In brief, my doctoral research is about climate litigation (CL) in the global south, focusing on Uganda.   CL is a mechanism containing anthropogenic climate change through the adjudication process.   In the wake of this mechanism, courts can be moved to command the uptake or improvement of climate action by ordering; mitigation, adaptation, and/ or compensation for loss and damage associated with climate change.   Throughout this study, the researcher contends that, to some extent, climate litigation can be deployed to suppress the causes and effects of climate change.  Indeed, in many jurisdictions, it has triggered action to protect human communities from deleterious climate change by holding responsible entities accountable.  However, this is mostly true across countries in the global north but debatable in the south.  Venerated by three landmark Court decisions…

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