Climate Change Litigation in Nigeria: Assessing its Prospects of Success or Otherwise
Article from: OGEL 1 (2024), in Climate Change
Abstract
Climate change litigation does not seem to be growing in Africa. Only thirteen climate change-related cases have been instituted in Africa, out of more than 2000 globally. With climate change litigation taking different forms, why has this flexibility not made it an attractive option for dealing with climate change in Africa? This paper assesses the prospects of success for climate change litigation in one African country, Nigeria. To do this, this paper will consider four different forms of climate change litigation classified by UNEP, namely, (1) climate rights; (2) domestic ...