Dakar, August 2025 — In response to pressing environmental challenges and the need to preserve its natural heritage, Senegal revised its Environmental Code in 2023. This ambitious reform aims to establish a more robust legal framework, strengthening the fight against pollution, biodiversity protection and the accountability of citizens and businesses.
The new Code introduces major advances: clearer procedures for environmental permits, better consideration of ecologically sensitive areas, measures encouraging the circular economy and sustainable waste management, concrete incentives to adopt eco-responsible practices, and stronger recognition of citizens’ right to environmental information.
But the success of this legal framework depends largely on its appropriation by local stakeholders: young people, women, people with disabilities, and front-line technical services. Yet these groups often lack clear, simplified access to legal information.
It is in this context that Action for Environmental Justice (AJE) is actively mobilising to raise awareness, inform and train these key audiences through outreach activities on the new Environmental Code. The goal: to ensure that every citizen, whatever their profile, can play a role in protecting the environment in Senegal.
AJE — Together, let’s build a fairer, greener and more inclusive society.
Dakar, August 2025 — Facing the growing challenges of climate change and inequalities in access to energy, Action for Environmental Justice (AJE), in partnership with ESEA’s Green Club, organised a short-film screening session followed by a panel discussion. The goal: to raise student engineers’ awareness of energy-justice issues and foster an inclusive dialogue on a sustainable energy transition.
In a context where Senegal experiences marked disparities in access to energy, particularly in rural and peri-urban areas, this initiative aimed to raise students’ awareness of energy injustice, present concrete cases through documentary films, and encourage intergenerational dialogue and student initiatives around sustainable energy.
How the activity unfolded
After a welcome address by the president of ESEA’s Green Club, the screening of the short film “L’Espoir Échoué – Attention pétrole” by the ARCOTS group of Bargny told the story of a young fisherman who, drawn by the gains of oil exploitation, abandons his family boat only to face an uncertain future.
The discussions highlighted the collective responsibility for protecting the environment, the renewable alternatives available to Senegal (sun, wind, biomass), energy and food sovereignty, and the need for suitable public policies for an equitable distribution of resources.
AJE — Together, let’s build a fair, sustainable energy future accessible to all.
From 18 to 20 June 2025, Action for Environmental Justice (AJE) took part in an exchange and training workshop in Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire. The event, organised by the International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH) in partnership with the Ivorian Human Rights League (LIDHO) and the Ivorian Human Rights Movement (MIDH), focused on the theme: business, human rights and the environment.
Building capacity on today’s challenges
The workshop sessions strengthened understanding of issues relating to business, human rights and the environment, as well as sexual and gender-based violence (SGBV) and gender mainstreaming. Participants benefited from both theoretical and practical modules.
Tools for documenting violations
The workshop also introduced participants to several tools and techniques for documenting corporate violations and SGBV, including interviewing, power mapping, “Follow the money” techniques and open-source intelligence (OSINT) tools.
A space for mutual learning
Beyond the training, this event was a genuine space for exchange and experience-sharing between FIDH member organisations and their partners, strengthening collaboration and opening new networking prospects.
Towards a mapping of environmental litigation
As part of the duty-of-vigilance procedure, FIDH plans to provide partners with the tools and resources needed to conduct a strategic mapping of environmental litigation.
AJE welcomes this participation, which is part of its ongoing efforts in training, networking and commitment to effective environmental justice and the protection of human rights.