We’ve got climate defenders’ backs, so they can focus on protecting our planet.
CliDef emboldens climate defenders to act by providing legal support. We offer legal advice, coordination, and funds for legal defense and strengthen a community of diverse lawyers and legal organizations to serve the climate movement.
Inaugural Report
This Inaugural Report (2022-2024) recaps our success since our origin, and provides our funders, partners, and friends with updates on our next phase.
Staff and Founders
Our staff has decades of combined legal experience in defending human rights and climate defenders worldwide.
Advisory Board
Our Advisory Board brings legal expertise, connections, and power from the climate defenders that we fund, and ensures that our strategies meet needs on the frontlines.
Our Supporters
We are generously backed by individuals and philanthropic organizations who are deeply invested in the growth of the global climate movement.
Waverley Street Foundation
Anonymous Donors
Our Founding Partner
Equation Campaign, our sister organization, funds movements on the ground to keep fossil fuels in the ground. They support place-based efforts to block new oil and gas infrastructure in the United States, where industry impacts are high and where climate philanthropy has been historically low.
Join us
Given the complex threats they face, legal defense for climate defenders is a fundamental component of any strategy to address the climate crisis. Please contact us to learn how to support and get involved in our work.