We are the European Union’s leading environmental law organisation. We work with policymakers to create good laws and to strengthen weak ones. We make sure laws are properly implemented at EU and member state level. When governments and institutions fall short of their legal obligations our lawyers take action to protect the EU’s citizens and its environment.

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Three beige towers of a power plant

Major court win shows power of corporate law to fight climate change

News / 1 August 2019

ClientEarth lawyers have scored a major win in Poland, which puts the future of planned coal plant Ostrołęka C in question.

  • European Commission building

    EU Commission announces environmental legal action: our response

    News / 25 July 2019

    EU Commission announces environmental legal action. ClientEarth lawyers react.

  • Access to Justice update from ClientEarth and Justice & Environment

    Newsletter / 24 July 2019

    Read about our latest analysis, project updates, and other tools available for you.

  • EU can better protect environment by strengthening corporate responsibility

    News / 24 July 2019

    The EU can help tackle deforestation, environmental harm and human rights abuses by introducing mandatory due diligence – rules which require companies to identify and prevent the negative impact of their operations and supply chains.

  • New Aarhus draft findings: Life-time extensions of quarries require public participation

    Analysis / 16 July 2019

    On 3 July 2019, the Aarhus Convention Compliance Committee published its draft findings regarding an Irish communication on a decision to extend a quarry permit by 5 years.

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    Team

  • Sebastian Bechtel, Environmental Democracy Lawyer, ClientEarth

    Sebastian Bechtel

    Environmental Democracy Lawyer

  • Amandine Van Den Berghe

    Lawyer, Trade and Environment

  • Alice Bernard

    Chemicals Lawyer/Juriste

  • Christian Catarinozzi

    IT System Administrator

  • Paloma Colmenarejo, Spanish Sustainable Seafood Project Coordinator

    Paloma Colmenarejo

    Spanish Sustainable Seafood Project Coordinator

  • Juliette Delarue, State Aid Expert, Environmental Lawyers ClientEarth

    Juliette Delarue

    Lawyer/Juriste, Energy

  • Julinka Doenhoff

    Development Board Member

  • Lara Fornabaio

    Lara Fornabaio

    Law and Policy Advisor

  • Anne Friel, Lawyer, European Union Aarhus Centre, Environmental Lawyers ClientEarth

    Anne Friel

    Lawyer, Environmental Democracy

  • Soledad Gallego

    Soledad Gallego

    WildLife Lawyer Mediterranean

  • Gillian Hankey

    Gillian Hankey

    Case Management Officer, Strategic Litigation

  • Anna Heslo, Lawyer, Clean Air - Strategic Litigation, Environmental Lawyers ClientEarth

    Anna Heslop

    Lawyer, Wildlife Project Leader

  • Irmina Kotiuk

    Irmina Kotiuk

    Lawyer, EU Clean Air

  • Picture of Ranja Łuszczek

    Ranja Łuszczek

    Intern, Energy

  • Hermann Ott

    Head of German office

  • Capucine Pineau, Project Coordinator, ClientEarth

    Capucine Pineau

    Environmental Democracy Project Coordinator

  • Maja Pravuljac

    Maja Pravuljac

    Wildlife and Hydro-energy Lawyer

  • Apolline Roger, Lawyer, ClientEarth

    Apolline Roger

    Law and Policy Advisor, Chemical Project Lead

  • Raphael Soffer

    Raphaël Soffer

    Lawyer, Energy

  • Yulia Stange

    Senior Manager, Climate and Forests

  • IMage of Flaminia Tacconi, lenvironmental lawyer at ClientEarth

    Flaminia Tacconi

    Lawyer/Juriste, European Fisheries, Biodiversity

  • Ewelina Tylec-Bakalarz

    Lawyer, Wildlife

  • Diane Vandesmet, Events and Communications officer, ClientEarth

    Diane Vandesmet

    Events and Communications Officer

  • Maria-Jolie Veder, Intern, EU Energy and Coal

    Maria-Jolie Veder

    Lawyer/Juriste, Energy

  • Bianca Vergnaud, Communications Officer, Strategic Litigation, Environmental Lawyers ClientEarth

    Bianca Vergnaud

    Communications Officer, Strategic Litigation

  • Łukasz Walter

    Łukasz Walter

    Climate and Forests Lawyer

  • Agnieszka Warso-Buchanan

    Lawyer/Radca Prawny, Clean Air, Strategic Litigation

  • ida westphal

    Ida Westphal

    Lawyer, Energy

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