Corporate Regulation for Climate Change Mitigation in Africa: A Case for Dilute Interventionism

This book critically analyses the prospects of overhauling the legal framework of climate change regulation of corporations in African state. It adopts the dilute interventionism regulatory framework to tackle the culture of regulatory resistance by corporations in Africa. The book establishes why African states should directly intervene through legislative mechanisms to compel corporations to incorporate climate change mitigation in their business activities. It proposes that this direct intervention should comprise a blend of prescriptive and facilitative mechanisms structured in a dilute interventionism regulatory model.

Format: Hardback
Length: 274 pages
Publication date: 08 September 2022
Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd

This book critically examines the potential for overhauling the legal framework of climate change regulation of corporations in African states. It adopts a dilute interventionism regulatory framework to address the culture of regulatory resistance exhibited by corporations in Africa. Throughout this volume, Kikelomo O. Kila critiques the climate change legal framework in all 53 African states and conducts an in-depth case study of the two largest economies in Africa, Nigeria and South Africa, to highlight the commonalities and challenges faced by African countries in addressing climate change. The book establishes why African states should directly intervene through legislative mechanisms to compel corporations to incorporate climate change mitigation in their business activities. It proposes that this direct intervention should encompass a blend of prescriptive and facilitative mechanisms structured in a dilute interventionism regulatory model.

Overall, this volume argues that implementing this model necessitates the establishment of a robust and independent regulator with a veto firewall protection system that ensures its de facto independence from government and external influences. Corporate Regulation for Climate Change Mitigation in Africa will be of immense interest to climate change stakeholders at the international, regional, and domestic levels, policymakers, regulatory practitioners, and legal experts on corporate regulation. It will also serve as an insightful resource for students and scholars of climate change, environmental law, policy, and governance.

Weight: 700g
Dimension: 234 x 156 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781032232478