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Environmental law articles, insights, podcasts, videos and webinars from expert sources across the legal world. Explore insights covering topics such as clean air/pollution, climate change, environmental law and waste management.

Closing The Gap: Why Textiles Are The Missing Piece

South Africa's extended producer responsibility framework covers paper, packaging, batteries and electronics, but textiles remain unregulated despite contributing over 70,000 tonnes of waste to landfills annually.

South Africa Environment

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ENS

Greenwashing And Climate Litigation: Key Lessons For Nigeria’s Oil And Gas Industry

Climate litigation is evolving from an environmental concern into a material business risk. This article examines the landmark Greenpeace v. TotalEnergies decision and its implications for Nigeria's oil and gas industry, analyzing how existing Nigerian legal and regulatory frameworks may expose companies to regulatory scrutiny, litigation, and reputational risk where climate-related claims are not supported by operational realities.

Nigeria Environment

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Templars

Environmental Sustainability Obligations In Nigeria’s FMCG Sector: A Legal Appraisal

In October 2025, Lagos State authorities sealed multiple supermarkets for violating single-use plastic bans, marking a decisive shift from policy guidance to enforceable legal action. What does this enforcement wave mean for FMCG businesses navigating Nigeria's evolving environmental compliance landscape?

Nigeria Environment

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Stren & Blan Partners

A Runway To Nowhere

This collection examines South Africa's evolving regulatory landscape across direct marketing compliance, government contract remedies, and textile waste regulation, while exploring constitutional interpretation in Ghana...

South Africa Environment

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ENS

Namibia's Wildlife Law, Made Accessible: The Sustainable Wildlife Management Programme Launches Its Namibian Legal Hub

Namibia Environment

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ENS

Legal Pathways For Carbon Compliance: Emissions, ESG Obligations & Climate Risks In Gas Projects

Nigeria Environment

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Alliance Law Firm

The EU Commission Publishes Its Report On The Simplification Of The EU Deforestation Regulation

European Union Environment

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Jones Day

Status Of National Transposition Of The Green Transition Directive Across Selected CEE Jurisdictions

Worldwide Environment

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Kinstellar

Introduction To Decarbonisation In Nigeria: Path To Net Zero

Nigeria Environment

BC

Babalakin & Co.Legal Practitioners

Maritime Pollution Liability: What Ship Owners Must Kn

Nigeria Environment

OA

Olisa Agbakoba Legal (OAL)

Draft National Waste Exemptions Regulations: A Pause Button, Not A Free Pass

South Africa Environment

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Fasken

From Ideation To Operationalisation: The Evolution Of A Fully Structured Carbon Market In Nigeria

Nigeria Environment

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Templars

The Destruction Of Counterfeit Goods And South African Environmental Law

South Africa Environment

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Adams & Adams

The Nigeria Carbon Market Framework 2025: An Overview

Nigeria Environment

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Pavestones Legal

Rev360: NRS Deploys A New Digital Self-Service Administration System

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WTS Blackwoodstone

Contactless Payments And The Future Of Retail Finance In Nigeria

Nigeria Technology

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Tope Adebayo LP

What You Should Know About The New Data Protection Compliance Audit Regime In Nigeria

Nigeria Privacy

AP

Advocaat Law Practice

Efficient Legal Documentation: A Secretary’s Guide To Supporting Legal Practitioners

Nigeria Law Performance

SA

S.P.A. Ajibade & Co.

How To Register A Foreign Company In Ethiopia: A Complete 2025 Guide For Investors

Ethiopia Government

5A Law Firm LLP

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Clean Air / Pollution

A Runway To Nowhere

This collection examines South Africa's evolving regulatory landscape across direct marketing compliance, government contract remedies, and textile waste regulation, while exploring constitutional interpretation in Ghana...

South Africa Environment

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ENS

ESG Compliance And Sustainability Reporting Under Nigeria's Corporate Governance Framework

The measure of a company's success is beyond the traditional balance sheet to include its broader impact on the world. This shift is defined by Environmental, Social, and Governance (‘ESG') principles...

Nigeria Commercial

AP

Advocaat Law Practice

Maritime Pollution Liability: What Ship Owners Must Kn

Whenever there is a maritime pollution, public attention focuses on environmental damage. For shipowners, however, the immediate concern is legal and financial exposure.

Nigeria Environment

OA

Olisa Agbakoba Legal (OAL)

South Africa's Climate Change Framework: A New Operating Reality For Mining

South Africa Energy

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ENS

Paying The Price For Peace

South Africa Litigation

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ENS

Georgia Federal Court Upholds Insurer's Reliance On Pollution Exclusion For Chemical Leak Fatality

South Africa Environment

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Adams & Adams

Justice In The Face Of "Deadly Air": What The Highveld Pollution Case Means For YOU

South Africa Environment

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ENS

Nigeria's Constitutional Reform Must Address Environmental Rights

Nigeria Environment

OA

Olisa Agbakoba Legal (OAL)

The Right To A Safe And Clean Environment With Regard To Oil Pollution And Climate Change In Nigeria

Nigeria Environment

OA

Olisa Agbakoba Legal (OAL)

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Climate Change

Greenwashing And Climate Litigation: Key Lessons For Nigeria’s Oil And Gas Industry

Climate litigation is evolving from an environmental concern into a material business risk. This article examines the landmark Greenpeace v. TotalEnergies decision and its implications for Nigeria's oil and gas industry, analyzing how existing Nigerian legal and regulatory frameworks may expose companies to regulatory scrutiny, litigation, and reputational risk where climate-related claims are not supported by operational realities.

