A collaboration between ACORN LAW Advocates LLP and BIICL (British Institute of International and Comparative Law) has birthed the Kenya National report on corporate climate change litigation https://lnkd.in/dm_6pk5w.
#ClimateChangeLaw In this volume our Partner Dr. Omondi Owino contributes an insightful perspective on sustainability through participation in climate change law. For further reading see https://lnkd.in/dUP6w7AH
Countries in Africa are increasingly embracing carbon trading legislation to regulate and tap into the vast potential that carbon trading bears for countries in the global South.
Members of Ilchamus and Tugen communities living on the shores of Lake Baringo in Kenya together with Kituo cha Sheria (a Kenyan Human Rights Non-Governmental Organization) have through Acorn Law Advocates-LLP…
Environmental risks, generally, refer to the exposure to liability for infringement of environmental obligations or damage or harm to the environment with resultant negative consequences on human health and the environment. “Environmentally dirty businesses” by extension soil their reputation and risk becoming international pariahs.
On 9/8/2021, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPPC) released its report finalizing the first part of the Sixth Assessment Report, intituled Climate Change 2021: The Physical Science Basis, which is a contribution by Working Group I to the Sixth Assessment Report.
Corporate entities fundamentally contribute to environmental degradation, similarly, they possess unmatched potential to combat and redress negative environmental effects. The quest for sustainable development, therefore, means that corporates must be conscious and intentional about their environmental responsibility.