About LETA
A coalition of lawyers working to advance renewable energy
Launched in 2021 as a collaboration between Natural Justice and Earthjustice, LETA has grown into a collaboration of seven civil society organisations working at continental and regional levels, as well as in South Africa, Kenya, Nigeria and Zimbabwe.
LETA has addressed a critical knowledge and expertise gap by working with civil society partners to provide strategic legal advice and technical input on key draft power sector laws and policies — including power sector planning, market development, and power and transmission procurement.
As a team of lawyers, LETA is well placed to work in contexts of power sector legal reform and legal advocacy, where stronger legal frameworks and better market design are needed.
What we are working towards
Renewables-dominant power systems for Africa
Africa has world-leading, equitable and accessible, renewables-dominant power systems that provide affordable electricity, safeguard the environment, and are rapidly advanced to meet urgent energy access, health and climate needs.
Technical legal support for just transitions
LETA provides technical legal support to civil society organisations and works to shape laws, policies and decisions that advance just transitions to equitable renewable energy power systems across Africa — expanding access, supporting affordable electricity, and safeguarding the environment.
Who shapes the law shapes the transition
African governments have set ambitious renewable energy targets for 2030, aiming to triple or quintuple renewable generation capacity. The International Energy Agency estimates that achieving Africa’s energy and climate goals by 2030 will require more than USD 200 billion in annual energy investment — while around 600 million people in Africa still lack access to electricity.
Civil society is critical both to accelerating renewable deployment and to ensuring equitable transitions through meaningful participation and accountability. Yet the highly technical and often closed nature of energy law-making limits CSOs’ ability to play this role. Many African power sector laws were designed for centralised fossil-fuel systems and are not well suited to equitable transitions.
Without stronger legal frameworks, greater transparency and participation, and increased civil society capacity, renewable energy transitions risk being too slow, inequitable, or captured by interests that do not serve the public interest.
See how we work →Management team
Core lawyers and policy experts responsible for day-to-day operations and technical legal support to partner organisations.
Seven partner organisations
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