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Protecting our Life Support System Anna Heslop, Wildlife Project Leader ClientEarth EEB Conference 5 November 2018 Introduction to ClientEarth ClientEarth is a non-profit environmental law organisation We use law, science and


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Protecting our Life Support System

Anna Heslop, Wildlife Project Leader ClientEarth EEB Conference 5 November 2018

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  • ClientEarth is a non-profit environmental law
  • rganisation
  • We use law, science and policy to tackle key

environmental challenges

  • We work on climate change, energy,

environmental justice, biodiversity, forests and human health

Introduction to ClientEarth

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Law (huh), what is it good for?

  • Cases in national courts - “individuals are

entitled, as against public bodies, to rely

  • n the provisions of a directive which are

unconditional and sufficiently precise”

  • Infringement procedures
  • Other regulatory challenges - licences,
  • mbudsman etc
  • Using other laws to get the result
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Sweetman (C-258/11, C-323/17, C- 164/17)

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Cases in national Courts – Ambient Air Quality Directive

  • Legal action in national courts – UK, Germany,

Poland, Slovakia, Italy

  • Pressure to move infringements – Commission

intervention with member states

  • Public awareness - Systemic shift towards

more sustainable alternatives – German Diesel ban, UK Clean Air Zones, car manufacturers

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Commission v Poland C-441/17 Bialowieza

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Where are we going?

  • Ensuring that EU law continues to offer real

environmental protections

  • Pushing for greater ambition in tackling

threats to nature

  • Access to environmental justice in Member

States and at EU level

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Empowering others to act

  • Sharing knowledge, skills and expertise –

capacity building

  • Keeping pressure on regulators and decision

makers to use their powers and carry out their duties

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Thank you

Anna Heslop Wildlife Project Leader ClientEarth Twitter: @clientearth aheslop@clientearth.org www.clientearth.org

Funded by Arcadia, a charitable fund of Lisbet Rausing and Peter Baldwin