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ELAW is a global alliance of lawyers, scientists and other advocates who work to promote a sustainable environment, including by supporting legal action in different countries. They have comprehensive databases on environmental cases and legal research.
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Data type: Useful organisations,
Legal Topic: Climate change, Environment,
ClientEarth is an organisation that specializes in using legal action to address environmental issues, such as climate change. They frequently use strategic litigation to challenge energy projects, government environmental policies and corporate malfeasance. They also have a useful library of resources on a range of environmental issues and legal strategies.
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Data type: Useful organisations,
Legal Topic: Climate change, Environment,
CIEL is an organisation that specializes in using the power of law to protect the environment, promote human rights, and ensure a just and sustainable society. It has a team of attorneys, policy experts, and support staff who provide legal counsel and advocacy, policy research, and capacity building on climate change issues. They are assisting other […]
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Data type: Useful organisations,
Legal Topic: Climate change,
The Centre for Environmental Rights is an organisation based on South Africa that uses legal action across a wide range of environmental issues.
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Data type: Useful organisations,
Legal Topic: Climate change, Environment,
Centro Mexicano de Derecho Ambiental (CEMDA) is an organisation based in Mexico that specializes in using legal action to address a range of environmental issues, including climate change.
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Data type: Useful organisations,
Legal Topic: Climate change, Environment,
In October 2017 the Philippine Movement for Climate Justice filed a complaint to the IFC’s independent accountability mechanism, the Compliance Advisor Ombudsman (CAO), accusing it of contributing to the crisis of global climate change by financing coal plants. The allegation was that the recipients of finance failed to meet the IFC’s social and environmental performance standards. These mandate […]
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Data type: Legal citations,
Legal Topic: Climate change,
The complaints allege that Japanese banks financing Vietnamese coal projects are in breach of OECD guidelines because they failed to provide environmental and social impact assessments and consequently failed to urge project sponsors to assess and prevent or minimize environmental damage.
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Data type: Legal citations,
Legal Topic: Climate change,
In 2017, Dutch NGOs filed a complaint against ING Bank at the Dutch OECD National Contact Point for failing to sufficiently commit to the targets set in the Paris Climate Agreement. In its final statement, the Dutch NCP concluded that the OECD Guidelines for Multinational Enterprises demand that ING Bank sets concrete climate goals e.g. […]
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Data type: Legal citations,
Legal Topic: Climate change,
In 2020, 5 coastal Native American tribes submitted a complaint to several UN Special Rapporteurs claiming that the US government had violated its human rights obligations by failing to address climate displacement
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Data type: Legal citations,
Legal Topic: Climate change,
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