CEO of @ClientEarth. Mother of three. Determined optimist.
London, England
Joined December 2012
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Dear friends on X -
I had some very happy years on Twitter, particularly when in Aotearoa NZ.
But I have now migrated to @bluesky. If you’re on Bluesky too, please join me! ⤵️
bsky.app/profile/lauraclarke…
I’m on @LinkedIn, too, in case that’s more your place. Writing about our work at @clientearth, the planet, life...💚
linkedin.com/in/laura-clarke…
Emissions are rising when they need to be falling. We need global action - at #COP29, with new NDCs, and we need national climate laws to close the implementation gap ⬇️
UNEP's new #EmissionsGap report sends an urgent message to cut GHG emissions & deliver on the Paris Agreement temperature goals in the next round of countries' Nationally Determined Contributions to #ClimateAction.
⛄️unep.org/emissions-gap-repor…
Belated but huge congratulations to @ELPinchbeck - excellent appointment 🙌
The Committee is delighted to announce Emma Pinchbeck - @ELPinchbeck - will be joining the Climate Change Committee as Chief Executive from 11 November. theccc.org.uk/2024/10/09/emm…
ALT An image of Emma Pinchbeck with a quote which states - "I take the opportunity to influence the UK's progress on reducing emissions incredibly seriously, and to support Government make this transition in the way that most benefits people and the economy."
Laura Clarke retweeted
LIVE NYC. The Pact of the Future is now ADOPTED. We welcome the proposal to appoint a UN Special Envoy for Future Generations. A voice to assess the intergenerational impact of decisions. Our guardian for the future #OurCommonFuture tinyurl.com/yae7xcjk nitter.cf/i/status/1837849571071…
NEWS: The Pact for the Future has been adopted by member countries by consensus at UN Headquarters in New York.
The adoption will help pave the way for greater international cooperation for #OurCommonFuture.
Bottom trawling is amongst the most harmful activities damaging our seas - seriously affecting a wide variety of marine life and releasing CO2.
euractiv.com/section/energy-…
We're aiming to ensure Marine Protected Areas are effective.
From May this year, we have been partnering with BLOOM Association to take legal action to ensure France complies with EU law.
clientearth.org/latest/press…
Huge congratulations to the brilliant Victoria Siddall, next Director of the @NPGLondon. She is a great friend and champion of the environment (and @ClientEarth). Looking forward to seeing all that she achieves in this next chapter. 🙌 🌏
We have some news… We’re excited to share that Victoria Siddall has been appointed as our new Director, and will take up the post in Autumn 2024.
📷 © Benjamin McMahon
![[IMAGE] A black and white photograph of the National Portrait Gallery's new Director Victoria Siddall. She is wearing dark trousers, a white shirt with dark dots, and an elegant light coloured suit jacket.](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/GWDuFGEW4AAkjfx.jpg?name=orig)
ALT [IMAGE] A black and white photograph of the National Portrait Gallery's new Director Victoria Siddall. She is wearing dark trousers, a white shirt with dark dots, and an elegant light coloured suit jacket.
We're building on April's landmark climate judgement in the #KlimaSeniorinnen case from the European Court of Human Rights.
clientearth.org/latest/press…
We first supported Małgorzata in 2021, when she and four other claimants took action against the Polish government for its inadequate response to climate change.
Plastic pollution is both a global crisis and a deeply local problem - with local government often carrying the burden of cleaning up the waste, and dealing with the impact on our environment and communities.
This report from the Center for International Environmental Law (CIEL) shows how local government can use nuisance, products liability and consumer protection laws to litigate against the companies responsible for burdening them with these costs.
ciel.org/reports/make-plasti…
As I head off on my summer break, sharing our @ClientEarth summer report, with highlights from the first half of 2024.
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None of this work would be possible without our fantastic partners and collaborators; our courageous, committed and creative @ClientEarth colleagues and - of course - our friends, donors and supporters.
The organising committee of @Paris2024 vowed to make these games the “greenest” in history.
But their sponsorship tells a different story. Coca-Cola is still churning out millions of tonnes of plastic - which causes waste, greenhouse gas emissions, and damage to human health.
We took action against Coca-Cola last year, with our partners @ECOS_EU and @BEUC, over the recycling claims they put on their plastic water bottles. Claims like 100% recycled suggest plastic bottles can be recycled indefinitely – that’s simply not true.