nam 22 uu 4500 10.59704/4f4209a64ffdba18 DE-Verfassungsblog cr||||| 260903s2026||||xx#|||||o|||| ||| 0|eng|| 10.59704/4f4209a64ffdba18 doi eng 342 23 van der Berg, Angela Author aut (orcid)0000-0001-8204-0679 The Constitution Meets the Climate - What South Africa’s Wild Coast Judgment Adds to Climate Constitutionalism van der Berg, Angela Verfassungsblog 2026-09-03 Text txt rdacontent Computermedien c rdamedia Online-Ressource cr rdacarrier The climate crisis has reached South Africa’s Constitutional Court. A dispute over offshore oil and gas exploration along South Africa’s Wild Coast developed into a much wider constitutional inquiry. The Court brought questions of participation, dignity, culture and environmental protection into conversation with the growing demands of climate responsibility. The judgment illustrates how climate change can acquire constitutional significance without the recognition of a freestanding constitutional right to a stable climate. CC BY-SA 4.0 Climate Constitutionalism Climate Crisis Drilling Due Dilligence Fossil Fuel ICJ Advisory Opinion participation South African Constitutional Court Transformative Constitutionalism Max Steinbeis Verfassungsblog gGmbH Verfassungsblog 2366-7044 https://verfassungsblog.de/the-constitution-meets-the-climate/ raw object