The Role of Nigerian Judiciary in Mitigating Climate Change and Post-2015 Lessons for Other Developing Countries.
The Role of Nigerian Judiciary in Mitigating Climate Change and Post-2015 Lessons for Other Developing Countries. Hyginus Uchenna Okoronkwo * [1] Law and its enforcement remains the most prevalent and enduring foundation for orderly responses to global, regional and national environmental issues such as climate change mitigation. Nigeria is among the nations that embraced all of the UN MDGs especially one that seeks to ensure environmental sustainability between the target period of 2000 and 2015. Several factors have been identified as responsible for the rapid climatic change and atmospheric warming. Gas flaring is the major source of climate changes in Nigeria and Nigeria is reportedly second world’s biggest gas flarer . This paper identifies that gas flaring in Nigeria has contributed more greenhouse gases than all other sources in sub-Saharan Africa combined. Since environmental disaster respects no territorial boundaries, the paper critically discusses gas flaring as a...