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MAKING SURE YOU KNOW YOUR RIGHTS

We provide trainings to empower individuals and communities to take action on climate change.

PUTTING CLIMATE CHANGE ON TRIAL

We support individuals in climate-related legal actions throughout the trial process and ensure that they have the best and most up-to-date evidence on their side.

CONNECTING ATTORNEYS WITH COMMUNITIES & CAMPAIGNS

We help make the connections that strengthen and sustain the climate movement.

DEVELOPING LEGAL RESOURCES FOR THE CLIMATE MOVEMENT

We are a resource for campaigns, communities, and attorneys in the climate movement.

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Welcome to
Climate Defense Project

The climate movement needs climate lawyers. Climate Defense Project fills a gap in the legal landscape by supporting front-line activists, advancing key legal arguments, and connecting attorneys with communities and campaigns.

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Percentage of American attorneys practicing full-time in the legal aid or public defender sectors

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Number of Americans willing to engage in nonviolent direct action to fight climate change

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Number of new fossil fuel infrastructure projects that can be completed while still meeting the Paris targets

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CDP’s Alex Marquardt Interviewed on Cool Solutions Podcast

CDP's Alex Marquardt was interviewed in a podcast episode that recounts the campaign for fossil fuel divestment at Harvard. Read More

CDP Files Amicus Brief in California Anti-SLAPP Case

CDP filed a friend-of-the-court brief yesterday in a case involving protest at a horse-racing track.Read More

CDP’s Ted Hamilton Publishes Book on Climate Legal Activism

This Friday, OR Books will publish CDP co-founder and staff attorney Ted Hamilton's new volume on climate change and the law.Read More

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