Cases Mentioned
- Gbmere v Shell Petroleum Development Company Nigeria Ltd and Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation and Ors
- Adesanya v President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria (1981) 1 All NLR 1 (standing)
- Oronto Douglas v Shell Petroleum Development Company Nigeria Limited and Ors, Unreported Suit No: FHC/L/CS/573/96, 17 February 1997 (standing)
- Centre for Oil Pollution Watch v NNPC [2019] 5 NWLR (Pt. 1666) 518 (standing)
For more country specific context and relevant national climate change law see: https://climate-laws.org/geographies/nigeria
This country report has been produced by Iona McEntee, C2LI Senior Research Assistant and Lydia Omuko-Jung, C2LI Legal Analyst with the collaboration of Uzuazo Etemire, C2LI National Raporteur for Nigeria. The summary is based on Uzuazo Etemire, “Climate Change Litigation in Nigeria: Challenges and Oppportunities” in F. Sindico and M. Moise Mbengue, Comparative Climate Change Litigation: Beyond the Usual Suspects, 2021.