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Earthjustice's Counter/Act report details its multifaceted legal and advocacy response to the second Trump administration's environmental policy rollbacks. The organization has scaled up litigation, launched a dedicated enforcement team to fill gaps in federal oversight, and shifted focus toward state-level protections for clean energy and public health. Key achievements include defending electric vehicle infrastructure, challenging the repeal of the endangerment finding, and securing state-level wins on landfill emissions in Colorado and environmental justice laws in New Jersey.

The document identifies critical targets within the Global Biodiversity Framework (GBF) and themes for UNFCCC COP29 that African environmental defenders should prioritize. For COP16, it emphasizes the need for human rights-based monitoring of the '30X30' target (Target 3), the protection of defenders (Target 22), and gender equality (Target 23). For COP29, it warns against 'Nature-Based Solutions' as 'false solutions' and calls for ambitious, grant-based climate finance and progressive Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs) based on climate justice.

The Clean Air Task Force (CATF) advocates for the use of the Clean Air Act to enforce stringent emissions standards on U.S. power plants. Their goal is to eliminate domestic power sector carbon dioxide emissions by 2050 and reduce air toxics, smog, and soot to protect public health, particularly in vulnerable communities. CATF's strategies include pushing for protective carbon dioxide performance standards, updating the Mercury & Air Toxics Standards (MATS), tightening National Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS), and enforcing 'Good Neighbor' provisions to prevent upwind states from polluting downwind areas.

The World Association for Christian Communication (WACC) advocates for communication rights—including freedom of expression and access to information—as essential prerequisites for human rights and sustainable development. The organization addresses 'communication and information poverty' through five key programs: digital communication rights, the rights of migrants and refugees, indigenous rights, climate change, and gender equality. WACC employs strategies such as capacity building for local communities, media monitoring (notably through the Global Media Monitoring Project), and international advocacy to challenge discriminatory structures and ensure marginalized voices are seen and heard.