Cases Mentioned

• Gbmere v Shell Petroleum Development Company Nigeria Ltd and Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation and Ors
• Chinda v Shell-BP (1974) 2 RSLR 1
• Allar Irou v Shell BP Development Company (Nigeria) Ltd

For more country specific context and relevant national climate change law see: https://climate-laws.org/geographies/nigeria

This country report has been produced by Iona McEntee, C2LI Senior Research Assistant and Lydia Omuko-Jung, C2LI Legal Analyst with the collaboration of Uzuazo Etemire, C2LI National Raporteur for Nigeria. The summary is based on Uzuazo Etemire, “Climate Change Litigation in Nigeria: Challenges and Oppportunities” in F. Sindico and M. Moise Mbengue, Comparative Climate Change Litigation: Beyond the Usual Suspects, Springer, 2021.