Kenya
Kenya: Court hears appeal over Lamu coal plant
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
Kenya: Court declines to stop country's first nuclear power project
Kenya: Carbon offset project in doubt following legal ruling
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
The unique character of African climate litigation
Jonah Gbemre and his family have farmed and fished in Delta State, Nigeria, for generations. It is also where Shell’s Nigerian subsidiary (SPDC) has long been extracting oil and burning off the methane by-products, a practice known as flaring.
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