Environmental rights for a just energy transition in Kenya

This project will investigate the application of procedural environmental rights as a tool to empower the community living in the Uyombo area in Kenya, which has been earmarked for a nuclear reactor. By empowering the Uyombo community through the application of procedural environmental rights, the project will contribute to challenge the responsibility of state and non-state actors towards environmental protection and access to socio-economic rights.

The Center for Justice Governance and Environmental Action (CJGEA) will advocate for accountability in environmental governance and to enhance the protection of communities’ rights in the face of a potentially harmful development project such as the proposed nuclear reactor. The Center for Justice Governance and Environmental Action (CJGEA) is a grassroots environmental justice organisation based in Kenya and rooted in the communities most impacted by pollution.