Nigeria Environment

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Templars

Repositioning And Promoting Energy Investments Between South Africa And Nigeria – Exploring The Legal Framework Of The Industry

Nigeria and South Africa remain two of Africa’s most significant energy markets, with substantial natural resources, sophisticated financial ecosystems, and growing ambitions to lead the continent’s evolving energy economy. However, despite their strategic importance, the full potential for cross-border energy investment and collaboration between both jurisdictions remains largely untapped.

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Udo Udoma & Belo-Osagie

Legal Pathways For Carbon Compliance: Emissions, ESG Obligations & Climate Risks In Gas Projects

The current gas projects now face strict carbon regulations which make their operations more complex than their original hydrocarbon work.

Nigeria Environment

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Alliance Law Firm

Introduction To Decarbonisation In Nigeria: Path To Net Zero

Nigeria Environment

BC

Babalakin & Co.Legal Practitioners

Power Sector Updates 3.0

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Udo Udoma & Belo-Osagie

Corporate Greenwashing In The ESG Era: When Sustainability Statements Become Legal Risk

Nigeria Commercial

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Olisa Agbakoba Legal (OAL)

ESG- Driven Transformation In Nigeria's Mining Sector: Bridging Policy, Practice And Profitability

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KPMG Nigeria

From Ideation To Operationalisation: The Evolution Of A Fully Structured Carbon Market In Nigeria

Nigeria Environment

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Templars

South Africa's Climate Change Framework: A New Operating Reality For Mining

South Africa Energy

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ENS

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Waste Management

Closing The Gap: Why Textiles Are The Missing Piece

South Africa's extended producer responsibility framework covers paper, packaging, batteries and electronics, but textiles remain unregulated despite contributing over 70,000 tonnes of waste to landfills annually.

South Africa Environment

E

ENS

Environmental Sustainability Obligations In Nigeria’s FMCG Sector: A Legal Appraisal

In October 2025, Lagos State authorities sealed multiple supermarkets for violating single-use plastic bans, marking a decisive shift from policy guidance to enforceable legal action. What does this enforcement wave mean for FMCG businesses navigating Nigeria's evolving environmental compliance landscape?

Nigeria Environment

SB

Stren & Blan Partners

A Runway To Nowhere

This collection examines South Africa's evolving regulatory landscape across direct marketing compliance, government contract remedies, and textile waste regulation, while exploring constitutional interpretation in Ghana...

South Africa Environment

E

ENS

ESG Compliance And Sustainability Reporting Under Nigeria's Corporate Governance Framework

Nigeria Commercial

AP

Advocaat Law Practice

Draft National Waste Exemptions Regulations: A Pause Button, Not A Free Pass

South Africa Environment

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Fasken

The Destruction Of Counterfeit Goods And South African Environmental Law

South Africa Environment

AA

Adams & Adams

From Waste To Value: Circular Mining For Africa's Energy Transition

E

ENS

A Review Of The Decision In Megawatts Nig. Ltd V. Registered Trustees Of Gbagada Phase 2

Nigeria Litigation

AS

Abdu-Salaam Abbas & Co.

Turning Food Waste Into Opportunity: How South Africa's Food Loss Strategy Compares To The EU

South Africa Environment

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ENS

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Environmental Law

Closing The Gap: Why Textiles Are The Missing Piece

South Africa's extended producer responsibility framework covers paper, packaging, batteries and electronics, but textiles remain unregulated despite contributing over 70,000 tonnes of waste to landfills annually.

South Africa Environment

E

ENS

Greenwashing And Climate Litigation: Key Lessons For Nigeria’s Oil And Gas Industry

Climate litigation is evolving from an environmental concern into a material business risk. This article examines the landmark Greenpeace v. TotalEnergies decision and its implications for Nigeria's oil and gas industry, analyzing how existing Nigerian legal and regulatory frameworks may expose companies to regulatory scrutiny, litigation, and reputational risk where climate-related claims are not supported by operational realities.

Nigeria Environment

T

Templars

Environmental Sustainability Obligations In Nigeria’s FMCG Sector: A Legal Appraisal

In October 2025, Lagos State authorities sealed multiple supermarkets for violating single-use plastic bans, marking a decisive shift from policy guidance to enforceable legal action. What does this enforcement wave mean for FMCG businesses navigating Nigeria's evolving environmental compliance landscape?

Nigeria Environment

SB

Stren & Blan Partners

Energy Diversification: Synchronizing CNG And EV Infrastructure For Robust Global Supply Chains

SA

S.P.A. Ajibade & Co.

From Policy Vision To Economic Prosperity: Unlocking ₦3 Trillion Annual Revenue In Nigeria’s Blue Economy

Nigeria Strategy

OA

Olisa Agbakoba Legal (OAL)

Building Schemes, Shared Spaces And Communal Obligations In Nigerian Real Estate In The Age Of High-Density Urban Development

Nigeria Real Estate

Brickhouse Solicitors

A Runway To Nowhere

South Africa Environment

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ENS

The Interplay Between Articles 23, 33 And 296 Of The 1992 Constitution Of Ghana

Ghana Government

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ENS

Repositioning And Promoting Energy Investments Between South Africa And Nigeria – Exploring The Legal Framework Of The Industry

UU

Udo Udoma & Belo-Osagie

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Latest Videos

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Finance Act 2023 Briefings - Part 2 – ESG And Sustainability (Video)

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Orison Legal

Podcast | Business Law Focus | Climate Tech

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ENS

ENSafrica X Daily Maverick | ESG : Greenwashing Or Game Changing? (Video)

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ENS

Podcast | Africa In The Spotlight: Uganda Goes Green And Botswana's Credit Downgraded

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ENS

Africa In The Spotlight: Uganda Goes Green And Botswana's Credit Downgraded

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ENS

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