We faced challenges in 2021, with the climate crisis, global pandemic, political turmoil, and new threats to communities and ecosystems. But ELAW partners around the world give us hope. Together, we celebrate some recent victories and steps along the way towards a sustainable future.
We faced challenges in 2021, with the climate crisis, global pandemic, political turmoil, and new threats to communities and ecosystems. But ELAW partners around the world give us hope. Together, we celebrate some recent victories and steps along the way towards a sustainable future.
The U.S. office of the Environmental Law Alliance Worldwide (ELAW) is pleased to announce a new $1 million grant from the U.K.-based Arcadia to protect biodiversity around the world.
The U.S. office of the Environmental Law Alliance Worldwide (ELAW) is pleased to announce a new $1 million grant from the U.K.-based Arcadia to protect biodiversity around the world.
Last week, ELAW and partners at the Centre Congolaise pour le Droit du Développement Durable (Congolese Center for Law and Sustainable Development, CODED) co-hosted a training to help more than 45 advocates across the Democratic Republic of Congo increase their security and minimize threats to themselves and their organizations - so they can focus on their important work!
Last week, ELAW and partners at the Centre Congolaise pour le Droit du Développement Durable (Congolese Center for Law and Sustainable Development, CODED) co-hosted a training to help more than 45 advocates across the Democratic Republic of Congo increase their security and minimize threats to themselves and their organizations - so they can focus on their important work!
Last week, ELAW partners from the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), India, and the US gathered online to share strategies and tools for monitoring air quality to support community efforts to rein in polluting industries.
Last week, ELAW partners from the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), India, and the US gathered online to share strategies and tools for monitoring air quality to support community efforts to rein in polluting industries.
Public interest advocates in the DRC face increasing challenges, so ELAW and partners at the Centre Congolaise pour le Droit du Développement Durable (Congolese Center for Law and Sustainable Development, CODED) co-hosted a two-day meeting earlier this week for lawyers and activists working across the DRC.
Public interest advocates in the DRC face increasing challenges, so ELAW and partners at the Centre Congolaise pour le Droit du Développement Durable (Congolese Center for Law and Sustainable Development, CODED) co-hosted a two-day meeting earlier this week for lawyers and activists working across the DRC.
The world is drowning in single-use plastic. Sea turtles strangled by six-pack rings and whales with bellies full of discarded plastic show that it’s a marine pollution problem. But the problem really starts on land.
The world is drowning in single-use plastic. Sea turtles strangled by six-pack rings and whales with bellies full of discarded plastic show that it’s a marine pollution problem. But the problem really starts on land.
The world needs to move past coal. Coal kills people and is the largest source of CO2 emissions – we simply cannot continue burning coal if we hope to protect the climate.
The world needs to move past coal. Coal kills people and is the largest source of CO2 emissions – we simply cannot continue burning coal if we hope to protect the climate.
The global pandemic has put in-person ELAW Fellowships on hold, but we are working “face-to-face” with new Fellows from Uganda, the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), and Guinea to help them build skills.
The global pandemic has put in-person ELAW Fellowships on hold, but we are working “face-to-face” with new Fellows from Uganda, the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), and Guinea to help them build skills.
This year, Earth Day comes as the COVID-19 pandemic rages around the world. All of us on the ELAW US team are working together from home and staying safe.
This year, Earth Day comes as the COVID-19 pandemic rages around the world. All of us on the ELAW US team are working together from home and staying safe.
ELAW Fellows Dickens Kumugisha from Uganda (above left) and Olivier Ndoole from the Democratic Republic of the Congo wrapped up their ELAW Fellowships mid-March.
ELAW Fellows Dickens Kumugisha from Uganda (above left) and Olivier Ndoole from the Democratic Republic of the Congo wrapped up their ELAW Fellowships mid-March.
We all need clean fresh water, but poor waste management, polluting industries, paving wetlands, and the climate
crisis are leading to severe water shortages in India, South Africa, and beyond. All over the world, citizens are speaking
out for clean fresh water.
We all need clean fresh water, but poor waste management, polluting industries, paving wetlands, and the climate
crisis are leading to severe water shortages in India, South Africa, and beyond. All over the world, citizens are speaking
out for clean fresh water.
