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centre for environmental rights advancing environmental rights in south africa skip to content centre for environmental rights advancing environmental rights in south africa about us overview governance who we are board staff funders founding members vacancies our work programmes activist support training corporate accountability mining pollution climate change transparency reports legal services advice media news cer in the media webinars video library resources virtual library legislation judgments policy government documents case watch paia requests get involved join our team give a donation join our mailing list contact facebook x instagram linkedin youtube ask karabo support us subscribe search advancing environmental rights in south africa we are activist lawyers who defend the right of communities and civil society organisations to an environment not harmful to health or wellbeing for present and future generations through litigation advocacy and activist support and training we seek to advance our vision of a more equal society free of fossil fuels in which environmental and climate justice is realised and all people and the planet flourish about us meet the team vacancies activist support training training networking enforcing compliance with laws and securing environmental activist spaces corporate accountability exposing corporate failures to comply with environmental laws and raising investor awareness mining environmental justice by advocating for better environmental laws and improved implementation of laws pollution climate change promote environmental justice ensure compliance and strengthen civil society participation transparency advocating for greater transparency in governance and for swift and easy access to information reports financing fossil gas the idc and the kinetiko gas project july 2026 annual report 2024 june 2026 no more ghost towns lessons from mpumalanga s mine closure crisis may 2026 coals health impacts in phola report 2024 may 2025 expert report on social impact of opencast mine blasting operations february 2025 legal opinion director duties and liability for climate risk under south african law october 2024 the financing of onshore gas projects in south africa october 2024 arcelormittal and the responsibility of stakeholders in the steel value chain may 2024 all reports impact report law people planet justice our impact report reflects on our achievements over the past 13 years and celebrates our vision for the future to contribute to a vibrant and growing environmental and climate justice movement in south africa learn more view report news gender equality in climate policy recognition without accountability is not enough 1 september 2026 by thobeka gumede senior associate at the centre for environmental rights and nobesuthu mnkandla legal intern at the centre for environmental rights every year during women s month south africa renews its commitment to gender equality acknowledging that women bear the heaviest burden of environmental degradation and climate change yet a critical question remains if we continued 100 year debt campaign coalition to put mining accountability corporate exit and community abandonment before parliament 25 august 2026 communities civil society environmental and legal organisations will appear together before parliament to demand an inquiry into the accumulated social labour environmental and economic debt of mining 25 august 2026 petition to parliament 26 november 2025 members and partners of the 100 year debt campaign led by mining affected communities united in action macua continued government appeals landmark youth climate court victory as cancelcoal case returns to court 13 august 2026 the cancelcoal case returns to court on the 19th of august 2026 as the minister of electricity and energy dr kgosientsho ramokgopa appeals the high court judgment handed down in favour of youth led climate justice organisation african climate alliance aca and environmental justice organisations vukani environmental justice movement in action vem and groundwork collectively represented continued empowering communities in richards bay a step towards climate justice and a just energy transition 12 august 2026 in july 2026 community members environmental organisations and legal experts met in richards bay to discuss climate change environmental justice and south africa s energy transition the workshop was hosted by the centre for environmental rights cer together with the south durban community environmental alliance sdcea natural justice nj and fossil free south africa s fossil ad continued have your say on south africa s water future 22 july 2026 decisions about who gets access to water and who is held accountable for polluting it affects all of us the national water amendment bill b1 2026 is currently before parliament for public comment it proposes some of the most significant changes to south africa s water laws since the national water act came into effect in 1998 continued cancelcoal case is back in court on 19 august 2026 17 july 2026 on 19 august 2026 the supreme court of appeal will hear arguments in the landmark youth led climate case challenging south africa s plans to procure 1500 megawatts mw of new coal fired power this is an appeal of the high court s judgment in a review and constitutional challenge brought by the african climate alliance aca vukani environmental continued calls grow for environmental and health accountability following amsa agm 10 july 2026 for immediate release johannesburg 07 july 2026 the centre for environmental rights cer has called on arcelormittal south africa limited amsa to demonstrate its progress towards measurable commitments to climate and environmental justice this follows amsa s annual general meeting agm which was held on 26 june 2026 amsa is the largest steel producer in continued climate litigation school 2026 passing the baton to a new generation of climate justice leaders 6 july 2026 6 july 2026 pretoria south africa despite being in recess there was excitement at the university of pretoria s hatfield s campus during the official start of climate litigation school 2026 the winter school has brought together 40 participants including lawyers students researchers and climate justice practitioners from across south africa to be hosted at future africa campus vice principal academic at the university of pretoria and keynote speaker professor loretta feris lauded continued news archive cer in the media webinars video library ask karabo mine blasting social impact of opencast mine blasting full disclosure the truth about south african corporate environmental impacts compliance and disclosure life after coal impilo ngaphandle kwamalahle why we must secure our water source areas now safeguard our seabed a coalition of civil society organisations is going to court to defend our water learn why climate change law report an environmental violation section 24 of the 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