A climate justice picket in 2022 outside the Port Elizabeth High Court against Shell. “Hamba! Voetsek!” mean “get lost”.
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South African courts are increasingly handing down judgments that take into account the future climate damage that new developments may cause.
A shopper risks arrest in Nakuru, Kenya, for carrying groceries in banned plastic bags in 2022.
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No scientific monitoring was put in place to track the environmental benefits of banning plastic carrier bags.
The coal plant would be about 20km from Lamu town - a Unesco world heritage site.
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The court case highlighted that key environmental challenges were not adequately covered by the Environmental Impact Assessment