Environmental justice: a pro bono priority

Harnessing our expertise for pro bono legal responses to climate change

ALG has been proud to support many civil society organisations who have been central to climate mitigation efforts in Ireland and the Just Transition. As part of our new pro bono strategy, we plan to make environmental justice a cornerstone of our work.

While impacting everyone worldwide, it is clear climate catastrophe effects communities experiencing disadvantage or marginalisation more severely. Environmental justice seeks to safeguards the rights of these communities by protecting them from the disproportionate impacts of climate change and other environmental harms and provide recourse to effective remedies when rights are infringed.

With this workstream we plan to deepen the commitment we have to those vital civil society organisations and social enterprises who have at their core a commitment to creating a more sustainable life on this planet. This will complement the work we do for organisations working in this space.

We intend also to explore the role that pro bono legal work can do to support communities most effected by climate change globally, with a particular focus on the global south.