THE CLIMATE CHANGE PHENOMENON – POLICIES AND LEGAL FRAMEWORK BY PROF. MUHAMMED TAWFIQ LADAN, PhD

THE CLIMATE CHANGE PHENOMENON - POLICIES AND LEGAL FRAMEWORK
 

BY
 

PROF. MUHAMMED TAWFIQ LADAN, PhD
(HUBERT HUMPHREY FELLOW, USA,
DIRECTOR GENERAL, NIGERIAN INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED LEGAL STUDIES, ABUJA/LAGOS)
 

BEING
A PRESENTATION MADE AT A TWO-DAY HYBRID WORKSHOP ON THE THEME: "THE RULE OF LAW AND CLIMATE JUSTICE
 

ORGANIZED BY:
THE NIGERIAN INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED LEGAL STUDIES (NIALS) IN COLLABORATION WITH THE ATTORNEY GENERAL ALLIANCE-AFRICA
(AGA-AFRICA) AND NATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL STANDARDS AND REGULATIONS, ENFORCEMENT AGENCY (NESREA)
 

DATE: - 27 - 28 MARCH 2023
VENUE: - LADI KWALI HALL, SHERATON HOTEL (NOW ABUJA CONTINENTAL HOTEL)

 

Download the full Presentation Here:  https://tinyurl.com/u8mtjeu2

SDGs framework as the blueprint for climate change action and sustainable development in Africa: Role of law and parliamentarians By Prof. M T Ladan

 

SDGs framework as the blueprint for climate change action and sustainable development in Africa: Role of law and parliamentarians

https://www.jutajournals.co.za/sdgs-framework-as-the-blueprint-for-climate-change-action-and-sustainable-development-in-africa-role-of-law-and-parliamentarians/ 

Authors MT Ladan

ISSN: 2616-8499
Affiliations: Professor of law, Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, Nigeria
Source: South African Journal of Environmental Law and Policy 2016, p. 159 – 207

Abstract

The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) aim at tackling key systematic barriers to sustainable development such as inequality, poverty, unsustainable consumption and production patterns, inadequate infrastructure and lack of decent jobs. The SDGs provide useful guidance for shaping law, policy and practice for implementation of effective and ambitious climate change action. Specifically, they exhort nations to share innovation and prosperity, promote global cooperation and solidarity, and ensure that equality and Climate Justice are promoted and attained. It is against this background that this paper seeks to establish a significant nexus between the SDGs, human rights and climate change; examine the role of law and parliaments in the progressive realization of the SDGs; and to conclude with some viable options for Africa.

Prof Muhammed Tawfiq LADAN urges African Union Free Movement Protocol to Boost AfCFTA on Radio Nigeria

 

Expert urges African Union free movement protocol to boost AfCFTA

 A Professor of Regional Economic Integration and Law in Africa, Mohammed Ladan, has called for the urgent ratification and implementation of the African Union Protocol on the Free Movement of Persons, saying it is essential to unlocking the full potential of the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) and its 1.4 billion-person market.

Professor Ladan made the call in Lagos while delivering a presentation at the 20th anniversary of SSK Law Firm.

Speaking on trade mobility, economic integration under AfCFTA and law in Africa, he said the 2018 African Union Protocol on the Free Movement of Persons, Rights of Residence and Establishment was not merely an addendum to the continental trade agreement.

The professor, who is also the AfCFTA Coordinator at the National Institute for Legislative and Democratic Studies (NILDS), Abuja, described the protocol as the operational catalyst for the successful implementation of AfCFTA.

He said evidence showed that where the movement of people is unduly restricted, informal trade is pushed into vulnerable channels marked by extortion, corporate supply chains become fragmented and the economic benefits of AfCFTA are reduced.

Professor Ladan cited Rwanda, Kenya and Ghana as examples of countries that have removed mobility barriers through automated identity systems, digital single-window platforms and integrated payment systems, creating safer and more efficient environments for trade and investment.