CHANDLER Institute of Justice (CIJ) Executive Director Ron Chari has urged lawyers to draft laws which will address every societal challenge, climate change inclusive. Speaking on the sidelines of the Foundational Training in Legislative Drafting Programme, Friday, Chari said climate change affected people’s livelihoods and economic activity and as such, laws needed to be drafted to address it. He said it was important that laws which regulate economic activity should also take into account how to address climate change. “I think the founding principles, law is not just a legal text, we should utilise law to address everyday societal challenges that we currently are in, previous challenges that we have faced and then also, future challenges as we develop in...

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