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African Judiciaries Agree on Climate Justice Action Plan

The recently conclued 3rd Symposium on the Greening of Judiciaries across Africa has agreed on a 10-point climate justice action plan including a commitment to develop a trans-national framework on environmental law. The 26 Chief Justices from African countries who attended also agreed to scale up knowledge sharing in a bid to enrich jurisprudence on environmental law.

At the start of the meeting, Kenya's Chief Justice Martha Koome had called on judges to apply the law in a manner that promotes environmental sustainability, social equity, and inter generational justice.

"As judges, we have a unique responsibility to interpret and apply the law in a manner that promotes environmental sustainability, social equity, and inter generational justice," she said.

This as a recent Conversation Africa piece by Dr Sameera Mahomedy highlighted the risks to human health by some key industries. "Extractive companies have also been linked to various health and planetary harms. Air and water pollution, environmental degradation, fatalities, silicosis, and noise-induced hearing loss are just a few examples of these harms."

Leading by example the Kenyan judiciary recently announced a standalone division of the High Court dedicated to environmental protection.

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