Summary
My research seeks to critically examine the legal & policy response to Climate Change under the Nigerian environmental law. It is aimed at investigating if & how the existing climate change law & policies have been able to address the local circumstances & legal realities of stakeholders; analysing Nigerian initiatives in counteracting climate change vis-à-vis what other countries are doing; establishing ways in which international legal frameworks can contribute to the Nigerian law; developing an enhanced & context-based multi-stakeholder legal framework; as well as developing a special focus on loss & damage strategy as Nigeria has historically been the victim vis-à-vis the country’s continued reliance & export of fossil fuels.
The focus of the research is on three questions: a. Whether the existing Nigerian legal framework comprehensively address the threat posed by climate change? b. What are the Nigerian National 'initiatives' within the broader context of Nigeria's international commitments to counteracting climate change? and c. How does international law contribute to the Nigerian legal framework for the control of climate change
The questions above are based on the significant role played by law and policy in transforming science and technology’s findings into rules and regulations that guide human behaviour.
Other key interests of my research are the level of implementation of Nigerian law & policies in counteracting climate change, energy transition and sustainable development. I am also looking closely at the transferability & generalizability of the research to other countries.
I am currently a PhD researcher under the supervision of Dr. Zen Makuch & Dr. Karen Makuch.