In the context and age of the global pervasive environmental crisis characterising the Anthropocene, the constitutionalisation of environmental rights in domestic constitutional regimes has merged environmental constitutionalism and increasingly transformative environmental constitutionalism. Despite this remarkable move, certain fundamental questions are still mind-blowing. Questions such as: How does environmental constitutionalism help to improve domestic environmental governance and protection? Can environmental constitutionalism be transformative? What is transformative environmental constitutionalism and could we talk of transformative environmental constitutionalism in Cameroon? Why transformative environmental constitutionalism? What is the conceptual contour and basis of transformative environmental constitutionalism? How can constitutionally embedded environmental rights be transformative and help improve environmental governance and protection generally? These issues require urgent clarification. The central question that we seek to explore in this chapter is whether Cameroon’s environmental constitutionalism has the potential to be transformative. In attempting to answer these questions, we critically examine Cameroon’s environmental constitutional architecture to demonstrate the extent to which the government of Cameroon is championing environmental protection and governance through the lens of transformative environmental constitutionalism. Gauging from the substantive and procedural components of environmental constitutionalism, we argue that while there may be potential avenues for the transformative character of Cameroon’s environmental constitutionalism, more needs to be done to attain this objective. We conclude that the status quo of the content and orientation of environmental constitutionalism in Cameroon overtly prevents it from being transformative and that moving forward the government must surmount the task of making it transformative.

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Towards a Transformative Approach to Environmental Constitutionalism in Cameroon?

  • Jean-Claude N. Ashukem,
  • Benard Kengni

摘要

In the context and age of the global pervasive environmental crisis characterising the Anthropocene, the constitutionalisation of environmental rights in domestic constitutional regimes has merged environmental constitutionalism and increasingly transformative environmental constitutionalism. Despite this remarkable move, certain fundamental questions are still mind-blowing. Questions such as: How does environmental constitutionalism help to improve domestic environmental governance and protection? Can environmental constitutionalism be transformative? What is transformative environmental constitutionalism and could we talk of transformative environmental constitutionalism in Cameroon? Why transformative environmental constitutionalism? What is the conceptual contour and basis of transformative environmental constitutionalism? How can constitutionally embedded environmental rights be transformative and help improve environmental governance and protection generally? These issues require urgent clarification. The central question that we seek to explore in this chapter is whether Cameroon’s environmental constitutionalism has the potential to be transformative. In attempting to answer these questions, we critically examine Cameroon’s environmental constitutional architecture to demonstrate the extent to which the government of Cameroon is championing environmental protection and governance through the lens of transformative environmental constitutionalism. Gauging from the substantive and procedural components of environmental constitutionalism, we argue that while there may be potential avenues for the transformative character of Cameroon’s environmental constitutionalism, more needs to be done to attain this objective. We conclude that the status quo of the content and orientation of environmental constitutionalism in Cameroon overtly prevents it from being transformative and that moving forward the government must surmount the task of making it transformative.