The Emergence of a New Latitude for Exploring Strategic Climate Change Litigation in Regulation of Greenhouse Gas Emissions in the Nigerian Oil and Gas Sector
Article from: OGEL 1 (2024), in Climate Change
Abstract
Addressing the challenges of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions in the oil and gas sector in Nigeria necessitates the need to employ strategic climate change litigation to compel state authorities to perform their duties on climate change mitigation. The developing countries in Africa, which include Nigeria, are adversely impacted by climate change. These impacts include the rise in temperature, sea level rise, increase in diseases, and loss of means of subsistence. These are the consequences of climate change and African countries are therefore becoming more vulnerable. It also raises human ...