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This chapter seeks to explore the relationship between the right to economic development and the right to a healthy and clean environment. It argues that the two rights should be viewed as complementary as opposed to being contradictory. In other words, it is possible, even desirable to pursue economic development whilst also protecting the environment. It argues that the way to do so is through the adoption of sustainable development measures, which include the circular economy model and renewable energy resources. It employs South Africa and Cameroon as the vehicles through which to unpack the right to the environment and the circular economy. It does not provide a one-to-one comparison of the countries but rather leans into the South African perspective to unpack the right to a healthy environment and the Cameroonian perspective to explore the opportunities for sustainable development through the employ of the circular economy. It finds that economic development and environmental protection are inextricably linked at the feet of sustainable development. As such the progressive realisation of either of these is dependent on how well States can champion alternative modes of operation.

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Would You Rather Be Wealthy or Healthy? A Review of the Right to Development and the Right to a Healthy Environment in Cameroon and South Africa

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    2025年

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  • Sagwadi Mabunda,
  • Rhulani Thobakgale

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This chapter seeks to explore the relationship between the right to economic development and the right to a healthy and clean environment. It argues that the two rights should be viewed as complementary as opposed to being contradictory. In other words, it is possible, even desirable to pursue economic development whilst also protecting the environment. It argues that the way to do so is through the adoption of sustainable development measures, which include the circular economy model and renewable energy resources. It employs South Africa and Cameroon as the vehicles through which to unpack the right to the environment and the circular economy. It does not provide a one-to-one comparison of the countries but rather leans into the South African perspective to unpack the right to a healthy environment and the Cameroonian perspective to explore the opportunities for sustainable development through the employ of the circular economy. It finds that economic development and environmental protection are inextricably linked at the feet of sustainable development. As such the progressive realisation of either of these is dependent on how well States can champion alternative modes of operation.