Climate Defenders Australia
Australia > National / Multi-state > Metro and Regional
Field of Interest
- Civic engagement and democracy
- Environment conservation and climate change
Target Population
- People impacted by the legal system
- General population
Climate Defenders Australia (CDA) is the first dedicated legal service to protect, empower and advance the rights of frontline climate and environmental defenders in Australia. With roots in civil society, justice initiatives and the environmental movement, our team combines legal expertise with their own lived experience of climate advocacy.
What started over a decade ago as a plan to fill a critical gap in the climate justice movement has since developed into a bold and independent leader of its own – providing specialist legal education, advice and representation to climate defenders when they need it the most.
With Australia’s increasingly harsh anti-protest laws combined with the highest arrest rates for climate protestors in the world, CDA is meeting the escalating needs of defenders on the coalface of the climate crisis.
Working with the movement, backed by our supporters, together we are a force for nature.
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