Legal scholar calls for shift in climate law

Panelists during a discussion at the official opening of the African-led climate solutions conference. [Juliet Omelo, Standard]

International legal scholars have called for a comprehensive review of international law to address the evasion of accountability by the world’s historical polluters.

While delivering the inaugural Bonaya Godana  Distinguished Lecture at Kabarak University, Judge Abdulqawi Yusuf, President Emeritus of the International Court of Justice (ICJ), argued that the legal frameworks established after the World War II era often serve to sideline African voices while allowing developed nations to sidestep the environmental consequences of their industrial history.