in Africa, have been largely neglected. This volume brings together an international team of contributors to provide a much-needed examination of climate litigation in Africa. The book outlines how climate litigation in Africa is distinct as well as pinpointing where it connects with the global conversation. Chapters engage with crucial themes such as human rights approaches to climate governance, corporate liability and the role of gender in climate litigation. Spanning a range of approaches and jurisdictions, the book challenges universal concepts around climate and the role of activism (including litigation) in seeking to advance climate governance.

Contents:

1. Africa, Climate Justice and the Role of the Courts

Kim Bouwer, Uzuazo Etemire, Tracy-Lynn Field and Ademola Oluborode JegedePart 1: Legal Tools, Opportunities and Barriers 2. Towards a Risk-Thematic Approach for African Climate Litigation

Tracy-Lynn Field3. State Duty to 'Protect' Rights and Legal Obstacles to Climate Litigation

Ademola Oluborode Jegede4. Litigation against Coal-fired Power in South Africa: Lessons from and for global Climate Litigation to reduce Greenhouse Gas emissions

Nicole Loser 5. Climate Change Litigation in Civil Law African Countries: An Assessment of Barriers and Potentialities in Cameroon

Daniel Armel Owona MbargaPart 2: Rights-Based Approaches 6. The Prospects and Challenges of Litigating Climate Change Before the African Regional Human Rights Bodies

Elsabe Boshoff7. Climate Change Displacement Litigation in Africa: A Human Rights and Refugee Law-Based Approach

Judge John Mativo8. The Vulnerability of African Indigenous Peoples Meteorological Knowledge in the Climate Change Debate

Fiona Batt9. Rights-Based Climate Change Litigation against Private Actors

Pia Rebelo10. Different Roads to the Same Destination: Climate Change Litigation in South Africa and the Netherlands and the Role of Human Rights in the Mitigation of Climate Change

Sanita van WykPart 3: Justice, Equity and Activism11. Climate Change and Multinationals in Nigeria: A Case for Climate Justice

Eghosa O. Ekhator12. Law and Climate Change in North African Countries: Morocco as a Case Study

Riyad Fakhri and Youness Lazrak Hassouni13. Climate Litigation in South Africa and Nigeria: Legal Opportunities and Gender Perspectives

Pedi Obani14. Future citizens: Intergenerational Equity in Climate Activism

Bright Nkrumah.

Notes:

This eBook is made available Open Access under a CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 license: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0 https://www.degruyter.com/dg/page/open-access-policy

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 30. Jan 2024)

ISBN:

1-5292-2896-4

1-5292-2897-2

OCLC:

1417209910

Access Restriction:

Open Access Unrestricted online access