Founded in 2007, TCI partner Natural Justice has stood with Indigenous and other impacted communities in Africa to protect their right to land, and defend their rights against projects that harm their environment, through effective litigation and funding.
The organization is currently managing 37 litigation cases and recently achieved a landmark ruling in Kenya. In 2021, the Kenyan Ministry of Energy granted Sosian Energy Limited a geothermal prospecting license to prospect inside Menengai Caldera, the second largest volcanic crater in Africa. For the past five years, Natural Justice has supported the Menengai West Stakeholders Forum, a community group, accompanying them at the court and asking hard-hitting questions to challenge the Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) License and address the inadequate public participation process.
In March 2025, the Environment and Land Court ruled to cancel Sosian Energy Limited’s license and instructed the company to facilitate public participation exercises that will ensure that the voices and opinions of impacted communities are considered. There has been much talk lately about just transition, with the main consideration being who this transition will be “just” for. Through diligent work mitigating the harmful impact of renewable energy projects, Natural Justice and the communities it works alongside are ensuring that the “just” in just transition is respected.