Legal innovation for the Global South

Building the clause library powering Africa's climate transition

Free, ready-to-use climate-aligned contract clauses — redrafted for Kenyan law and African realities, so lawyers can lead the transition, not just respond to it.

What you'll gain

Law as a tool for resilience, not just compliance

Whether you're a general counsel, in-house lawyer, policymaker or compliance lead, the Village gives you practical, high-impact tools to build climate capacity inside your organisation.

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Draft with confidence

Adapt and apply climate-aligned contract clauses written for African contracts and Kenyan statute.

02

Lead the transition

See how legal teams drive climate action across sectors, and redesign processes for sustainability.

03

Stay ahead of risk

Navigate the Climate Change Act, align with the Paris Agreement and NDCs, and meet disclosure duties.

Model clauses

The clause library

A growing collection of climate-conscious clauses, each localised for Kenya and traceable to its source. Search the library or filter by area of law, then open any clause for the full wording, drafting analysis and contributors.

Guides, playbooks & tools

Put the clauses into practice

Step-by-step guidance to help businesses, legal teams and policymakers embed climate-conscious principles into contracts, governance and operations — and turn legal commitments into climate action.

Guide

Align the board with climate goals

Practical steps for aligning a company's board of directors with its climate goals.

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Guide

Factor climate into board decisions

How to bring climate considerations into board-level decision-making.

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Guide

Integrate climate into performance management

Embedding climate objectives into employee performance management.

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Guide

Access green financing with the KGFT

Designing projects to access green financing in Kenya using the Kenya Green Finance Taxonomy (KGFT).

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Tool

KGFT green financing qualification tool

Check whether a project qualifies for green financing under the Kenya Green Finance Taxonomy.

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Tool

Green assessment framework

A framework for assessing the green credentials of projects and activities.

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Each guide and tool includes a downloadable file on its page. To serve the files straight from this site, drop the exported PDFs into a /guides folder beside this page and point each button at them.

Learning hub

159 curated resources, ten at a time

A carefully selected library of third-party courses, toolkits, reports and videos on climate, ESG and climate-resilient contracting — each with a short summary and a direct link. All resources remain the property of their respective authors and publishers; we link to them to make discovery easier.

New partnership

Mainstreaming climate into Kenyan legal practice

Zero Carbon Village has partnered with the Law Society of Kenya (Nairobi Chapter) to co-create the tools, training and legal frameworks needed for a just, climate-resilient transition.

From foundational training and clause innovation to webinars, hackathons and strategic partnerships, the work positions Nairobi's legal community at the forefront of climate leadership.

Are you using our clauses?

We'd love to hear how you've implemented Village clauses in your organisation — your story helps refine the library and shows others what's possible.

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Get involved

Join lawyers shaping Kenya's sustainable future

We invite legal professionals, corporations and stakeholders to build this with us:

  • Contribute your expertise to expand and refine our repository of climate-conscious clauses.
  • Adopt our resources in your contracts, leading the charge toward a sustainable future.
  • Join our workshops and seminars to deepen your climate-aligned contracting practice.
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Contribute a clause

Have a clause you've localised, or one you'd like to see redrafted for Kenya? Send it to our editorial team and we'll review it for the library.

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