[1] She returned to Guyana in the 1990s to participate in its new democracy and was successful at helping to make its new constitution identify environmental concerns, including a stable climate, as human rights for Guyanese citizens.
[3] In 2021, Janki launched the first of multiple suits against the Guyanese government for making an offshore oil-drilling partnership with ExxonMobil not in accordance with Guyana's strong environmental laws.
[1] The suits, however, are plaintiffed by citizens who, for one reason or another, may be negatively affected the drilling or, more generally, climate change as caused by fossil fuels.
[5] The third lawsuit states, "The earth’s atmosphere and oceans have been and continue to be polluted by the release and accumulation of greenhouse gases [from] the production, transportation, refining and use of fossil fuels" thus violating Guyana's citizens right to a healthful and sustainable environment.
[1] The suits, if successful, may provide a template for other country's suffering the most immediate risks of climate change to challenge the oil industry's role in effecting the damage.