In recent years, the scope of who can file an injunction and for what reasons has expanded, particularly in the United Kingdom.

Learn more about how injunctions threaten the climate movement in the courts, and how to fight back: www.climatelegaldefense.org/blog/what-is...

RSVP to discuss the ethical and safety considerations media and communications professionals should take into consideration when reporting on climate defenders who are living under legal, mental or physical threat, and mass surveillance.

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1/4 of the world’s population lives within three miles of operational fossil fuel projects. Proposed projects put an additional 135M people at risk.

Climate defenders working to stop development have an exponential impact on human and ecological health. www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Our Climate Defender Hotline at #COP30 in Belém, Brazil is live.

⚖️ Climate defenders can reach legal advice via WhatsApp until November 22, 2025. Our on-the-ground legal monitoring team is available for advice and/or representation as necessary.

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Headed to #COP30 in Belém, Brazil this November? Register to attend an upcoming webinar and learn practical steps for holistic security before, during, and after the conference.

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No one should be sued or jailed for speaking out. Global Climate Legal Defense is using the law to keep climate defenders free to speak, to act, to associate and free to protect the climate for all of us.

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Everybody's future depends on climate defenders being able to do their critical work. As a community of legal experts, we are there for them.

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Headed to NYC for Climate Week? RSVP to join us on September 25 at 2PM ET to hear from climate movement leaders, content creators, and independent journalists about navigating the two sides of digital tech.

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Join us for a webinar with leading experts and practitioners to discuss how abusive lawsuits, called SLAPPs, are impacting climate defenders in the Philippines.

You will learn how to engage in the movement to defend activists and communities.

RSVP: www.climatelegaldefense.org/resources/ph...

CliDef's Alfred Brownell recently spoke with CIVICUS about a petition to the African Court on Human and Peoples’ Rights that calls for governments to protect their citizens from the impacts of climate change.

Read the full interview 👉 lens.civicus.org/interview/we...

Earlier this month, @greenpeace.org initiated the first test of the European Union’s anti-SLAPP Directive by filing a lawsuit in Dutch courts against US-based Energy Transfer.

Our team spoke with @drilledmedia.bsky.social about the significance of this case. drilled.media/news/EU-SLAPP

CliDef is among 40 organisations across 15 European countries that are urging governments to transpose the EU Anti-SLAPP Directive into national law. The new rules address abusive lawsuits against journalists, media, and climate defenders.
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📣 Next week, CliDef will bring together leading experts on how SLAPPs are currently impacting climate defenders in Poland. Learn about anti-SLAPP coalitions, and how to engage in the movement to defend free speech and climate action.

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📢 Calling Polish environmental defenders!

😶 On June 30, @clidef.bsky.social is hosting a webinar bringing together leading experts to discuss how #SLAPPs are currently impacting climate action in Poland.

More info + register here 👉 www.climatelegaldefense.org/resources/po...

#StopSLAPPs

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New report reveals a surge in SLAPP suits across Europe, as the fossil fuel industry weaponizes legal threats to stifle climate action and dissent. But experts say these lawsuits need to be fought, not feared. #SLAPPSuits

@stellalevantesi.bsky.social reports: www.desmog.com/2024/12/17/n...

A new study has uncovered the risks of participating in climate and environmental activism – and how more and more countries are criminalizing and repressing dissent, rather than tackling the issues provoking the activism. www.theguardian.com/environment/...