The crucial years ahead

ClientEarth is an environmental charity that employs legal expertise to enforce environmental laws and shape new policies. Its five-year strategy focuses on accelerating the transition to a net zero carbon economy by pressuring governments and companies to uphold the Paris Agreement, eliminating coal power in Europe by 2030, and reducing illegal air pollution. The organization also targets the protection of oceans, forests, and wildlife, specifically focusing on sustainable fishing quotas in the EU by 2020 and securing community forest rights in Central and West Africa. Additionally, ClientEarth works to expand access to justice and modernize environmental governance in China.

• ClientEarth's five-year strategy aims to accelerate the transition to a net zero carbon economy by pressuring global governments and companies to implement the Paris Agreement.
• The organization has set specific targets for the next five years, including the goal to move Europe away from coal power and into a cleaner energy era by 2030.
• ClientEarth is targeting the reduction of illegal air pollution across Europe and has already secured victories in the UK and Germany, where the top court ruled that cities must introduce diesel bans to protect health.
• In the realm of biodiversity and ocean protection, the organization intends to help implement sustainable EU fishing quotas by 2020 and combat the international timber trade to preserve global forests.
• ClientEarth is working to strengthen environmental rule of law in China by training hundreds of judges and prosecutors to handle environmental cases in cooperation with the Supreme People’s Court.
• In Central and West Africa, the organization focuses on enshrining community rights within forest laws and has helped Ghanaian communities compile a "Forest bible" of national laws to negotiate with authorities.

APA

ClientEarth (n.d.). The crucial years ahead. https://www.clientearth.org/media/rjqlrlfp/clientearth-the-crucial-years-ahead-ce-en.pdf

Chicago

ClientEarth. The crucial years ahead. n.d. https://www.clientearth.org/media/rjqlrlfp/clientearth-the-crucial-years-ahead-ce-en.pdf.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@techreport{clientearthndcrucial, author = {{ClientEarth}}, title = {{The crucial years ahead}}, institution = {ClientEarth}, url = {https://www.clientearth.org/media/rjqlrlfp/clientearth-the-crucial-years-ahead-ce-en.pdf}, urldate = {2026-10-23}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }