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Landmark Kenyan ruling puts international carbon offset projects into question

Landmark Kenyan ruling puts international carbon offset projects into question

By Joseph Maina The future of international carbon offset projects in Kenya has been put into question following a legal ruling that upholds community land rights. In a landmark judgment in January, a court ruled in favour of a group of people in the northern Kenyan county of Isiolo who

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The legal tussle to hold corporate polluters accountable for climate loss and damage

The stage has been set for a series of major battles over whether corporations can be held accountable through the courts for loss and damage from climate change. In recent months, lawsuits aimed at holding the fossil fuel industry and other big polluters to account for the climate crisis have

How judges benefit from Argentina's novel green education law

How judges benefit from Argentina's novel green education law

Yolanda Benjamina Ortiz was an Argentinian chemist born in 1926, who started her professional life working at Shell and then moved into the civil service. Ortiz was made Argentina’s first environment secretary in 1973 by Juan Perón, following his exile in Spain. She believed in the inextricable connection between

This lex is on fire

This lex is on fire

It was early morning when I first arrived at the Peace Palace as it sat quietly in the darkness and drizzle. Waiting for security to open, I was drawn to the perpetual flame that has burned continuously inside a stone pillar outside the building since 2002. There is a beautiful

How youth activists are mobilising ahead of a landmark climate hearing

How youth activists are mobilising ahead of a landmark climate hearing

Vepaiamele Trief’s passion for climate justice began when she first learned about climate change in her primary school on the Pacific island of Vanuatu. Although lessons didn’t delve into the scientific details or the negative impacts it would have on society, she and her family have seen major

Climate-vulnerable nations look to world's top court as COP29 ends in bitter truce

Climate-vulnerable nations look to world's top court as COP29 ends in bitter truce

This article was originally published in Drilled. Nations that are particularly vulnerable to rising temperatures and sea levels are pinning their hopes on the world’s top court to set a clear path for climate justice. A week after UN climate talks were pulled back from the brink of collapse,

The last-ditch legal attempt to stop EACOP

The last-ditch legal attempt to stop EACOP

Ugandan and Tanzanian campaigners are preparing to go to court next week in a last-ditch attempt to block a massive polluting oil pipeline running through their countries, while activists face jail for protesting against the project. The East African Crude Oil Pipeline (EACOP) has been in development for years as