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.

Over  the course of 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 commonality of the problems in Africa and the  potential for the dilute interventionism paradigm  to significantly address these problems. 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. Overall, this volume argues that implementing this model  requires the institution of a strong and independent regulator with a veto firewall protection system that guarantees its de facto independence from government and external influences.

Corporate  Regulation for Climate Change Mitigation in Africa will be of great  interest to climate change stakeholders at the international, regional,  and domestic levels, policymakers, regulatory practitioners, and legal  experts on corporate regulation. It will also be an insightful resource  for students and scholars of climate change and environmental law,  policy, and governance.